‘Dagens’ lunch specials – an unexpected window into Swedish society

You may already have spotted a few bylines from Becky Waterton, The Local’s new full-time reporter based in Malmö. Here’s a chance for her to introduce herself with an article on one of her favourite topics – lunch.

How to make autumnal Swedish apple cake

Six irresistible autumn foods that make the most of Sweden’s produce

Cinnamon Bun Day: Six sticky facts about Sweden’s beloved bun

MAP: Where are Sweden’s four new Michelin-starred restaurants?

How to pick mushrooms in Sweden like you’ve been doing it all your life

Swedish word of the day: surströmming

What you need to know before trying Sweden’s fermented herring

A Brit tries Swedish fermented fish for the first time. And it’s… fine? 

Recipe: How to make a Swedish strawberry cream cake

Why do Swedes care so much about butter knives?

What’s up with Sweden’s ice cream vans?

Greta Thunberg launches farm campaign: ‘We are creating the perfect conditions for diseases to spill over’

Why doesn’t Sweden have any decent village pubs?

How March 25th became Sweden’s national Waffle Day, thanks to mispronunciation

Recipe: How to make traditional Swedish waffles on Waffle Day

My Uppsala: ‘Experience a touch of Swedish Cambridge’

Escape into nature: a forager’s guide to discovering the forest

Nobel Banquet chef Tom Sjöstedt reveals his favourite Stockholm restaurants

The Stockholm restaurants where Sweden’s top chefs eat

Acclaimed chef Frida Ronge: Stockholm has ‘truly fantastic restaurants’

Swedish recipe of the day: How to make traditional semla buns

What’s this cream bun I’ve been seeing everywhere in Sweden?

QUIZ: How much do you know about Swedish semlor?

Sweden’s seven delicious food dates you must put in your diary for 2021

Swedish word of the day: räkmacka

How to make a Swedish ‘pyttipanna’ fry-up

Cinnamon Bun Day: Just another manic bun day

How to make southern Sweden’s farmers’ egg cake

Swedish Recipes: How to make wild mushroom tart

‘Kind of strong, kind of umami’: How to eat fermented herring the Swedish way

Why does Sweden have a salad dressing named ‘Rhode Island’?

Reader’s view: How food made me fall in love with Sweden

WATCH: Is this the most disgusting place in Sweden?

Swedish word of the day: dammsugare

How to make refreshing Swedish elderflower cordial

Table for one: the Swedish restaurant with an extreme approach to social distancing

Swedish recipe: How to make asparagus mousse with prawns and dill

Recipe: How to make Swedish spelt bread with fennel seeds

Swedish recipe: How to make Swedish crispy baked asparagus

Recipe: How to make cinnamon ice cream

Recipe: How to make Swedish cardamom cake

Recipe: How to make ‘kladdkaka’ – Swedish chocolate cake

Why Swedes will eat 221 tonnes of cream and six million buns today

How I baked my way through four centuries of Swedish semla tradition

In Pictures: Swedes bake the world’s largest ever semla bun

This is Sweden’s newest Michelin-starred restaurant

Readers reveal: Where to find the best of Indian culture in Sweden

How Stockholm wants to be ‘the green foodtech hub of the future’

#AdventCalendar: The curious history of the chocolate box you’re bound to receive this Christmas

Eight comforting Swedish Christmas recipes

#AdventCalendar: Why do Swedes eat herring at every single special occasion?

#AdventCalendar: How saffron made its way to Sweden and became a key part of Lucia Day

Where to get the food you need for an international Christmas in Sweden

WATCH: How to make Lucia saffron buns like a pro

#AdventCalendar: When Sweden had a state-owned burger chain

Plans for Malmö’s first food bank to open in 2020

RECIPE: How to make Swedish saffron buns for Lucia

Will you ever be truly Swedish without trying these weird foods?

The weirdest Swedish eating habits that have nothing to do with meatballs

Stockholm restaurants more ‘diverse and exciting than in most other European cities’

The top vegan-friendly places in Stockholm

Expats decide: These are the best falafel joints in Malmö

Goose blood? Five Scanian specialities you may or may not want to try

Quiz: How well do you know Swedish pastries and desserts?

