Open water swimming

About swimming in the sea, lakes and rivers, about swim challenges, about winter swimming and cold swims. Here you can read more about the thoughts behind "Open water swimming".
Lotta swimming at Stålnäs fishing village

Winter Swimming

Sandarne, February 14, 2023

About 7 years ago, Lotta and I began to increasingly winter swim at the edge of the ice in the outer archipelago and a few weeks later in an ice hole in the inner archipelago, partly inspired by the fact that we had started cold-water swimming in the sea with wetsuits as part of our everyday adventures.   Read more

Swimstreak, values and goals

Sandarne, Sweden, July 17th, 2022

För en vecka sedan simmade jag och min fru Lotta 1000 meter i öppet vatten för 30: e dagen i sträck. Vi brukar då och då sätta ett mål runt någon aktivitet som vi kan fokusera på under en period, som ett gemensamt projekt. Första gången var då vi 2016 under ett år gjorde 50 enkla vardagsäventyr.  Read more