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Sweden Is Giving Someone a Private Island for a Year — Here’s How to Apply
Sweden offers five island winners a yearlong stay with public access rights intact and excludes billionaires; flights for two included but daily costs and logistics are winners' responsibility.
- Applications are open now until April 17 for Sweden's 'Your Swedish Island' contest offering one-year use of five islands, as announced by Swedish officials.
- With more than 267,000 islands, Sweden is leaning into a travel trend favoring quieter nature over crowded sites, and a recent global survey found nearly half of travelers prefer private-island escapes.
- Winners receive a temporary right to use an island, but Sweden's 'Right of Public Access' law still allows others to visit or pass through, and they must handle boats, supplies, housing, food, insurance, taxes, and costs themselves.
- Billionaires are barred from entering, and people with assets over SEK 1 billion are excluded as the fine print describes the prize as an extended stay with several caveats.
- Sweden offers a yearlong stay on five islands, covering flights for two people and advising winners to 'pack more than a swimsuit' for island life by the Baltic Sea.
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Win a Swedish island and spend a year in nature
Sweden is offering travellers the chance to spend a full year on their own private island through a campaign called “Your Swedish Island”, organised by Visit Sweden. Five winners will be chosen to act as guardians of a Swedish island for twelve months, and the prize also includes a round-trip to Sweden for two people. The competition is open to international applicants aged 18 and over, but billionaires are not allowed to enter. The idea is to m…
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