The best Christmas smorgasbords (julbord) in Stockholm 2020

Luckily you don’t have to wait for Christmas Eve to have Christmas food – here are ten restaurants in Stockholm that offer a wonderful Christmas buffet from the end of November. So take the opportunity to enjoy all your Christmas food favorites, the beautiful lights and cozy atmosphere that fills the city this time of year.

Is there anything that beats a Christmas buffet in a beautiful archipelago environment with magnificent sea views? Rökeriet Fjäderholmarna that you reach after a 25-minute boat ride from Stockholm city, serves a classic Christmas smorgasbord with influences from their own smokehouse. Traditional flavors are paired with green news and delicacies, and the buffet is enjoyed either in the large dining room or in the restaurant’s charming Chambre separée ‘Röken.’ The Christmas buffet runs between November 22 and December 22.

Stockholm’s best beer brewery is nicely located in Hammarby Sjöstad and is called the New Carnegie Brewery/Nya Carnegiebryggeriet. Here you can experience modern beer culture with every sense from brewing to taste, in combination with Christmas-food. Nya Carnegiebryggeriet offers beer tasting and a tour of the beer brewery with a guide. This beer Mecca is for everyone, regardless of level, who wants to know more about beer. The Christmas food maintains a really high standard and the food is served at the table.

Fantastic food and beer at Nya Carnegiebryggeriet

Christmas smorgasbords are not for everyone, and luckily some restaurants offer excellent alternatives. At Prinsen, located in the middle of central Stockholm, you and your company can enjoy a delicious three-course dinner where no Christmas food will be seen. And you still achieve the cozy factor thanks to the beautiful old-fashioned style premises.

Another Italian Christmas buffet can be found at restaurant Trattorian, which is beautifully located on the waterfront of Norr Mälarstrand. In the country-style dining room, you can enjoy a wide range of dishes from all over Italy, such as Sicilian fish, Tuscan cheese and pasta from Rome. The Christmas dinner ends with homemade sweets and digestivo.

Not everyone is a fan of Christmas ham, meatballs, and other traditional Christmas food. If you are one of these people, there’s a nice Christmas dinner alternative on STHLM TAPAS Vasastan. Here you’ll get five different tapas plus a dessert and can also order a matching beverage package.

Every year during the holiday season Verandan at Grand Hôtel sets up its world-famous Christmas smorgasbord. Here you’ll find all the classic dishes of a true Swedish Christmas buffet. And why not try Grand Hôtel’s very own snaps 1874 Grand Akvavit with your food. Fancy some Christmas music as well? Don’t miss the sparkling Christmas show with the Swedish artist Måns Zelmerlöw that guaranteed with get you into a both a merry, wonderful, white and holly jolly Christmas.

Throughout December, the medieval tavern, Sjätte Tunnan in Old Town, serves its medieval-inspired Christmas dinner in beautiful vaults. This is your opportunity to become a ‘history eater’ for an evening. Five rounds of Christmas food (vegetarian options are available but need to be pre-booked) are served at the table and why not combine the culinary delicacies with homemade mead, mulled wine, and seasoned snaps. While you’re eating you can also enjoy festive entertainment.

Celebrate a traditional and rural Christmas at Siggesta Gård, a farm located on the island Värmdö south of Stockholm. Here, virtually all the food on the Christmas buffet is homemade with locally produced fine ingredients. And an extra plus is that there’s also a lot of yummy Christmas candy.

Experience magical Christmas spirit in Old Town. At the restaurant Stortorgskällaren, located in the middle of Old Town, the artist and celebrity chef Plura Jonson, known from the Swedish TV series ‘Plura’s Kitchen’, together with the chef Daniel Christou, have created a classic Swedish Christmas smorgasbord where you feel the breath of history.

Stockholm is known as the Venice of the North, so having a Christmas dinner out on the sea is a perfect combination of sightseeing and Swedish Christmas food. On the boat Vindhem you’ll find all the traditional Swedish dishes you can wish for – herring, Christmas ham, chipolata sausage, Jansson’s temptation, salmon and lutfisk (preserved cod) to name just a few of the delights. While enjoying the food, a troubadour plays specially selected music. A perfect Christmas table for the whole family.

We wish you a wonderful Christmas smorgasbord in Stockholm 2020 and a Merry Christmas!