Macro close-up of a knife slicing through gravlax, showing fat marbling and fresh dill fronds blurred in the foreground

Fika.

Swedish catering for occasions that deserve more than a buffet.

Discover our craft
The Craft

Earth to table.
No shortcuts taken.

Drag the divider. Watch what patience, good ingredients, and Swedish restraint can do.

The Transformation

From river to slate — gravlax cured for 48 hours.

Atlantic salmon rested in a bed of dill, coarse salt, and sugar for two days. The result is a silk-thin slice that dissolves before you decide to swallow.

Raw salmonGravlax
Whole side of fresh Atlantic salmon resting on a bed of ice with scattered dill fronds and sea salt crystals
Raw salmon
Thinly sliced gravlax fanned across a dark slate board, garnished with capers, lemon zest, and fresh dill
Gravlax
The Transformation

Beetroots pulled from Gotland soil, roasted until they weep.

Charred at the skin, yielding at the centre. Paired with whipped skyr and a vinaigrette of lingonberry and cold-pressed rapeseed oil.

Earth & rootRostad rödbeta
Whole raw beetroots caked in dark garden soil arranged on a rough linen cloth with thyme sprigs
Earth & root
Roasted beetroot salad with goat cheese, candied walnuts, and microgreens on a white ceramic plate
Rostad rödbeta
The Transformation

Hand-rolled rye crispbread — the sound of Sweden.

Ground rye, caraway, and a touch of dark treacle. Rolled paper-thin and baked on birchwood racks until it shatters at the first suggestion of pressure.

Rye & spiceKnäckebröd
Unground cardamom pods and cracked rye grains spilling from a worn wooden bowl on raw oak surface
Rye & spice
Hand-rolled rye crispbread with cloudberry preserves and a curl of cold-smoked butter on a birch board
Knäckebröd
Occasions

Who we cook for.

Three types of events. One standard of care. The kind your guests talk about six months later.

Elegantly set long dining table with Nordic white linens, candles, and birch branch centerpieces for a formal diplomatic reception
Embassy & Cultural

Midsommar receptions that carry the weight of diplomacy.

We have dressed tables for cultural attachés in Washington, Berlin, and Tokyo. Full smörgåsbord service, Aquavit selection, and staff who understand that the meal is the message.

Up to 300 guests · Full service
Minimalist Scandinavian-styled product launch dinner with architectural plating and branded birchwood serving boards
Agency & Brand

Scandinavian-themed launches that give press something to write about.

Creative agencies use our chef's tasting format as the centrepiece of product reveals. The food does the storytelling — Nordic simplicity as a brand statement.

20–120 guests · Chef's tasting
Wedding smörgåsbord spread across an eight-foot birch table with herring preparations, cured meats, and cloudberry desserts
Wedding & Private

A smörgåsbord that makes the Swedish grandmother weep.

Brides who grew up on their farmor's pickled herring and cardamom buns ask for the real thing. We deliver it — with the same quiet pride it was made in the first place.

Intimate to 200 · Bespoke menus
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From Our Guests

The table speaks
for itself.

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The gravlax arrived on juniper boughs that still smelled of the forest. Our guests — most of them Swedish — fell completely silent when the table was unveiled. That silence was the greatest compliment I have ever witnessed.

Margareta Lindqvist

Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Sweden, Washington D.C.

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We briefed Fika on a 90-person Scandinavian product launch. They turned a Soho rooftop into a midsommar meadow. The knäckebröd alone generated three separate Instagram stories from journalists who hadn't touched carbs in years.

Oliver Ashworth

Creative Director, Northlight Studio, London

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My farmor cried. She said the pickled herring tasted exactly like the batch her mother made in Dalarna in 1962. I don't know how they did it. I'm not sure I want to know. I just want to book them again.

Astrid Bergström-Hall

Bride, married June 2025 in Oxfordshire

Seasonal Menu

Keep dreaming
through winter.

Our current seasonal menu — cloudberry season, new-harvest rye, and the year's first cold-smoked Arctic char. Yours as a PDF. No commitment required.

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