Wedding at Ett Hem Stockholm

A wedding at Ett Hem is the kind of Stockholm wedding that feels nothing like a hotel ballroom. Ett Hem is a boutique hotel in Lärkstaden on Östermalm. It is not a traditional venue. It is a home with twelve rooms, a garden and an atmosphere that makes guests relax the moment they step through the door. For couples who want something small, warm and genuinely private, Ett Hem sits in a category of its own among Stockholm wedding venues.

Capacity is capped at approximately 40 seated guests, with overnight accommodation for 24 across the 12 rooms. The ceremony itself usually happens at a nearby church or at Stockholm City Hall, and the wedding party returns to Ett Hem for the reception, dinner and celebration. This is not a venue for 150-guest weddings. It is a venue for a small group of the people who matter most, across a full weekend, in a house that behaves more like a private residence than a hotel.

The boutique hotel in Lärkstaden

Ett Hem sits in Lärkstaden, a residential neighbourhood on Östermalm built in the 1910s as Stockholm’s answer to elegant villa districts in other European capitals. The house itself is an Art Nouveau villa from 1910 that was converted into a boutique hotel and redesigned by interior designer Ilse Crawford. Crawford’s signature mix of texture, layered fabrics and warm materials shapes the entire interior. The design feels considered but not stylised, lived-in rather than staged.

The house has twelve bedrooms across two floors, a series of sitting rooms and dining rooms on the ground floor, a library, a garden behind the house and a kitchen that is run like a private chef’s kitchen rather than a hotel kitchen. The effect is a hotel where you do not queue at reception, where your luggage appears in your room, and where dinner happens at a set table with no menu choice because the kitchen has already decided what you would enjoy eating.

Ceremony options: church, city hall or at the house

Most weddings at Ett Hem split the day between a ceremony elsewhere and a reception at the house. Three common patterns:

Nearby church ceremony. Several beautiful Stockholm churches sit within 10 minutes of Lärkstaden, including Engelbrektskyrkan, Oscarskyrkan and Hedvig Eleonora. See my guide to church weddings in Stockholm for more on each. After the ceremony, guests walk or are driven back to Ett Hem for champagne in the garden or salon.

Stockholm City Hall civil ceremony. A 10 to 15 minute taxi ride from Lärkstaden to the Stadshuset. This works well for couples who want a civil ceremony with some formality. See my Stadshuset wedding guide for timing and format.

Small ceremony at Ett Hem itself. For weddings under 20 guests, a symbolic or civil ceremony can happen in one of the sitting rooms or in the garden. In summer, the garden with its lime trees and wisteria works well. In winter, the sitting room with its fireplace and candles gives the right atmosphere. The ceremony at Ett Hem is usually symbolic or civil. A Swedish church ceremony requires a consecrated church.

Guest count and what a small wedding means here

Capacity is limited to the hotel’s twelve rooms, which means a maximum of 24 overnight guests. Dinner can accommodate up to 40 with extra tables, but going above 30 is rarely practical. This is not a venue for large weddings with fireworks and a 200-person dance floor. It is for couples who deliberately choose to keep their day small.

In practice, most weddings at Ett Hem have 15 to 30 guests. This size allows everyone to fit around a single long dining table, for the couple to genuinely talk to every person at the wedding, and for the photographs to be about relationships rather than crowds. The small guest count is what makes a wedding at Ett Hem feel different from anywhere else in Stockholm.

Most couples book the entire house and fill it with their closest family and friends. A Friday to Sunday buyout gives the wedding a shape that one-day weddings cannot: a welcome dinner on Friday, the ceremony and reception on Saturday, and a long breakfast on Sunday with everyone still in the house, still wearing yesterday’s rings.

Food, drinks and pricing at Ett Hem

Food at Ett Hem is prepared in the house’s own kitchen by the resident chef. There are no external suppliers, no separate catering company and no event coordinators. The dinner menu is set in conversation with the kitchen and changes based on what the chef has sourced that week. Wines are paired by the in-house sommelier. Own drinks are not permitted, since the kitchen team handles every part of the food and drink experience.

Pricing is always quoted individually. The buyout depends on dates (peak summer is more expensive than winter weekdays), guest count, and the format of the weekend. Ask for a written quote that includes accommodation, all meals, drinks, service and any extras (florals, music, transport). The hotel will also handle introductions to florists and musicians if you do not have your own preferred suppliers in Stockholm.

The garden and the layout of the house

The garden behind Ett Hem is the surprise. From the street the house looks like any Östermalm villa, but the back garden is enclosed by lime trees, walls and the surrounding buildings, which makes it feel completely private despite sitting in the centre of Stockholm. In summer, the garden is where pre-dinner drinks happen, where guests gather between courses, and where the late evening conversations spill out from the sitting rooms.

Inside, the ground floor includes the entrance hall, the salon (used for receiving guests and for cocktail hour), the dining room (where the seated dinner happens), the library (used for nightcaps after dinner) and a smaller sitting room near the kitchen. The first floor and second floor hold the twelve guest rooms, each individually designed and furnished. The kitchen is open and visible from the dining room, which means the chef and the dinner unfold together as part of the same experience.

Architecture and the Ilse Crawford redesign

The Ett Hem building is an Art Nouveau villa from 1910, originally a private residence in the Lärkstaden development that gave Östermalm its character as Stockholm’s most desirable residential neighbourhood. The conversion into a boutique hotel was led by interior designer Ilse Crawford, the British designer known for placing human comfort and warmth at the centre of her work rather than visual style for its own sake.

Crawford’s interiors at Ett Hem combine antiques with new pieces, layered fabrics with bare floors, and dim warm lighting with large windows. The result feels like a home that has been added to over decades, not a hotel that was designed in a single sweep. For weddings, this matters. The photographs taken at Ett Hem do not look like they were taken at a venue. They look like they were taken at a house, which is exactly the feeling most couples want.