Eight tasty Swedish recipes to try this summer

Sweden’s Disgusting Food Museum gets a permanent home

Seven must-do activities to add to your Swedish summer bucket list

Five delicious food halls to visit in Stockholm

Stockholm restaurant named among world’s best

Reader voices: Where to find the best of British culture in Sweden

Malmö’s Falafel World Cup on hold after funding delay

Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson to close his world-famous restaurant Fäviken for good

How we brought a slice of British cooking to our Swedish home

Sweden’s real Michelin star foodie heaven might surprise you

Meat consumption is falling in Sweden, but production is on the rise

These are the 600 best restaurants in Sweden (or so we’re told)

Sweden’s cultural gem is just 30 minutes from Stockholm

Where are Sweden’s Michelin-starred restaurants?

Swedish word of the day: lördagsgodis

WATCH: Could Indo-Nordic food be the next big fusion trend?

Why Malmö’s Möllevången is a paradise for curious foodies

Scandinavian chefs triumph at top culinary competition Bocuse d’Or

Swedish word of the day: gröt

Swedish word of the day: raggmunk

Fragile southern Swedish delicacy driven to Berlin but crushed on arrival

How spices have connected Sweden and India since the Viking Age

Swedish word of the day: smörgås

Six weird Swedish Christmas foods to try if you’re brave

How to make four different kinds of Swedish Christmas ham

#SwedishChristmas: The festive feast that has stood the test of time

Malmö Lunch: Delicious curries and Punjabi specials at Indian restaurant

Malmö Lunch: Khoresh and kebab at Restaurang Tehran

Malmö Lunch: Idli, vadai and dosa at The South Indian

Could this be Sweden’s most vegan-friendly city?

Malmö Lunch: Foul and fatteh at the city’s first Syrian restaurant

Members’ quiz: How well do you know Swedish food?

My Swedish Career: Meet the café owner bringing a slice of New York to Gothenburg

Malmö Lunch: Afghan dumplings at Ariana

Weekend recipe: How to make Swedish rye cakes

Malmö Lunch: exploring Sweden’s international food capital

Why your food may become more expensive in Sweden

How to make Swedish cloudberry meringues

Swede shells out for the season’s first lobster

Sweden’s fries could get shorter after hot summer

Recipe: how to make Swedish apple pie with a twist

Swedish food: How to make sweetened lingonberries

Recipe: How to make Swedish rye bread with apple

How to survive a Swedish crayfish party

RECIPE: How to make a Swedish prawn sandwich

How to bake traditional Swedish crispbread

Swedes get hepatitis A from eating infected frozen strawberries

Recipe: How to make eggs with Swedish anchovies

Recipe: How to make Swedish sponge cake

Recipe: How to make delicious Swedish redcurrant jelly

Swedish team wins Europe’s pastry championship

Change street name out of ‘respect for fish’, Peta tells Stockholm

Ten of the best places to eat vegetarian food in Stockholm

Swedish recipe: quick and healthy redcurrant smoothie

Swedish recipe: How to make strawberry compote

Don’t eat Baltic cod, WWF warns

‘Every country has its weird dishes’: Swedish PM invites Nordic leaders to try fermented herring

Young Swedes eating too much junk food: study

Nordic and Mediterranean countries can make more of healthy cuisine: WHO

Swedish recipe: how to make raspberry coulis

Swedish chef ranked second best in Europe

Recipe: How to make classic Swedish steak on a plank

‘What the…?’: Swedes can’t stop laughing at this phallic clam

Recipe: How to make Swedish Salmon in saffron sauce

How to make Swedish cloudberry parfait

Recipe: How to make simple Swedish potatoes in chive sauce

Recipe: Delicious Swedish baked cod with spinach

WATCH: Spaniards try Swedish fermented herring, with hilarious results

Swedish recipe: how to make super thin rye crispbread

Recipe: How to make Swedish ‘raggmunk’

How to make your own Swedish pea soup

Recipe: How to make Swedish potato and celeriac gratin

Swedish chef creates hybrid ‘nacho semla bun’

How to cook reindeer from frozen: recipe

Five Swedish winter recipes to warm you up this Christmas

This is the best Christmas meatballs recipe in the world

How to make saffron and white chocolate truffles for Christmas

Would you eat this Swedish hybrid saffron bun kebab this Christmas?

