SÖDERHAMN & SKÄRSÅElin & Joakim

February 27, 2026

Elin and Joakim eloped on the same stretch of Swedish coast where Therese and I host elopements, at our cabin, Hop Farm Beach.

This is home ground for me. My family spends its summers a few minutes from Skärså, and our place on this coast is now open to couples who want a day like the one below: married quietly, the whole thing to themselves, nobody watching. There is more on how Hop Farm Beach works at the end, but first, Elin and Joakim: a morning in Söderhamn and an afternoon out at Skärså.

Söderhamn

We started in the middle of town, on the crossings and in front of the old landmark with the green spire.

Söderhamn is a small town on the Hälsingland coast, built around a harbour and quiet on a summer morning. We walked the streets, stopped for a few frames in front of the old landmark in the centre, and found a wooden chapel and a shaded park with white pavilions. Elin carried a bright coral bouquet, the one bit of colour against the grey stone. Nobody paid us much attention, which is how you want it.

Elin and Joakim crossing a street in the middle of Söderhamn on their elopement dayElin and Joakim on a pedestrian crossing in Söderhamn
Bride with a coral bouquet beside the groom in Söderhamn, SwedenElin laughing in her veil during her Söderhamn elopement
The old landmark building with the green spire in central SöderhamnBride standing in front of the Söderhamn landmark before the ceremony
Elin and Joakim in front of the green-spired landmark in Söderhamn, SwedenElopement couple close together in central Söderhamn
Groom seated in a Söderhamn park with white pavilions Elin walking towards Joakim in a tree-lined Söderhamn park Elin and Joakim together on a bench in Söderhamn Bride walking past a shingled wooden chapel in Söderhamn Elopement couple by a shingled wooden chapel, Söderhamn
Bride on the steps of a wooden chapel in SöderhamnJoakim in profile during the Söderhamn elopement

Skärså

Then out to Skärså, a working fishing village of red boathouses, ropes and net floats, right on the water.

Skärså is the next village along the coast, a proper little harbour that still smells of the sea. I photographed Elin among the hanging net floats and inside one of the old boathouses, then out on the rocks where the red sheds meet the Baltic. Their spaniel came along for the whole day and turns up in most of the farm frames. There was a vintage moped for the lanes, a wide-brimmed hat, and a long run of portraits against a barn wall in the afternoon sun. It was hot and bright, and we used all of it.

Bride among the hanging net floats at Skärså fishing harbour Elin by the fishing floats in the village of Skärså
Bride inside an old boathouse at Skärså, ropes and rigging around herElin seated in a Skärså boathouse on the Baltic coast
Bride on the rocks by the red sheds of Skärså harbour
Elin in a wide-brimmed hat walking the rocks at SkärsåBride on the harbour rocks at Skärså, groom behind
Elin and Joakim by the red barns outside SkärsåThe couple lifting their spaniel on the elopement day near Skärså
Bride and groom with their spaniel in front of red Swedish barnsThe couple's spaniel running on the grass near Skärså
Elin and Joakim with their dog on a wooden deck by a red barn, SkärsåElopement couple and their spaniel beside a red barn near Skärså
Elin and Joakim on a vintage moped by a flowering bush near SkärsåElopement couple on a moped beside a red building, SkärsåElin in her hat and Joakim on the moped, Söderhamn coast elopement
Elin and Joakim riding a moped through a coastal village near Skärså The couple on their moped along a village lane on the Hälsingland coast Elin and Joakim lying together in summer meadow flowers near Skärså Elopement couple close in the wildflowers on the Hälsingland coast
Editorial portrait of Elin in a wide-brimmed hat against a barn wallBride portrait with striped shadow across her face, Skärså
Elin with her arms raised in the afternoon light against a barnPortrait of the bride, hair loose, on the Hälsingland coast

Hop Farm Beach

Skärså sits a few minutes from our own place on this coast, Hop Farm Beach.

Hop Farm Beach is a cabin Therese and I open up for elopements, on a private stretch of this same coast near Söderhamn, forest on one side and the Baltic on the other. Book it and the whole place is yours: the cabin, the beach, the sauna, two nights to settle in, and me to plan the day and photograph it. No guest list, no schedule, no audience.

Joakim and the spaniel on the rocky Baltic shore at SkärsåElin and Joakim on the moped in a meadow on the Söderhamn coast
A red Swedish boathouse on the Baltic coast near Skärså

Söderhamn and Skärså are a few hours north of Stockholm, and most people outside Hälsingland have never heard of them, which suits eloping quietly. If you are planning to elope in Sweden, or anywhere on the Nordic coast, I would love to show you around. You can see how the cabin works over at Hop Farm Beach, and if you already know your dates you can book them here. Either way, come and find me.

Styling by Karolina at The Wedding Agency. Hair and make-up by Louise Larsson. Dress from En Till Fest.

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