Michelin is pleased to present the 2025 edition of The MICHELIN Guide Nordic Countries. The Michelin Inspectors have spent another year travelling the region in search of its best restaurants, with 33 new establishments joining the selection.
In total, The MICHELIN Guide Nordic Countries 2025 recommends 282 restaurants, including six awarded Three Michelin Stars; 15 awarded Two Michelin Stars; 75 with One Michelin Star; 44 Bib Gourmand restaurants offering great value dining; and 39 Michelin Green Star restaurants, who are role-models when it comes to more mindful gastronomy.
What's New? 2025 in Numbers:
2 New Two-Star Distinctions
10 New One-Star Distinctions
5 New Green Star Distinctions
9 New Bib Gourmand Distinctions
3 Special Awards Presented
33 New Restaurant Additions Overall
Denmark
New One Michelin Star Parsley Salon in Hellerup, Denmark (© Kasper Kamuk)
Denmark
Denmark takes the spotlight this year, thanks to a new Two-Star restaurant, six new One Stars, two new Green Star restaurants and seven Bib Gourmands.Two Michelin Stars
PAZ in Tórshavn, on the Faroe Islands, takes pride of place in this year's selection, entering The Guide directly with Two Michelin Stars. Having returned from Greenland, celebrated local chef Poul Andrias Ziska has settled into his own restaurant in the islands' capital. The immersive, highly memorable experience sees the talented team deliver a series of spectacularly crafted, personalised dishes formed around produce from the surrounding land and sea, which pay homage to local traditions with outstanding reinterpretations of local recipes.Related Read: An Inspector Reveals All on New Two Michelin Star PAZ
One Michelin Star
In addition, six restaurants are newly award One Michelin Star. Two are promotions from the Main Selection, while four are new entries to The Guide.Already the recipient of a Michelin Green Star, Alimentum in Aalborg operates with a nature-led ethos, with both plants and animals coming from their own farm. Most of the superbly executed courses come with a side dish that's a variation of the main ingredient, often featuring lesser-used cuts. Also already part of the Main Selection, but now housed within a wonderful historic building, is Sushi Anaba in Copenhagen, a 15-seater restaurant run by a Danish chef who trained in Tokyo, where the Edomae-style nigiri and otsumami demonstrate incredible attention to detail.
Copenhagen sees two new additions joining the selection with One Michelin Star. texture is a chic basement restaurant where the chef-owner hails from Marseille, so it's no surprise to find that his technically adept, flavour-packed cooking has a French base. What you might not expect are the subtle influences from Italy and Morocco, the respective birthplaces of his mother and father. Udtryk, meaning 'expression', is where Chef Edward Lee lets his personality shine through in a varied, well-balanced tasting menu that reflects his life experiences by blending Asian and European techniques and flavours to create refined, interesting dishes.
Just north of the city is the affluent suburb of Hellerup, where the intimate Parsley Salon shows off its beautifully crafted Danish oak furnishings and parsley motif wallpaper. The finely balanced, classically inspired dishes showcase locally grown vegetables and seafood from Nordic waters alongside foraged berries and coastal plants. The final new Danish Star comes in the form of Pearl by Paul Proffitt in Kruså, close to the German border. Here, in an idyllic spot next to the water's edge, the eponymous chef (formerly of Henne Kirkeby Kro), marries local produce and modern techniques with a little playful nostalgia from his childhood in Britain.
