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Moa Karlberg

Guests at one of the cabins in Skuleskogen National Park do their dishes in the river.

A guest at the Sundbergsholmen cabin in northern Sweden prepares to take a dip in the Råneå River.

A walker explores the muddy marshland near one of the free cabins in Uppsala.

Guests sit on the porch at the Angsjökojan cabin in northern Sweden’s Björnlandet national park.

Guests at the Hjortronbergsmossen cabin overnight in wooden bunks, but must bring their own sleeping bags. If you arrive at a cabin to find all the beds are filled, you can sleep on the floor or pitch a tent outside.

The Hjortronbergsmossen cabin in Sweden’s Djupdalshöjden nature reserve allows friends, family, and strangers to bond. The free cabins are open to everyone.

Some of Sweden’s free cabins are comfortably furnished, including the Blommastugan cottage, a historic, three-room building amid the wilderness near the town of Torsås.

The Lunsentorpet cabin, located in the countryside near Uppsala, Sweden, provides overnight stays.

Hikers travel along Sweden’s High Coast in Skuleskogen National Park. There are five free-to-use cabins in the forested park near the Baltic Sea.

Sweden has an informal network of free, overnight cabins, including this one in the Uppsala region. The dwellings—which range from primitive hiking huts to modern cottages—are first-come, first-serve.