If you’re looking for a Swedish meal or fika, check out these Swedish restaurants, cafés, and bakeries in Los Angeles:
Malibu Farm Restaurant/Malibu Farm Cafe
Malibu Farm Restaurant is a full-service restaurant serving farm-to-table food and some Swedish dishes (like Swedish mini pancakes). Malibu Farm Cafe serves lunch and fika at the end of the pier with a view of the ocean. Both are located on the Malibu Pier in Malibu.
Berolina Bakery & Pastry Shop
Semlor (Swedish cream bun), kanelbullar (Swedish cinnamon bun), and Prinsesstårtor (Swedish Princess cake)! This Swedish bakery in Los Angeles has all kinds of Swedish pastries and baked goods. Enjoy a fika at this cozy café located in Glendale.
Viking Pizza & Kabob
CURRENTLY CLOSED, LOOKING FOR A NEW LOCATION. If you’re looking for Swedish pizza in Los Angeles, this place serves Swedish style pizza and kabob plates. Perfect when you’re craving a Swedish Hawaii or Kebab pizza. Located in Glendale.
Shoop’s European Deli & Cafe
European deli and café serving gravlax. Also has a small shop with Swedish candy (salty licorice, Haribo, Turkisk Peppar, etc.), chocolate (Marabou, Fazer), specialty foods (Kalles Kaviar, kex, snacks, etc.) and other stuff. Swedish Christmas hams, gravlax, Swedish pickled herring, and julmust around Christmas time. Located on Main Street in Santa Monica.
Clark Street
Bakery and café serving Swedish kanelbullar, kardemummabullar, and vaniljbullar in addition to bread and other pastries. Three locations around Los Angeles: Echo Park, Larchmont, and Brentwood.
ilcaffè
Swedish/Italian coffee shop serving kanelbullar, (and sometimes lussekatter, semlor), and more. Located in downtown Los Angeles in the same space as Swedish brand Acne Studios.
Ava Krō Restaurant
If you are craving delicious non-Ikea Swedish meatballs, you need to check out this restaurant located in Bel Air. Ava Krō also serves other Swedish classics like filet mignon with Swedish bearnaise sauce, lamb chops with hasselback potatoes, Swedish desserts, and more. (APPEARS TO GO THROUGH FREQUENT MENU CHANGES, CHECK IF SWEDISH DISHES ARE AVAILABLE BEFORE GOING). Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday.
Copenhagen Pastry
Obviously not a Swedish bakery, but a great place for Scandinavian style frukostfrallor (breakfast rolls) and Prinsesstårtor (Swedish Princess cake) as well as various Danish pastries. Located in Culver City.
Bulle Bakery
Swedish bakery specializing in bullar for pickup or delivery throughout the Los Angeles area. Sometimes available at Huset in Venice.
Emili’s Patisserie & Café
If you find yourself in a Prinsesstårta emergency, this European bakery in West L.A. serves Swedish Princess cake as well as various other European pastries.
Ikea
Swedish restaurant and café. Swedish candy, food (meatballs and beyond), and drinks in its shop. Located in Burbank and Carson.
Heat Up Pizza
TEMPORARILY CLOSED. Another spot to get your Swedish style pizza in Los Angeles. Heat Up Pizza offers Swedish classics like gyro kebab pizza and steak and bearnaise pizza. Operated by the same people behind the now closed REDS Swedish Pizza in Santa Monica and Cutter’s Pizza in Tarzana. Currently only open for delivery and pick-up in Canoga Park.
Mega Pizza & Grille
CURRENTLY CLOSED, LOOKING FOR A NEW LOCATION. Another Danish spot located in Culver City. Stop by if you are craving Scandinavian style Kebab pizza (as well as other pizzas). Also serves delicious Kabab plates, burgers, and salads.
Olsons Scandinavian Deli & Café
CURRENTLY CLOSED, LOOKING FOR A NEW LOCATION. Swedish café serving sandwiches and Swedish pastries. Also has a shop with Swedish candy and food.
Gravlax
CURRENTLY CLOSED. Restaurant with an unusual mix of Scandinavian and Turkish cuisine. Delicious gravlax, Swedish herring, and toast Skagen. Located in Culver City.
Swedish Scoops Homemade Gelato & Coffee Bar
CURRENTLY CLOSED. Swedish café serving gelato, sandwiches, kanelbullar, and other Swedish pastries. Sells some Swedish candy. Located in Pasadena.