Svedjan Bageri – a Sip of Helsingborg & a Hug from Lapland

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Verfasst von Bumblebee Magazine
 
Street scene outside Svedjan Bageri in Stockholm with pedestrians, outdoor seating, an open door, and a man in a straw hat standing at the corner of the building.

Svedjan Bageri in Södermalm is the kind of place where we could easily spend an entire Swedish winter day.

Because really - what could be better than sitting at a big wooden table with a steaming black coffee in front of us, gazing into the open bakery where fresh sourdough loaves are being pulled from the oven?

Interior of Svedjan Bageri in Stockholm with brick walls, central wooden table, yellow plant pot, large counter, guests, and a window view toward the street.

We could definitely imagine celebrating Kanelbullens Dag here - Sweden’s Cinnamon Bun Day in October.

At Svedjan Bageri, the buns are so good that a line outside the door is anything but rare.

Pastry counter at Svedjan Bageri in Stockholm with cinnamon rolls, breads and sweets in front of a brick wall; staff member reaches for a loaf.

Not that this comes as a surprise: Alfred Hellström, who runs the café in Södermalm, puts enormous care into the quality of every single ingredient.

Multiple proofing baskets with fresh bread dough sit closely packed on a metal rack in the bakery kitchen of Svedjan Bageri in Stockholm.

The milk, cheese and yoghurt all come from his family’s farm in Swedish Lapland and the coffee is roasted by the excellent Koppi roastery in Helsingborg.

The organic flour for the baked goods is supplied by Warbro Kvarn, a traditional stone mill surrounded by wildflower meadows south of Stockholm.

Alfred’s mother, Johanna Hellström, grew up in the 1980s on a small farm in Västerbotten, in the far northeast of Sweden.

In the 1990s, the family moved to Södra Svedjan, on the shores of Lake Storkågeträsket, where they were able to run a somewhat larger farm. 

View across a traditional wooden fence onto the green farmland of Svedjan Bageri near Stockholm, with flower beds, open meadows and dense conifer forest behind.

But with only forty cows, the dairy simply couldn’t carry the farm on its own  -  so a new idea had to be born.

Through patience, dedication and a deep love of high-quality food, Johanna and her husband Pär gradually turned their dairy into one of Sweden’s finest artisanal creameries.

In a beautifully restored barn, the family then opened the first Svedjan Bageri, right in the middle of Sweden’s rural idyll - a dream destination for a summer road trip!

At the end of 2020, Alfred and his wife decided to bring Svedjan Bageri to Stockholm.

They lovingly renovated the ground floor of a turn-of-the-century corner building at Brännkyrkagatan 93 in Södermalm.

Inside Svedjan Bageri in Stockholm, guests sit at wooden tables, working on laptops or chatting over coffee and pastries in the modern, bright interior.

The original brick walls were exposed, adding warmth and texture.

A large counter was installed and clad in bottle-green tiles. 

And of course, a modern open bakery was built into the space.

Wooden tables and old school chairs complete the bright, welcoming interior.

And when the weather plays along, there are benches along the facade and a few sunshine-yellow café tables outside.

Guests sit in the sunshine at wooden tables and yellow chairs outside Svedjan Bageri in Stockholm, the outdoor area shaded by leafy trees.

Which means we now get to enjoy the very best of Swedish café coziness right in the capital - gently infused with a hint of Lapland.

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