81 sweden country houses for rent good availability and great rates for country homes in sweden read reviews on rental homes and choose the best country house for your vacation. Country houses of sweden book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers barbara and rene stoeltie set out on their journey through sweden. Whats constant throughout country houses of sweden is a sense of delicious luxury and relaxation like a merchant ivory film its the kind of book that makes you want to get dressed up emily white about the author barbara and rene stoeltie both began their career as artists and gallery owners with rene as the photographer and barbara . Synopsis part of taschens country houses series this book illustrates the magnificence of castles and manor houses of sweden barbara and rene stoeltie journeyed through sweden in search of exceptional houses to write about and photograph featuring a castle filled with family treasures a . The red pigment was a by product of this mine it makes a durable paint to wooden country houses which is now an inseparable part of the swedish landscape sweden was not so wealthy in the 18th century as it seems today this was a very cheap and sustainable way to paint houses affordable by people from all levels of society