How Lotta Engberg and Mikael Sandström met is like taken from a fairy tale. In an interview, Lotta Engberg talked about how she enjoyed being single – she thought it felt great, and if she were to be completely honest, she was actually quite tired of men. But there was a guy out there who had caught Lotta’s interest.
In the interview, Lotta revealed that if he were to call Doctor Mikael, then she would not say no.
When Mikael responded to Lotta’s open flirtation, Lotta suffered a slight panic.
– On the Internet it appeared quite quickly, his answer. And then I thought “No, but God, maybe he has a girlfriend who gets really annoyed!”. So I felt that I had to handle this professionally, so I called the number four and asked if I could have his number, and then I sent a text message in which I apologized profusely, Lotta Engberg told In Together with Strömstedts.
Mikael never answered – but Lotta didn’t give up. She contacted Mikael at the end of February 2020, and they then started writing to each other. The rest is history, so to speak. Lotta and Mikael moved in together in a villa in Mölnlycke outside Gothenburg. But the couple also have a wonderful little place to retreat to when they want to escape the pressure and stress in Stockholm or Gothenburg, where they both have well-adjusted profiles.
On the “best coast”, Doctor Mikael and Lotta Engberg can retreat and just be. Image source: MAXLotta Engberg and Mikael Sandström’s house on Flatholmen
Since Doctor Mikael was a little boy, he has been running around on the salt-sprinkled rocks of the small fishing community of Flatholmen outside Tjörn. Mikael and Lotta usually go out there already in May, and there they live without electricity but “in total harmony with nature.”
Lotta Engberg and Doktor Mikael love the summers on the west coast. But the house is getting a little small. Image source: MAX
When a house came up for sale on Flatholmen, Mikael jumped at the chance – but it was long before Lotta came into his life. Now Mikael’s adult children and even grandchildren have “driven out” him and Lotta. But a small cabin next to the big one can be a saving grace.
– We would like to make this our place, our crawl. Now that the others take such a big place. So please help us with that, says Mikael Sandström in Stugdrömmar.
The small lake cabin is to be transformed into a cozy bedroom for two, of course with bohuslän elements and marine details. In Stugdrömmar, which is broadcast on Max, the painter must Johnnie Krigstromthe carpenter Mattias Särnholm and the presenter Gustav Ovland sink your teeth into Mikael and Lotta’s paradise on earth.
The small house before the team in Stugdrömmar sunk their teeth into it. Image source: MAXLotta and Mikael wanted a romantic getaway. This is how it looked before. Image source: MAX This is what Flatholmen looks like after Stugdrömmar
Getting things out to the remote island is not the easiest thing – getting new wood, a stove, a generous bed and everything else actually requires a helicopter. But after a lot of blood and sweat, the cabin is finished – and when Mikael and Lotta see the result, they can’t believe their eyes.
– Damn, how nice, says Lotta Engberg shocked.
– I am completely speechless. Absolutely fantastic, exclaims Mikael.
Doctor Mikael and Lotta Engberg in Cabin Dreams. Image source: MAX
Not only has the cabin been given a makeover inside. They have also received a shower with hot water and a combustion toilet. For Lotta and Doctor Mikael, it feels unreal.
– I get a little moved. It will be a bit of you and me too, says Mikael.
– Our whole approach was that this would be yours now. It was yours, Mike. And now you have invited Lotta with open arms. But you haven’t had your place. But now this is your place, says Johnnie.
The words make Lotta extremely moved, and her eyes fill with tears. Tears of joy.
Stugdrömmar is broadcast on Kanal 5 on Wednesdays at 20:00 and streams on MAX.
This is what Flatholmen looked like after. Image source: MAX So cozy! Image source: MAX It was so cozy! Image source: MAX An old hot tub became a bar, and they got a healthy and bigger wooden deck. And a cozy fireplace! Image source: MAX