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Ages7–16 yrs
FocusMulti-activity
SeasonJun – Aug
TypeResidential
Kollo på Barnens Ö runs this residential multi-activity camp in Barnens Ö, Sweden. The camp welcomes children aged 7–16, with arts & crafts, adventure, and water activities on the programme. Typically open June to August — new dates coming soon.
Residential multi-activity camp in Barnens Ö, Sweden
Kollo på Barnens Ö is a classic Swedish residential summer camp ("kollo") run by Stiftelsen Barnens Dag, a foundation that has organised children's camps since 1905. The camp takes place on Barnens Ö, an island on Väddö in the Stockholm archipelago about an hour and a half from the city, where 23 separate camp farms host groups with different focuses — from theatre and film to animals and expedition life. It welcomes children in school grades 1–9 for multi-day stays built around outdoor life, swimming and communal living.
What's Included
Accommodation in staffed camp houses, with a bed (usually a bunk) in a room allocated before arrival
Pillow and duvet on loan
Camp leaders on site around the clock, including one sleeping in every house each night
A full programme of play, swimming, activities and outdoor time with children of the same school year
A digital pre-camp information meeting where families meet some of the leaders and ask questions
Extra support arranged for children who need it
Not provided
Bed sheets (each child brings their own)
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Special focus
Multi-activity · Sports & Outdoor
Kollo at Barnens Ö is a summer holiday programme for children in grades 1 to 9, run between June and August in periods of 8 to 14 days at a camp farm where everyone lives together with trusted adults close by. There are 23 camp farms in all: some carry a stated focus such as theatre, film, animals or expedition, and where no focus is named it is a traditional kollo with everything that belongs to it, swimming, play, community and plenty of activities. Rather than a menu of electives, the programme grows out of shared life in a group, and the activities are adapted to the school year each child is in so that they are always with peers of their own age. Days run on movement, water, outdoor time and being together, with noticeably less screen time than a summer at home, and evenings and nights are spent in the same house with a leader sleeping in. Families are prepared in advance through a digital information meeting with some of the leaders, a packing list and published bus times, so the first day feels familiar rather than daunting.
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Safety & Supervision
Leaders aged 20 or older with experience working with children
Criminal record check (belastningsregistret) before employment
A leader sleeps in every house each night
Groups formed by school year so children are with peers
Extra support available for children who need it
Trygga vuxna, trusted adults close by at all times, is the promise the camp makes to families. Every camp leader is at least 20 years old, has experience of working with children and young people, and presents an extract from the Swedish criminal records register before being employed, because the camp wants children to meet adults they can trust and look up to. Nights are covered too: a leader always sleeps in each house, so a child who wakes up needing help or feels homesickness creeping in has someone right there. Groups are formed with care according to age, and children are placed with peers from the same school year. Families whose child needs extra support to have a safe and enjoyable period can arrange it in advance with the camp.
Meals
Meals are one of the anchors of the day at kollo: children eat together at the camp farm, sharing the table with their group and their leaders the same way they share the rest of camp life. Eating, doing things and simply living together is described as the heart of the kollo everyday, so mealtimes double as the moment the group gathers between swims and activities.
Screen time policy
Kollo is deliberately built as a stretch of summer with less screen time and more movement, company and real experiences. Instead of phones and tablets filling the gaps, the days are given over to play, swimming, activities and time outdoors with the other children in the group, and the evenings to shared camp life in the houses with the leaders. Families should expect their child's attention to be on the group rather than a screen; the site does not publish a formal device ban, so specific handling of phones is worth confirming with the camp before the period starts.
Accommodation & campus
Where your child sleeps
Bedrooms
Shared bedrooms
Bathrooms
Bathrooms shared between rooms
Cabins
Children sleep in houses on the camp farm, in proper beds that are most often bunk beds, and the leaders have already worked out the room allocation before anyone arrives. Rooms hold roughly two to eight children, with boys and girls usually sleeping separately, and if your child comes with one or more friends the team does its best to place them together. Each house has ordinary flush toilets and showers, and a leader sleeps in the house every single night so there is always someone to turn to if a child wakes up or feels homesick. A pillow and duvet are lent to every camper, while sheets are brought from home. Families are encouraged to practise sleeping away, at a friend's house for instance, so the first night at kollo feels familiar.
Countryside camp farm on Väddö in Norrtälje, about 1.5 hours from Stockholm
Kollo life happens on a kollogård, a camp farm out at Väddö in Norrtälje roughly an hour and a half from Stockholm, where children live together in houses rather than tents. The buildings hold the bedrooms and ordinary comforts such as flush toilets and showers, while the days are spent outdoors around the farm, in the water and in the shared spaces where the group eats and gathers. Barnens Ö runs 23 such camp farms in all, some traditional and some with their own focus, and each has been shaped over many years for groups of children in grades 1 to 9.
Campus facilities
Camp houses with bedrooms
Flush toilets
Showers
Outdoor areas for play and activities
Swimming spot
Amenities
Beds, most often bunk beds
Pillow and duvet on loan
Flush toilets
Showers
A leader sleeping in each house every night
Location & getting there
764 92 Barnens Ö, Sweden
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Getting your child there
By car
Drive to Barnens Ö
The camp farms sit at Väddö in Norrtälje, around an hour and a half from Stockholm by car, with drop-off at 764 92 Barnens Ö. Families who prefer to bring their child themselves arrive on the first day of the period and are met by the camp leaders, who by then already know which house and room your child has been given. · 764 92 Barnens Ö, Sweden
Shuttle
Kollo bus
Barnens Ö publishes bus timetables (busstider) for each camp period, so families can see the departure and return times for the coach that carries children out to the camp farm and home again. The timetables are shared with the practical pre-camp information, alongside the packing list and the digital information meeting held at the end of April.
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