Before the talks began, Norlén told the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper that he was offering party leaders a sockerkaka, a kind of spongecake made with apples, blueberries and rhubarb from his own garden.
"I have baked it myself," he told the newspaper.
Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was the first to visit Norlén in his offices in parliament, at around 10am.
Photo: Christine Olsson/TT
Half an hour later it was the turn of Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats.
Photo: Christine Olsson/TT
Next up was Nooshi Dadgostar, leader of the Left Party, who at least in the photo below, looked uncharacteristically subdued.
Photo: Christine Olsson/TT
Dadgostar was followed by Elisabeth Ringqvist, the Centre Party leader who is refusing to support a government where Dadgostar has ministers (by this point a third of the cake had gone).
After her, it was the turn of Ebba Busch, who currently says she has no intention of backing Magdalena Andersson as prime minister.
Photo: Christine Olsson/TT
It's unclear if the photo of Green Party joint leaders Amanda Lind and Daniel Helldén was taken before or after they had eaten their slice of cake or whether Busch is to blame, because it now looks two-thirds gone.
Last but not least came Liberal Party leader Simona Mohamsson at about 2pm.
Photo: Christine Olsson/TT
In a press conference after the day's meetings, Norlén told journalists he knew exactly how many cups of coffee he had consumed over the day: eight.
Presumably, that's one shortly after waking up and one more in each fika meeting.
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