Fika in Stockholm: the cinnamon and cardamom buns, the semla, the bakeries and cafés named most, and the days they are shut

💡 The Short Version: The bakeries and cafés named by the most of the 75 publishers counted are Vete-Katten (16 sources), Fabrique and Lillebrors Bageri (15 each), Rosendals Trädgård and Svedjan Bageri (14 each). Lillebrors leads for the cinnamon bun (10) and the cardamom bun (9), Vete-Katten for fika (12) and the princess cake (8). Lillebrors and Socker Sucker are closed on Mondays. Semla day is Tuesday 9 February 2027. Or book a class: the cinnamon roll baking classad is from SEK 1,290 for 2.5 hours.

📊 The evidence behind this guide. Nothing here is ranked on one visit. This pass read 830 list pages from 2022 on, and counts the 121 pages from 60 English-language publishers and the 177 pages from 15 Swedish publishers: newspapers, magazines, guidebooks, broadcasters and travel writers. Stockholm-only guide sites without a named newsroom, tour operators, directories and the venues’ own sites are not counted. Counts are publishers, not pages, and the English and Swedish counts are shown apart. How the guides are made

⚠️ Check the day. Lillebrors Bageri and Socker Sucker are closed on Mondays. Café Saturnus is open every day.

What to order

• Kanelbulle and kardemummabulle. The cinnamon bun and the cardamom bun. Lillebrors leads the counts for both. Kanelbullens dag, Cinnamon Bun Day, is 4 October.
• Semla. A Lent bun filled with almond paste and cream, eaten around Fettisdagen, Tuesday 9 February 2027.
• Prinsesstårta. The princess cake, a layer cake finished in green marzipan. Vete-Katten leads the counts for it.
• Fika. The break itself: a coffee and one pastry, in a konditori, a pastry-café.

Kanelbulle. Photo: Kritzolina, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The places named by the most sources

The count is the number of publishers that name the place on a list of Stockholm bakeries, pastries or coffee, with the split between English and Swedish publishers. A place named by fewer than 7 is left out.

The English lists lean towards Vete-Katten, Fabrique and Café Pascal. The Swedish press names Café Ritorno (1 English, 8 Swedish), Tössebageriet and MR Cake (2 and 6 each), and Café Saturnus and Socker Sucker (4 and 7 each).

By dish, the cinnamon bun is tied to Lillebrors Bageri (10 publishers), Skeppsbro Bageri (9), Vete-Katten, Café Saturnus and Svedjan Bageri (8 each). The cardamom bun is tied to Lillebrors (9), Fabrique (8), and Vete-Katten and Skeppsbro Bageri (5 each). Semla is tied to Lillebrors, Svedjan Bageri and Tössebageriet (6 each).

The bakeries

Vete-Katten

Kungsgatan 55, Norrmalm · Mon to Fri 07:30 to 20:00, Sat and Sun 09:00 to 19:00 · Cited by 16 sources (12 English, 4 Swedish) · vetekatten.se

A konditori, a pastry-café, which also serves grilled sandwiches, soup of the day, savoury pie, baked potatoes and salads. The lists tie it to the princess cake (8 publishers) and to fika (12). Its shops in Central Station, at Centralplan 1 and on Klarabergsviadukten, open at 06:00 on weekdays and 07:00 at weekends, and there are others on Götgatan and Sankt Eriksgatan.

Vete-Katten on Kungsgatan. Photo: DimiTalen, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

Lillebrors Bageri

Rörstrandsgatan 10, Vasastan · Tue to Fri 08:00 to 19:00, Sat and Sun 08:00 to 17:00 · closed Monday · Cited by 15 sources (8 English, 7 Swedish) · lillebrors.se

The bakery the lists name most for the cinnamon bun and the cardamom bun. It is closed on Mondays.

Fabrique

Rosenlundsgatan 28, Södermalm · early morning to late afternoon · Cited by 15 sources (12 English, 3 Swedish) · fabrique.se

A stone-oven bakery that bakes buns, sourdough bread and pastries from fresh, natural ingredients, and serves breakfast, lunch and fika. The lists tie it to the cardamom bun (8 publishers) and to fika (11).

Rosendals Trädgård

Rosendalsterrassen 12, Djurgården · every day 11:00 to 16:00, lunch 11:00 to 14:30 · no table reservations · Cited by 14 sources (8 English, 6 Swedish) · rosendalstradgard.se

A garden café on Djurgården, with a farm shop that sells bread and cakes from the wood-fired bakery. It takes no table reservations and no food pre-orders. Skansen and the Vasa Museum are on the same island.

Rosendals Trädgård on Djurgården. Photo: ArildV, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Café Saturnus

Eriksbergsgatan 6, Östermalm · Mon to Fri 08:00 to 19:00, Sat and Sun 09:00 to 19:00 · Cited by 11 sources (4 English, 7 Swedish) · cafesaturnus.se

An all-day café-restaurant since 1989. Walk-ins are limited at weekends, and the café recommends booking.

Socker Sucker

Drottninggatan 93, Norrmalm · Tue to Fri 08:00 to 18:00, Sat 10:00 to 17:00, Sun 10:00 to 16:00 · closed Monday · Cited by 11 sources (4 English, 7 Swedish) · sockersucker.se

Classic and modern pastries, with fresh-baked bread and buns to take away.

Café Pascal

Norrtullsgatan 4, Sturegatan 8 and Skånegatan · Cited by 13 sources (9 English, 4 Swedish) · cafepascal.se

A café with branches at those addresses. Its roastery address is Gävlegatan 22.

Drop Coffee

Wollmar Yxkullsgatan 10, by Mariatorget · open daily · Cited by 11 sources (8 English, 3 Swedish) · dropcoffee.com

A roaster and café on Södermalm.

Bake your own, or fika afloat

GetYourGuide sells two baking classes in Stockholm, and a cruise and a walk with fika:

GetYourGuide has no meatball or other cooking class in Stockholm. Stockholm boat tours and Stockholm walking tours compare the others.

Plan the rest

Where to eat in Stockholm covers every kind of restaurant, Swedish meatballs names where to order them and Stockholm’s food halls cover Östermalms Saluhall and Hötorgshallen. Stockholm food tours compares the guided ones. 3 days in Stockholm puts the fika on the days it fits, and what to book before you go to Stockholm lists the closed days. For another city, see Danish pastries in Copenhagen.