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Välkommen! ......to the Swedish Bakery On Line Catalog. We are providing our best products to you through our online shopping cart. You will find the same wonderful items you have always enjoyed in the past and perhaps a new selection or two. Our products continue to be made with the same attention to quality and detail as they have been for the last 75 years. 2004 marked special year for us as we celebrated 25 years of our family ownership.  All in all, over 75 years of treating Chicagoland to our best bakery goods - and now you, through our Web Site! Join us while we take a look back at the start of Swedish Bakery. Currently under its fifth ownership, Swedish Bakery began in the late 1920's. Through longtime customers and city records, we were able to estimate the year as either 1928 or 1929. In that year, a family by the name of Johnson started the bakery. In 1931, the bakery changed hands within the family. The bakery then sold in 1940 to Ernest Carlson. In 1964, Gosta Bjuhr purchased the bakery. It was at this time that the current owner came to work for Mr. Bjuhr. Marlies Stanton had learned her trade as a pastry chef in Europe. She worked for Mr. Bjuhr for 8 years before purchasing the bakery upon his retirement in 1979. Between that time and 1991, all of the family eventually came to work at the bakery, truly making it a family business. In 1989, an expansion for the bakery was planned. Its completion in 1992 marked a new beginning for Swedish Bakery. The bakery tripled its size and went from 19 employees to our current staff of 55. Today, Swedish Bakery still remains the ultimate neighborhood sweet stop. Traditional Swedish products continue to be made, as well as an infusion of other European and old fashioned American items.  We appreciate your patronage! Swedish Bakery has and always will serve only the finest bakery products made from the best ingredients. Thank you for sharing in our celebration with us. We look forward to serving you!