Stockholm: Guided Swedish Food Walking Tour in Södermalm
Explore Stockholm's Södermalm district on a guided food tour. Sample Swedish dishes like cured salmon, artisanal cheese, wild game, and pickled herring, and learn abou...
Yellow pea soup with cured pork and marjoram, traditionally followed by thin Swedish pancakes (pannkakor) with whipped cream and lingonberry jam. The Thursday-lunch ritual across Sweden.
The Thursday ärtsoppa tradition dates to medieval Sweden when Friday was a fasting day, so Thursday meant a hearty meal to carry workers through. King Erik XIV reportedly died of arsenic-laced pea soup in 1577. The pannkakor dessert pairing is uniquely Swedish. Den Gyldene Freden and Pelikan still serve it as Thursday lunch.
2 editor picks for Ärtsoppa och Pannkakor in Stockholm, ranked by editorial score. All Stockholm signature dishes · Ärtsoppa och Pannkakor across every city.
Den Gyldene Freden ★ 4.3
gamla-stan · Österlånggatan 51, 111 31 Stockholm
Den Gyldene Freden on Österlånggatan in Stockholm's Gamla Stan opened in 1722 and remains the oldest restaurant in continuous operation under the same name.
Pelikan ★ 4.3
sodermalm · Blekingegatan 40, 116 62 Stockholm
Pelikan on Blekingegatan in Stockholm's Södermalm has cooked husmanskost in the vaulted 1904 hall since the Pelikan name moved from Gamla Stan, meatballs.
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