Apelsinvillan, Protected summer house in Lidingö Municipality, Sweden

Apelsinvillan is a wooden summer house from 1890 on the west shore of Kottlasjön in Skärsätra, Lidingö. Its pale grey-green facade has white-trimmed, multi-paned windows and two stacked balconies plus a top veranda, each with a white baluster railing and a scalloped pink-and-green valance. A carved bargeboard crowns the steep gabled roof, and a pale staircase descends on the right.

Built in 1890 by carpenter Per Johan Asker, the house was one of many summer homes that appeared near Kottlasjön at that time. In 1897 it was bought by former Stockholm shoemaker Johan Fredrik Källgren, and it remained in his family until around 1970.

The name comes from the orange wooden balls decorating the upper part of the veranda, which many people think look like oranges rather than lanterns. Today the house still serves as a year-round family home, keeping the relaxed feel of an old lakeside summer retreat.

The house stands on the west shore of Kottlasjön at Vinkelvägen 27 in Skärsätra, with two small wooden outbuildings beside it. It is a private year-round home, so it can only be seen from the outside. The lakeside ground can be wet after rain.

The orange wooden balls on the upper veranda, which gave the house its name, may represent lit decorative lanterns but resemble oranges more closely. The building was originally called Skogsbacken no. 2 before the nickname took over.