How to make Swedish pepparkakor

How to make Swedish root vegetable mash

How to make Swedish beetroot baked in salt

Recipe: How to make apple and almond tart

Recipe: How to make Swedish gin-cured salmon

Recipe: How to make venison stew with bilberries and gnocchi

‘Sweden is the perfect country for me – and for lots of people’

Recipe: How to make Swedish rosehip jelly

Meet the Swede who makes the world’s best porridge

Recipe: How to make Beef Stroganoff

Mushroom recipe: How to make chanterelle pesto

Five things you have to do before Swedish summer ends

Recipe: Salmon with Swedish cheese

Recipe: How to make a delicious Swedish spiced berry compote

Swedish recipe: How to make gooseberry and elderflower compote

This Swedish Princess Cake will give you a taste of royalty

Three kind of bizarre but totally Swedish recipes

Swedish recipe: How to make warm goats’ cheese salad with cranberries

RECIPE: Pickled mackerel and beetroot salad

How to make a delicious strawberry cake with elderflower cream

Five odd Swedish things to taste at Midsummer

How to make Swedish elderflower ice cream

RECIPE: All you need this summer is this Swedish fish dish

Malmö serves up mouth-watering new Street Food bonanza

Recipe: How to make Swedish cloudberry soufflé

‘I didn’t consider anywhere else’: studying at top culinary school Ferrandi Paris

Recipe: How to make Swedish wild garlic soup

How to make a Swedish spring salad with an exotic twist

Eight signs spring has arrived in Sweden

Recipe: Panna cotta with a Swedish rhubarb twist

‘What I love about Sweden is they say things straight, which isn’t the case in many other countries’

Recipe: How to make delicious Swedish almondy tosca cake

How to make cloudberry ice cream

Recipe: How to make Swedish fish soup with wild garlic

Recipe: How to make these Swedish ‘mandelflarn’

Here’s what happened when this Swede introduced fika at her London office

Impress your friends with this recipe for Swedish stuffed pork chops

This Malmö restaurant just got the city’s first two Michelin stars

Recipe: How to make liquorice ice cream

Meet the amateur baker making Swedish ‘fika’ hot in Israel

Sweden’s food would only last a week in an emergency, experts warn

Revealed: Sweden’s best chef named in prestigious competition

Recipe: Roast partridge with chanterelle sauce

Malmö: Home to the best food in Sweden?

Sweet tooth: Why are the Swedes obsessed with candy?

Swedish food: How to make salmon gratin

Where to find the best international food in Stockholm

Why this hybrid cake has gone viral in Sweden

How to make Swedish baked cod with browned butter

Arnold Schwarzenegger just visited this Swedish restaurant

‘Sweden still has a problem when it comes to cutting down on food waste’

Expensive Scotch breaks Swedish record

Baker makes Swedish Lucia buns using her own breast milk

Michael Björklund: ‘Being a chef is crazy work’

RECIPE: How to make a traditional saffron wreath

In pictures: 12 totally Swedish Christmas gingerbread houses

Six Christmas events to kick off December in Sweden

Scotland in uproar over being ‘out deep-fried’ by Sweden

Eight of Gothenburg’s coziest cafes this winter

Mette Helbæk: ‘We have a basic human need to connect’

This bizarre Swedish sausage is Zlatan’s favourite food

Swedish chef wins two Michelin stars for NY eatery

How to make southern Swedish apple crumble

‘We want people to realize it’s okay to think outside the box’

Revealed: This is the best chef in Sweden

How to make Sweden’s luxurious lobster soup

Why Cinnamon Bun Day is an enduring Swedish success

Welcome in the autumn with this Swedish tiger cake

Impress guests with this Swedish mushroom risotto

Is this the most Swedish wedding cake ever?

How to make this scrumptious Swedish bilberry ice cream

The mystique of Asia – in the middle of Stockholm

How to make Swedish ‘Dream’ cookies for fika

Sweden’s champion prawn peeler hauls in a big catch

How to make Swedish cold poached salmon

Sweden has EU’s second highest food prices

Swedish restaurant named among world’s best

How to make superb Swedish asparagus soup

How to make Swedish rhubarb and ginger jam

Is this the best cafe in Sweden to grab a fika?

