Three of the world's top restaurants are in Sweden

A recent list by British Restaurant Magazine puts two Stockholm restaurants and one in central Sweden on its list of the top 100. 

  • Frantzén/Lindeberg (here founders/chefs Björn Frantzén and Daniel Lindeberg), has two stars. It builds its menu on a list of primary produce that the guest picks from. The guest makes six or eight picks or lets the chef decide. On the menu at the moment: Satio tempestas (fried skins from a bream and brown butter), Scallops (Alba truffle and creamy eggs) and Chocolate (sea salt, caramel and canola oil).

  • Three Swedish restaurants can be found on the British Restaurant Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 best restaurants. The top Swedish restaurant is Frantzén/Lindeberg in Stockholm’s Old City – it lands on the 12th spot.

  • Swedish chef Mathias Dahlgren opened Matbordet in Stockholm's Grand Hotel, where he has had other winning restaurants. Dahlgren is from Umeå and won the culinary championship Bocuse d’Or in 1997.

  • “Of course it feels good, really great,” says Björn Frantzén, who with Daniel Lindeberg runs the restaurant. Last year Frantzén/Lindeberg could be found on the magazine’s 20th spot, so it has taken quite a leap towards the top. The great score is motivated by the “use of an incredible amount of ingredients”. 95% of the ingredients used in the kitchen come from Sweden, many are handpicked straight from the restaurant’s own garden.

  • Interior of Restaurant Fäviken in Åre in the northern province Jämtland, Sweden.

  • “They judge restaurants from all over the world, so this is extremely satisfying,” Frantzén says. “Ours is a small restaurant, we only have five tables. This must mean that we have customers who are very happy.” When asked what makes the restaurant so special, Frantzén says there are several factors: “We focus on raw produce, which we mix with a touch of Japan, and that’s uncommon in Sweden.” A recent press release on the restaurant’s website states that Frantzén and Lindeberg will go their separate ways, and that the restaurant in the future will be called Frantzén only.

  • Langoustine with celery and essence of pressed apples at Restaurant Frantzén (it changed name from Restaurant Frantzén/Lindeberg to Restaurant Frantzén on May 1st, 2013). Photo: www.luxeat.com

  • Fäviken in Järpen, Jämtland, comes in on the 34th place, and Mathias Dahlgren in Stockholm, the third Swedish restaurant on the list, on 55th place. According to the list, the best restaurant in the world is El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain, followed by Noma, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy.

  • Langoustine with celery and essence of pressed apples at Restaurant Frantzén (it changed name from Restaurant Frantzén/Lindeberg to Restaurant Frantzén on May 1st, 2013). Photo: www.luxeat.com

  • For more information:
    www.restaurantfrantzen.com
    www.faviken.com
    www.mathiasdahlgren.com

  • And for the complete list of the best restaurants as per Restaurant Magazine:
    www.theworlds50best.com/list/1-50-winners