Swedish restaurants in Stockholm
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Pelikan
High ceilings, wood-panelling and no-nonsense waiters in waistcoats set the scene for classic husmanskost (traditional Swedish fare) at this century-old beer hall. The superb menu includes an assortment of herring and cheeses and expertly roasted spare-ribs served with red cabbage and apple purée. Add huge beer glasses and you’re set for an epic toast to Sverige.
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Fredsgatan 12
Chef Melker Andersson’s award-winning baby, Fredsgatan 12 (F12) is a culinary adventure – think squid and sea buckthorn with oyster emulsion, shredded black bread and cucumber, veal tenderloin with lobster and tarragon, and pear fudge with ginger and cardamom. It’s all served in one of the city’s slinkiest dining spaces, so book ahead. Alternatively, settle for rare Danish beers at the bar or summertime mojitos on the hugely popular outdoor terrasen (terrace).
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Grands Veranda
Located inside the venerable Grand Hôtel, the smörgåsbord here is Stockholm’s best. Get in early for a window seat and feast away on old-school favourites like gravadlax (cured salmon) with a moreish mustard sauce. The hotel’s newest dining spot, Restaurant Mathias Dahlgren, named after its Bocuse d’Or-winning chef, has garnered a second Michelin star as well as top marks for comfort and service.
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Den Gyldene Freden
Simmering and stirring since 1722, this venerable barrel-vaulted restaurant is run by the Swedish Academy, where (rumour has it) its members meet to decide who will win the Nobel prize. Personally, we think it should go to the chefs, whose sublime offerings include civilised husmanskost (traditional Swedish fare) such as smoked salmon with avocado crème, figs and raisin dressing. Book ahead and dress to impress.
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Bakfickan
Set in the opera house and appropriately crammed with opera photographs and deco-style lampshades, this buzzing counter restaurant is famed for its savvy old-school waiters and top-notch husmanskost (traditional Swedish fare); Bakfickan shares a kitchen with Operakällaren. A great place for solo supping, it’s best late at night, when you’re bound to stumble across a bitching soprano.
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Leijontornet
Award-winning Leijontornet boasts the ruins of a 14th-century defence tower in its uberelegant dining room. But that’s where the history ends, with culinary creations like squid with burnt leek or fried Mutzu apple with spruce-tree jelly and tar ice cream pushing the culinary envelope. The trendy in-house bar serves up fab midpriced fare and smooth DJ-spun tunes on Friday and Saturday.
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Lux Stockholm
Lux by name, luxe by nature, this Michelin-star hotspot is run by Bocuse d’Or silver medal winner Henrik Norström. Expect obscenely original creations like spiced lobster with almond milk and duck with pistachio and ginger, all served in what was once the Electrolux factory canteen. Needless to say, book ahead (by the window in winter, on the terrace in summer).
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Vassa Eggen
Featuring a domed dining room sitting beyond a glassed birch forest, this stylish dining pad is named after Somerset Maugham’s novel The Razor’s Edge. With sharply executed dishes like oxtail tortellini with mascarpone cheese and a long and luscious wine list, it all makes perfect sense. Book ahead.
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Sturehof
An empty table is just as rare as a mediocre meal at this crisp, Jonas Bohlin–designed brasserie. Slap bang on Stureplan, Sturehof is the perfect place to enjoy seafood, champagne sessions and gratuitous people-watching. Full and fulfilled, pop into tiny Obaren for a post-meal martini.
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Tranan
Stockholmers swear by this bistro-style eatery, with technicolour brush strokes pimping up the walls. Food combines Swedish husmanskost with savvy Gallic touches. On weekends DJs hit the decks in the pumping, 30-something basement bar (except in summer, when the bar is closed).
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Nystekt Strömming
As you’d expect from its name (Newly Fried Herring), you’ll get some of the best fried herring in Stockholm from this little caravan outside the Tunnelbana station at Slussen.
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