Fend off the bad weather with a Swedish beetroot salad

Four fantastic foodie events across Sweden this weekend

Swedish summer strawberries with elderflower parfait

Four things to do, look at, eat and listen to in Sweden

‘I wanted to do something different from everyone else’

The Swedish strawberry drink that’s perfect for summer

How to make Sweden’s famous veal burgers

How to make Sweden’s posh potato cakes at home

Who’s the Swede named the world’s best sommelier?

How to make Swedish smoked salmon and asparagus tart

How to make Swedish cardamom mufffins

Integrating at the dinner table: The Department of Invitations

‘Dangerous’ pesticides discovered in Swedish food

‘My dream is to teach Swedes about Japanese food’

How to make Swedish roast lamb with garlic

Introducing Sweden’s easiest and tastiest fish dish

How to make traditional Swedish spelt bread

Grapes sold with toilet bleach as Swede launches eco war

Rural Swedish chef wins first two Michelin stars

Five delicious events for foodies in Sweden this week

Eight strange things that surprised me about Sweden

What’s the fuss about Sweden’s semla bun?

Ecofood ‘no better for you or planet’: Swedish professor

How to make homely Swedish flatbread from Hönö island

How to make Swedish stuffed cabbage rolls

How to make crunchy Swedish winter salad

Ten Swedish dates every visitor must discover

How to make Swedish potato and fish gratin

How to make Swedish game and veggie stew

Five tasty events for foodies in Sweden

How to make Swedish sweet black bread

How to make popular Swedish sloe snaps

How to make Swedish liquorice panna cotta

How to make pork fillet with Swedish apples

Swedes bite into online McDonald’s bookings

Swedish experts say rice cakes are full of arsenic

How to make Swedish Love Treat cakes

Seven scrummy brunch spots in Stockholm

How to make Swedish blackberry muffins

Malmö’s Michelin magic set for three new spots

How to make Swedish potatoes with dill

Six tasty spots for a Swedish meat feast

Swedes show world how to eat fermented herring

How to make Swedish pickled beetroot

How to make seasonal Swedish mushroom toast

How to make Swedish pears in red wine

How to make Swedish smoked eel canapés

How to make Sweden’s best west coast salad

Five tasty events for foodies in Sweden

‘Ugly’ food to get second chance in Sweden

Would you eat this Swedish mega burger?

How to make lamb stew in a creamy dill sauce

US herring video is ‘an insult to Sweden’

How to make Swedish shellfish on rye bread

‘I constantly evolve my Swedishness’

Swedes in flap about ‘brutal’ French bird dish

Sweden’s costly food gets even more pricey

How to make Swedish Västerbotten pie

Two Swedish restaurants among world’s 50 best

How to make crispy Swedish asparagus

How to make Panna cotta with cloudberry jam

Raspberry dessert ‘kills’ Swedish pensioners

How to make Swedish cardamom ice cream

World gets stronger taste for Swedish sweet treats

Bargain burger chain bites designer revamp

What’s on in Sweden: April 2nd – 8th

How to Make Chocolate Truffles for Easter

First Swedish woman wins Michelin star

How to make traditional Swedish blackberry pie

How to make delicious Swedish mushroom tart

Sweden wins bronze at food ‘World Cup’

What’s on: January 31st – February 7th

Famous Swedish snack gets 2015 makeover

How to make classic Swedish gravad lax

The Local’s Countdown to Christmas

Swedes cook up win at culinary world cup

Five magical Swedish winter markets

Sweden tests ‘alcogates’ for drunk car drivers

How I got immigrants and Swedes dining together

Stockholm ranks fourth on ‘club sandwich index’

Eight classic Swedish desserts to die for

Mafia-run food forgeries reach Sweden’s borders

A beginner’s guide to the Swedish food scene

Sweden boasts better food than Italy: report

EU yields power to school-lunch activists

Swedish ‘bacon water’ tops Queen and sprouts

Half of Swedes would (Insta)ban food pics

Where to celebrate Thanksgiving in Sweden

Frightful or fab fusion for Swedish Christmas?

