Sweden - the new culinary nation

The Swedish climate and nature provide for a unique basis for a vital food culture and Swedish chefs are experts creating a blend of tradition and innovation. Combined with creative use of local ingredients there is also great focus on rural development, stressing the wellbeing of animals and environmental awareness.

Find out more about Sweden  - the new culinary nation on the website of the Swedish Government.

>Sweden - the new culinary nation

Swedish recipes

On September 1, the Swedish Institute launched its food blog on sweden.se. The recipes are specially created for the Swedish embassies around the world together with some of Sweden’s best chefs. A new recipe from the collection is published every three days.

> Swedish Food blog

New issue of Fine Dining - Dec 2011

Read the latest culinary news in the latest issue of Fine Dining. Fine Dining is a culinary magazine with news, interviews, reviews and articles on food and fine dining in Sweden accompanied by wonderful photographs.

Fine Dining

Swedish chef takes silver in Bocuse d'Or

Tommy Myllimäki gained silver in Bocuse d'Or, often called the World Chef Championship.The Nordic countries dominated the contest with Denmark in first place and Norway in third.

Ever since 1987, the Bocuse d’Or contest has been giving young chefs a unique opportunity to demonstrate their skills, offering them a tremendous springboard for their careers and twenty four nations took part in Bocuse d'Or in Lyon this year.

Read more about the competition on

>Bocuse d'Or

UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy

The city of Östersund in the region of Jämtland in mid Sweden has been named Creative City of Gastronomy by UNESCO. Only twenty five cities in the world are part of the ‘Creative City’ network and Östersund is one of just two Cities of Gastronomy.

Östersund and Jämtland have a long-lasting culinary tradition and benefit from a unique gastronomic culture based on locally produced sustainable food. It is famous for its cured meats of moose and reindeer, charr, cheese, bread and chocolates.

Strong support to gastronomic entrepreneurs and farmers through guidance, training support, product development and culinary traditions, tightly linked to the surrounding nature is expected to bring Östersund’s distinctive profile as a gastronomic city to an international level. Situated by the beautiful lake Storjön where the Swedish cousin of the Lock Ness Monster reputedly lives, Östersund is also a world class snow sport destination, a university town and home to the prestigious rock festival Storsjöyran

> Östersund, Sweden - UNESCO City of Gastronomy

Jamie does Stockholm

Asked why he included Stockholm in his series 'Jamie does', Jamie Oliver spoke about the beauty of the city and went on to say:

"Another brilliant thing is that the natural resources in Sweden are amazing. It’s one of the most unpolluted places in Europe and I think that comes out in the freshness and quality of the ingredients. Their seafood is up there with some of the best in the world, and their amazing smoked and cured fish is what they’re most famous for. Also, because they have always had such drawn out winters, they’ve got a strong tradition for foraging, pickling and preserving. Basically their cuisine is really intelligent, elegant, stylish, and clean. A lot like the city, actually.' Read more about Jamie Oliver in Stockholm on his website.

Source: www.jamieoliver.com

>Why Stockholm? - interview with Jamie Oliver
>Jamie does Stockholm- culinary city guide

Sweden offers much more than meatballs

Watch award winning US food journalist and broadcaster Steve Dolinsky on a culinary journey through Sweden.

> Swedish gastronomy tour