Step into Madeleine’s Candy Shop to find an array of squishy, tutti-fruity, sugar-dusted, sweet-and-puckery gummies in a rainbow of hues.

Semla, perhaps Sweden's most ambitious sweet treat. Photo: Linus Sundahl-Djerf/SvD/TT The Local's Fika Calendar walks you through a whole year of Sweden's coffee-and-cake tradition, with information ...

But a small, active and aging group of locals are preserving the city’s Swedish food traditions for a new generation. Without them, who would pickle the herring or import the lye-soaked lutefisk?

From hearty comfort foods for those long, winter nights, to seafood dishes with a twist, Stockholm offers plenty of ways to experience Swedish food firsthand.