A photographer’s perspective on Ett Hem

My name is Karin Lundin and I am a wedding photographer based in Stockholm. I have photographed many weddings at Ett Hem, always working as a documentary photographer. That means I move quietly, read the room and capture what happens without directing it. At Ett Hem this approach works especially well, because the entire house is designed to feel lived-in and intimate. Nobody thinks about the photographer. That is when the images become honest.

Practically: I photograph in natural light wherever possible, and Ett Hem gives me plenty during the day. Tall windows in the salon and dining room bring in soft light through most of the afternoon. In the evening, the candlelight and the warm lamps create a moodier atmosphere that asks for a slower shutter and a calmer eye. The house rewards patience. The best moments at Ett Hem rarely come during the planned events. They come during the in-between hours: a guest reading in the library, the bride having a quiet moment in her room, the chef preparing a plate.

For weekend weddings I usually photograph Friday evening (welcome dinner), Saturday (full wedding day) and Sunday morning brunch. Three days of coverage gives me time to capture the rhythm of the weekend rather than just the formal moments. At a venue the size of Ett Hem, every additional hour of coverage doubles the depth of the story.

Want to capture the day on film as well? I often work alongside Nordvér Films. My partner there has a similar documentary approach, and we coordinate so neither of us gets in the way of the other or of the day. At a small house like Ett Hem this matters more than at large venues. We move quietly together and stay out of the way of the wedding while still capturing it from both angles.

If you are comparing Ett Hem with other Stockholm options, my Stockholm wedding venue guide covers larger venues. For a similar boutique-house feeling outside the city, see Häringe Slott on the south side of Stockholm.

Typical wedding weekend at Ett Hem

Common misconceptions about Ett Hem

“It is just a small venue.” Ett Hem is not a venue at all in the usual sense. There is no event coordinator, no function room layout, no rental agreement. The entire house becomes yours for the weekend, and the kitchen, staff and service are run as though you had hired a private estate. The distinction is real and shapes the experience significantly.

“40 guests is too small for a wedding.” Many of the best weddings I have photographed have 20 to 30 guests. A small guest count means every person is genuinely there for the couple, every speech is personal, and every conversation is had. It is not a compromise, it is a deliberate choice.

“Central Stockholm means noise and no privacy.” Lärkstaden is one of the quietest neighbourhoods in central Stockholm, and the house itself sits back from the street. The garden is enclosed. Guests do not notice they are in the city centre once they are inside.

Considering this venue for your wedding? I have photographed here several times and would love to share what I have seen work well. Get in touch and we will take it from there.

Key takeaways

• Ett Hem holds up to approximately 40 seated guests, 24 overnight. Most weddings have 15 to 30 guests. This is a small-wedding venue, by design.
• Full house buyout is the standard booking format. Friday to Sunday gives the wedding its natural shape.
• Food is prepared in the house kitchen by the resident chef. Own drinks are not permitted. Dinner from SEK 2,500 per person.
• Ceremonies usually happen at a nearby church, at Stockholm City Hall or as a small symbolic ceremony in the house or garden.
• Art Nouveau villa from 1910, redesigned by Ilse Crawford. The interiors give photographs a home-like feel, not a hotel-like one.
• Lärkstaden location is central but quiet. The enclosed garden is one of the most surprising wedding spaces in Stockholm.

Frequently asked questions

How many guests can Ett Hem hold?

Approximately 40 seated for dinner, with 24 overnight across 12 rooms. Most weddings at Ett Hem have 15 to 30 guests. The hotel is designed for a small-wedding format, and going above 30 is rarely practical for dinner service and space.

Can we hold the ceremony at Ett Hem itself?

Yes, for small weddings (up to 20 guests). The ceremony usually happens in the salon, in the dining room or in the garden. Larger ceremonies move to a nearby church or to Stockholm City Hall. Swedish church ceremonies require a consecrated church, so a religious wedding at Ett Hem would be a symbolic rather than legal ceremony.

What does a weekend at Ett Hem cost?

Pricing is always quoted individually based on dates, guest count and format. A rough figure for a Friday-to-Sunday buyout with 20 to 30 guests lands in the SEK 300,000 to 500,000 range, before photography, florals and music. Peak summer weekends are at the top of this range. Ask the hotel for a detailed written quote.

Can we bring our own wine?

No. The in-house sommelier handles all pairings, and the kitchen coordinates the wine selection with the menu. This is non-negotiable at Ett Hem, and in practice the wine list is strong enough that couples rarely mind.

Is Ett Hem accessible for guests with mobility needs?

Partial. The ground floor is step-free and accessible. The guest rooms are on the first and second floors and require stairs. Discuss specific needs directly with the hotel when booking so they can allocate a ground-floor room if one is available for the specific dates.

How far in advance should we book?

12 to 18 months for peak summer weekends (June to September), 6 to 12 months for shoulder and winter dates. Ett Hem is in high demand for small weddings, and the full buyout format means only one wedding per weekend.

Does Ett Hem host winter weddings?

Yes, and the house works beautifully in winter. Fireplaces, candlelight and the warm interiors suit colder weather. Winter weddings at Ett Hem have a different atmosphere from summer: more intimate, more enclosed, more focused on the interior. The library and salon become the centre of the day.

Is there parking for guests?

Limited street parking exists on Lärkstaden streets but the area is residential with time restrictions. Most guests arrive by taxi or walk from a nearby hotel. The hotel can arrange transfers for ceremony transport and airport pickups if requested.

More wedding venues

Looking for more options? Read my complete guide to Stockholm wedding venues or explore Grand Hôtel, Häringe Slott and Thorskogs Slott.