Stockholm man poisoned by cleaning fluid coffee

Seven succulent sauces for Swedish meal time

Dutch tomatoes leave Swedish farms in the red

Top ten expat complaints to their Swedish partners

Stockholm ‘pop-up’ diner shuts as secret divulged

Cinnamon Bun Day: What’s it all about?

Sweden touts low-carb diet as key to weight loss

Where to find the best pub grub in Stockholm

Swede finds mouse teeth in morning muesli

‘This is the smell of death and I’m expected to eat it’

EU rules could turn Xmas ham grey: report

Bone marrow and cabbage takes pizza prize

Coke leaves Muhammad out of Sweden PR drive

Malmö to fine people who fail to sort their trash

Three Swedish eateries among world’s top 100

Local produce no climate change panacea: study

Swedish food: More than just a good Plopp

Nordic diet cuts heart disease risk: study

Three Swedish eateries get Michelin stars

Meat recalled over E.coli faeces fears

EU rules stop Swedish ‘potency mustard’

‘Slap carbon tax on meat to reduce emissions’

Brooklyn to run new Swedish ‘Beer El Dorado’

Two Swedish restaurants make global top ten

The kebab pizza is Sweden’s favourite

Swedish village of four set to get megamall

Food in Sweden third most expensive in EU

Organic product sales slump in Sweden

Show lets Swedes eat their way through history

Rat pups found in baby food packaging

Swedish bakery to bring Londoners sourdough

Warning over dyed pork sold as beef in Sweden

Outrage over Stockholm school butter ban

Swedish chefs win gold at Culinary Olympics

‘Fake’ food common in Stockholm eateries

Man punches pal, pees on pizzas in drunken rage

Swede charged after drunken golf cart drive

Gareth Jones: cooking up success in Sweden

Swedes throw away food worth billions: report

Salmonella scare causes major meat recall

Sébastien Boudet: rolling in the ‘dough’ in Sweden

Swedish shops ‘re-label and sell’ old food: report

19-year-old rotten meat sold in Swedish shops

Aussie in 15 kronor Sweden food challenge

Stockholm eatery named among world top 20

Swedish alcohol intake hikes after EU entry

Grab a taste of Sweden’s 10 Michelin-rated eateries

Brits can’t get enough Swedish food: report

Ikea affirms bid to ditch Swedish food brands

Swede pulls up carrot bearing long-lost ring

Swedes churn a profit from Norway butter crisis

Charges filed after mass food poisoning

Shopping for Christmas food in Stockholm

Ten soul-satisfying Swedish comfort foods

Finding a fab place for fika with a twist

Crime falls when Sweden ‘drinks like Europe’

Swedish lunch lady in pole dance protest

Washington DC kids get a taste of Swedish food

‘Tuna poisoning’ reports on the rise in Stockholm

Some A-list alternatives for your next After Work

Sneaking a peak at Sweden’s burgeoning wine industry

Ikea to drop famous Swedish food brands

This food may not be local, but it sure is good

Stockholm hosts world’s first sourdough hotel

Tourists left reeling after tipping scam

Swedish woman finds toad in pre-packed salad

Swedes cut food budgets as crisis unfolds

Foraging for Sweden’s autumn delights

Diet research backed by US meat industry: report

Foreign family told they ‘eat too much dough’

Making the most of the 2011 Malmö Festival

School grades are linked to diet: study

Doggy bags – a good deed for the environment

Top ten Swedish foods to remember

‘Danish Marmite ban, be damned’: British ex-pat

Hidden treasure turns up in Swede’s seafood pizza

A gastronomic Swedish Easter

Swedes eat more meat

Sweden to check Japan food imports for radiation

Sausage contained 104 percent meat

Subway plans massive Sweden expansion

Drunk Swede drove to police station to pick up drunk friend

Baby food can contain arsenic: Swedish study

Warning over lead in coffee vending machines

Housing costs cause Swedish inflation spike

Dissecting the delights of the Swedish Christmas smorgasbord

Swedish chef wins UK curry prize

‘Sleepwalking’ Swede beats drunken driving charges

Swedish town makes art of the potato

Drunk driver claims group sex made her flee

‘Frankenfood’ spuds in Sweden due to ‘error’

‘Frankenfood’ potatoes turn up in Swedish field

Lunch prices climb to record high

Rotten fish? It’s a delicacy

Blood pudding most disliked Swedish dish

Probe looks at grocery food waste in Sweden

Shopping baskets flunk hygiene test

Swede success as ‘meat glue’ plans come unstuck

Black Cobra gang steals selection of small cakes

Sweden’s top ten tasty buns

‘Meat glue’ approval draws criticism

Flight crews warned off the booze

Strange foods, and how to find them

The day the milk stood still

Coke sues Swedish firm over Ukrainian imports

Swedish concern over Cocaine energy drink

A nice cup of tea – how hard can it be?

