Have you ever dreamed about escaping to your own private island? Through a new initiative, Sweden is giving travelers the chance to win an island for a year.

Five winners in Visit Sweden’s new global contest will receive yearlong usage rights to designated uninhabited islands—plus flights to experience the country’s wild landscapes up close.

Picture this: you wake up to waves instead of alarms, brew coffee facing the Baltic Sea and spend your afternoons kayaking past pine-covered cliffs. No crowds. No neighbors.Sweden is now offering ...