I did the same trip last year with my family in october
We flew in to Oslo (Norwegian Air, bargain), we hired a car and drove straight across in to Sweden to Värmland.
Värmland is often described as the province of nature and culture. It is also a province of wilderness with unspoiled forests, distant blue mountains and shimmering wild waters for fishing and canoeing.
We booked up a log cabin as a base that was 75m from the lake, we had our own little boat for fishing exploring the lake. To get the best out of this I would suggest going a bit earlier than us for the fishing, we went at the end of October and the lakes were freezing already and all the fish gone deep.
There are three traditional log cabins spaced about 30m apart, each sleeping up to 6 persons in two 2-person rooms and one 2-person sleeping loft (very popular with children!), meaning this experience is also an excellent choice for 2-3 families or groups or larger friends travelling together.
We used the cabin as a base and I would say at least 50% of the roads around us were just gravel and sometimes when we went out exploring in the car we were lucky to see any other cars all day.
From our door we had walks right up to high ground where you could get a good view of all around us.
Whenever we walked to the lakes there were areas set out to have a fire, some of these even had tinder and firewood. This is a great example of how the Swedish appreciate the outdoors and leave the place for the next visiter.
A typical day for us would be to pack some food and soup etc, either walk out or take the boat, find a new area to explore. My boy ( was in charge of fire lighting. This time of the year there is not too much to forage, the best we could knock up was pine needle tea. We spent a lot of the time trying to find evidence of the animals that inhabit the area, moose, wolves, bear, deer, fox, pine martin and Beaver.
My next visit to the area would be summer where when could fish more and swim in the lakes. I would still use the cabin as a base but walk out further with a kit to stay out for a day or two.
The forest were very dense with a carpet of moss everywhere and made up mostly of pine and birch, no probs getting a fire going.
I did not want to make this post pic heavy but here is a link if you want to see some pics to get a flavor, oh and I can't work out how to get an album on here
http://gallery.me.com/vinnyp68#100234
Enjoy, Vinny
I've told everyone else so I thought I'd tell you lot too 