Michelin-starred Swedish restaurant to close

Dole drops Bananas!* lawsuit

Swedish MPs back filmmaker’s battle with US food giant

Rancid Swedish Cold War meat sold to Poland

Swedes struggle to make sense of a new diet trend

Agency condemns smelly herring claims as ‘illegitimate’

Swedes neglect their fruit and veg: report

Allergic youth ill after Swedish embassy lunch

US food giant sues Swedish filmmaker

61 of 70 pizzerias fail hygiene inspection

Animal rights activists force restaurant closure

Agency steps up efforts to unmask strawberry cheats

Easter bunny popular fare

Glass found in Falun sausage

Säpo to investigate chicken glass mystery

Glass turns up in restaurant chicken

Sweden’s chicken glass mystery thickens

Total recall for Kronfågel chicken

More glass found in Swedish chicken

Vomiting bug hits hundreds of pizza fans

Swedish vegetable prices at 15-year high

Guide Michelin awards two stars to second Swedish eatery

Ostrich pizza wins top Swedish prize

Swede places second in prestigious cooking contest

Swedish grocers selling ‘Spanish’ fruit from Israel

‘Endangered fish’ on sale in Swedish shops

High honours for Swedish chef’s Paris eatery

Meatballs reign supreme in Swedish kitchens: study

Agency condemns Sweden’s GMO labeling as ‘misleading’

Swedish scientists struggle to explain post-beer munchies

Tainted Irish meat delivered to Swedish schools

Choc news: Sweden in public display of confection

The Lowdown: Chocolate

Kidney risk for adopted Chinese children

Poison pies sold in Sweden

Swedish magazine’s recipe mistake poisons four

Top ten Swedish taste sensations

Mushroom war marked by cunning and subterfuge

Swedish food aims to knock France off its perch

Coffee machine milk ‘like washing powder’

Pensioners concerned by rising food prices

Swedish town chosen for international potato academy

Tomato invasion from outer space

A course in seduction

Ica under fire for sidelining smokers

Teacher to student: ‘we don’t want to see your ass’

Vegan finds dead mouse in bag of tortilla chips

Bauer serves up seriously fun food

New Swedish restaurants added to Guide Michelin

Michelin-starred restaurants in Gothenburg

ICA management knew of mislabelled meat

Swedish politicians propose alcohol-free Riksdag

Italy: Swedish Christmas gingerbread ‘toxic’

Gävle hit by salmonella outbreak

Axfood and Coop join meat cheat scandal

Swedish Christmas treat hit by Iranian harvest

When sausages cause a female stampede

Hygiene ‘sub-standard’ in many slaughterhouses

Swedes spend more on food

Swedish companies accused over Thai working conditions

Food prices ‘will fall over next decade’

Increased meat consumption ‘harms environment’

German giant gulps Swedish juice firm

Metal prompts Scan to recall meat

Warning over Chinese food imports

Belly dancing and hummus – Swedes fall for Lebanese

Boom time for bars and restaurants

Swede sells unique wine collection

‘Origin labels’ to identify Swedish fish

Full fat milk makes you thinner – Swedish study

Unwelcome bacteria on Christmas menu

Recharge with a Swedish winter weekend

Nine get food poisoning from Swedish foods agency buffet

ICA recalls mince over salmonella

Organic milk runs dry as demand surges

Oily fish prevents kidney cancer – Swedish research

Worry over Swedish children’s sugar intake

Sweden “finds banned GM substance” in US rice

Simple home cooking ‘extends life expectancy’

McDonald’s slumps while Max marches on

Swedish beer: things can only get better