‘Million Dollar Listing’ Star Fredrik Eklund Rebuilt His Childhood Swedish Sauna on a Secret 9-Acre Connecticut Estate—and It’s Pure Magic

“Million Dollar Listing” alum Fredrik Eklund is constantly expanding his real estate empire by doing business across several state and international borders. Yet, the Swedish-born celebrity real estate broker consistently returns to his roots at a Connecticut home that reminds him of where he grew up.The 1980s-built, stone-style country house in Roxbury, CT, that is reminiscent of Eklund’s childhood environment is one of a half-dozen homes in his growing property portfolio. While hired to sell units in Manhattan’s 64 University Place, Miami Beach’s Shore Club, and another luxury project in Austin, TX, Eklund, 49, purchased residences in each for himself. He also holds an apartment in Paris and is in the midst of a multiyear renovation of a 13th-century chapel ruin in Montepulciano, Italy.“I'm everywhere,” he tells Realtor.com® in the latest Celebrity Sanctuary.Currently, he and his business partner at Douglas Elliman, John Gomes, oversee a team of nearly 100 agents who have closed more than $30 billion in sales while working out of 13 offices located across five states. Previously, during an 11-year run on reality TV, the Bravo star famously filmed on opposite coasts as he made net...