Helle and Peter drove north from Copenhagen for a 3-day hike on Sevedeleden in Sweden’s Småland in June 2026. The trail is approx 50, and goes through very varied landscapes. Most is single trail or small forest roads, and passes lakes and several ice age rock formations. There are no fresh water sources, so we filtered water from the lakes. We found shelters for sleeping, but they are few. You can bring a tent, but there were equally few level spots to pitch a tent.
We drove in the evening and arrived at 22:00 to the shelter by lake Åsjön, just north of Spilhammars camping.
Day 1
After breakfast at the shelter by Åsjön we drove to Spilhammars Camping, where we parked the car and filled up with water. The Sevedeleden trail starts just by the campsite.
The trail winds through forests, and near Försjön we went up on Korpaberget, where we had beautiful views of the lake and forest.
On the way down we passed Amaliagrottan. The cliffs around here are stunning.
We had lunch at the lake and went for a swim before continuing up to two abandoned papermills.
Further on the trail we encountered a fox with a half rabbit in its mouth. It dropped the rabbit just on the trail when it saw us.
The trail was very varied with beautiful reindeer mosses, rocks and lime green fresh leaves on all the blueberry bushes.
We walked a little further than planned because we did not find shelters or level ground for the tent. But at Södra Kvill we found a shelter just before the Kvill Naturereserve.
The real turmat dehydrated meal for dinner was just what we needed after 28 km. We made a big fire and went to bed early, and had a great night’s sleep.
Day 2
We woke up by the sun, which shone into our shelter and made it quite warm in the sleeping bags. What a way to start the day!
Our legs and bodies were filled up with energy after a good night sleep and we continued on Sevedeleden to the 900-year old oak in Kvill Naturereserve. An impressive old lady, that has almost given up due to pests. Kvill also commemorates historic forest farming.
We stopped at a hilltop near Fagersjön for breakfast, where we had beautiful views of lake below. We had been short of water and used the break to filter lake water.
Silvergaten is a granite cliffside that has split in two and shortly after we had amazing views over the hilly landscape with the river valley below.
In places the trail was overgrown, and it was challenging to hike. In Romskulla we were offered tap water at a farm with the nicest people.
The first and only other hikers we met on the trail was a group of three Danes.
In the afternoon we finally reached Store Holmsjön, where we could get to the lakeshore for a refreshing swim. We took an afternoon nap in the sun.
Towards evening we started looking for a place to sleep. As we did not find other places, we decided to go to the shelter at Övre Åsjön, where we had slept the first night. It is a 1,5 km detour from Sevedeleden, but it is a really nice spot to stay the night.
We arrived early, and had lots of time to relax and have another swim to wash off the dust and sweat. The evening was spent at the campfire in the tranquil forest by the lake.
Day 3
We decided to hike back to where we had left Sevedeleden the previous day, to complete the trail. Here we passed Runkesten, a large ice age boulder that seems to balance elegantly.
We had a morning swin in Nedre Åsjön, before we returned to Spilhammars camping and started the drive home, after our 3-day hike on Sevedeleden in Sweden’s Småland. We have written about other hikes in Sweden here.