About Butik Hemlängtan

Butik Hemlängtan is the home of swedishfoodshop.com — a small Swedish team shipping authentic food, candy and gifts from Sweden to people who miss the taste of home. Every order is packed by hand in our warehouse in Dalarna and sent worldwide.

The name behind the shop

Hemlängtan is a Swedish word that does not translate cleanly into English. It is a quiet ache — the longing you feel for home, for the foods you grew up with, for the small everyday flavours that suddenly mean everything when you live abroad. We chose the name because it describes our customers exactly: Swedes living overseas, partners of Swedes, neighbours who fell in love with Swedish food on a trip, and curious cooks anywhere in the world who want to taste real Sweden.

Where we ship from

Our warehouse is in Dalarna, in the heart of Sweden. Every order is picked, inspected and packed by hand — chocolate is wrapped to survive transit, refrigerated items go with frozen gel packs, and breakable items get extra padding. We ship to 100 countries via international carriers (typically UPS or PostNord depending on destination), with options shown at checkout based on your address. Read the full shipping information page or the refrigerated shipping page for details on cold-chain transport for cheese, herring and caviar.

Who runs Butik Hemlängtan

The shop is operated by Olav AB, a small company based in Borlänge, Dalarna. We are a small team — every email, every order and every customer message goes through people who know the products personally and care about getting them to you in good shape.

What we sell

We carry the everyday Swedish brands that supermarkets at home take for granted: Marabou chocolate, Polly, Ahlgrens Bilar, Kexchoklad, Loka mineral water, OLW and Estrella chips, Kalles Kaviar, Slotts mustard, Zoégas and Löfbergs coffee, AXA cereals, Semper baby food, Påskmust and Julmust, traditional cookies, herring, crispbread and more. We also stock Swedish gifts, Dala horses, books, magazines and small souvenirs — the kind of things that turn a kitchen abroad into a little piece of Sweden.

Among our most-ordered lines are Marabou chocolate, Semper välling and baby food, OLW snacks, Zoégas coffee, Ahlgrens Bilar, Kalles Kaviar and Apotekarnes Julmust.

How we pack and ship

Orders are picked and packed by hand in our Dalarna warehouse.
Chocolate is protected against heat with extra wrapping in warm seasons.
Refrigerated items (cheese, herring, caviar) are dispatched only on Mondays and Tuesdays by express service with frozen gel packs, so the cold chain stays intact for the 48 hours it needs.
When your package is dispatched, any available tracking details are sent by email.
For orders outside the EU (USA, UK, Norway, Switzerland and others), the recipient is responsible for any customs duties, local VAT and admin fees charged on import.

Swedish food shipped since 2010

Butik Hemlängtan has existed since 2010. Over the years the shop has:

handled over 27,000 completed orders
served more than 16,000 customers
shipped to 100 countries
dispatched more than 370,000 individual products

Top destinations by volume include the United States, Norway, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Germany and Australia, with smaller volumes to most countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Returns and customer service

If something is missing, damaged or you change your mind, contact us right away with your order number and we will help. Food products are usually exempt from the standard withdrawal right once opened, but exchanges and refunds are available — full details on our returns policy page. For anything else, our contact page is the fastest way to reach us.