Sandhamn Seglarhotell hosts conferences, kick-offs, company parties and weddings on Sandhamn, an island in the outer Stockholm archipelago. It has six meeting rooms, a separate meeting villa for up to 12 people, 168 beds, a restaurant, a spa and a pool. The hotel has been part of life on the island for more than a century and is open all year.
Seminars and company events
The hotel presents its conference offer as meetings by the sea, with accommodation at the water's edge and activities for groups. Programs can combine meeting days with kayaking, outdoor coffee breaks, a spring kick-off, a wood-fired sauna raft or a winter stay in the outer archipelago. A Christmas buffet package is also sold for company groups at the end of the year.
Enquiries go to the conference team by e-mail at konferens@sandhamn.com or by phone on 08-574 504 00, on weekdays from 8:30 to 16:00. The hotel states that it returns a proposal within 24 hours on weekdays.
Rooms and capacities
Utkiken is the largest room: 160 m2 on the fourth floor with a harbor view. It can be divided into Stora Utkiken (111 m2) and Lilla Utkiken (56 m2). Sandö salong is 61 m2, on the same level as the restaurant, and is one of the most popular rooms. Kungen, next to reception on the entrance level, is 38 m2 with windows toward the harbor.
Three smaller rooms serve boards and workshops. Lotsen has a boardroom table and a screen. Klubben has a large boardroom table and measures 23 m2. Biblioteket, 22 m2, sits beside the restaurant and also has a boardroom table. The hotel does not give seated capacities for these rooms on the pages read.
HAVET is a separate villa booked in full. It is set up in a U-shape for up to 12 people and has a living room, kitchen, sauna and toilet on the ground floor and a meeting room with 360-degree sea views upstairs. Food is served in the villa, from coffee to dinner.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel organizes weddings and parties for small or large groups: anniversaries, bachelor and bachelorette parties, graduation parties, reunions, company parties and kick-offs. For weddings, the ceremony can take place in the small Sandhamn chapel, followed by dinner with speeches in Segelsalen, dancing, rooms for the guests and a long breakfast or brunch the next day. The hotel helps with seating, speeches and timing. It names May to June and September as the best months. A day of activities can come before the evening.
Accommodation
There are 168 beds in total, and every bed can be separated. Rooms come in three categories. Small rooms are functional and styled after the archipelago. Medium rooms are larger, each with a balcony or terrace. Large rooms are the former suites, with a private sauna and a balcony or terrace facing the sea. Breakfast is included for hotel guests, who have free access to the spa and gym during their stay.
Catering
The head chef and his team cook with seasonal produce. Menus are developed with the organizer: three courses with a wine package, a buffet for mingling, or archipelago classics with a twist. Meals in the HAVET villa are adapted to the program.
History and setting
The hotel is part of the old sailing village of Sandhamn and has been a fixture of island life for over a century. The boat journey out is part of the event, as guests step ashore directly in the harbor. Sea bathing, saunas, sailing and kayaking are close by.
Getting there
The hotel is at Sandhamn, 130 39 Sandön, in Värmdö municipality. Guests travel to the island by boat.