Bib Gourmands
Seven new Bib Gourmands also join The Guide.Four are promotions:
Koefoed, Copenhagen
Radio, Copenhagen
Rebel, Copenhagen
Restaurant ET, Aarhus
And three are new additions:
Calma, Copenhagen
démodé, Copenhagen
Restaurant VIE, Copenhagen
Main Selection
Also joining the Main Selection are:Abigail & Co, Copenhagen
akmē, Copenhagen
Bach & Nurup, Aalborg
HimmerRiget, Farsø
Restaurant Anton, Copenhagen
Restaurant BAVN, Aarhus
Restaurant Glassalen, Copenhagen
Treetop, Vejle (Also a new Green Star – See Below)
Yves at Park Lane, Hellerup
Green Stars
Two new Green Stars are also welcomed to the selection, in the form of Dragsholm Slot Gourmet in Hørve (an existing One Star) and Treetop in Vejle (a new addition). Dragsholm Slot Gourmet sits within this year's Host Region, inside Denmark's oldest castle, which itself stands inside the UNESCO Global Geopark of Odsherred. Transformed into a hotel and restaurant in 1937, it offers great respect both for its history and the surrounding region, whose fields, forests and seas supply the produce for the innovative, intensely flavoured dishes. Treetop, meanwhile, occupies an elegant wooden cabin in the middle of a forest. Not only is its setting at one with nature but the menu is too, bringing the outside inside via the herbs, berries and flowers that grace both the plates and the shelves.Finland
New Michelin Green Star Kaskis in Turku, Finland – Already the Recipient of One Michelin Star (© Roosa Kodisoja)
Finland
In Finland, five new restaurants join the Main Selection and one restaurant is awarded a Michelin Green Star.Michelin Green Star
Already part of the selection and the proud recipient of One Michelin Star, Kaskis in Turku is now awarded a Michelin Green Star as well for its mindful credentials. Chef Erik Mansikka’s surprise tasting menu features powerful flavours, yet at the same time a delicate, very detailed touch, and at its core sit carefully sourced ingredients from the surrounding area. Local farmers, fishermen and hunters all play their role, with the remainder of the produce foraged by the chef himself, from herbs and mushrooms to flowers. When it comes to the crockery that these dishes are served on, they buy pre-loved, while their old beer bottles are turned into unique glasses by a local glass-blower.Main Selection
Also joining the Main Selection are:Aoi, Helsinki
Flor, Helsinki
Kajo, Tampere
Kuurna, Helsinki
Le Coucou Vert, Helsinki
Iceland
New Michelin Green Star ÓX in Reykjavík, Iceland – Already the Recipient of One Michelin Star (© Heiddis)
Iceland
The smallest country in the selection in terms of population, Iceland, sees one restaurant added to the Main Selection and one honoured with a Green Star.Michelin Green Star
Already honoured with One Michelin Star, ÓX in Reykjavík is now also recognised with a Michelin Green Star. This truly immersive experience lasts around four hours – and evidence of its mindful ethos can be seen throughout, starting with the upcycled kitchen cabinets behind the counter that once stood in the chef's grandmother's house. Aside from the chocolate and the caviar, the produce showcased in the rich, heartily flavoured dishes all comes from small Icelandic producers, and is used with a nose-to-tail philosophy. Foraging plays a key role, as do a range of preservation techniques.Main Selection
Also joining the Main Selection is:Hosiló, Reykjavík
Norway
New One Michelin Star Gaptrast in Bergen, Norway (© Lars Petter Pettersen)
Norway
Two restaurants enter the selection with One Michelin Star and one establishment is added to the Main Selection in Norway.One Michelin Star
Two restaurants, both located in Bergen, join the selection with One Michelin Star. At Gaptrast you're welcomed with a local cider while being talked through some of their remarkable dry-aged ingredients. Dark lighting draws your focus to the open kitchen where a charcoal fire is ablaze, and the surprise menu comprises incredibly original and complex creations packed full of vibrant flavours. Omakase by Sergey Pak, meanwhile, is a sleek, atmospherically lit space set within a hotel, which offers a 14- and a 20-course tasting menu. Chef Sergey shows off his remarkable knife skills, preparing a refined omakase experience that blends high-quality Norwegian ingredients with impeccable Japanese techniques.Main Selection
Also joining the Main Selection is:Izakaya Skostredet, Bergen
Sweden
New One Michelin Star ergo. in Stockholm, Sweden (© ergo.)
Sweden
Highlights for Sweden come in the form of one new Two-Michelin-Star restaurant with a Green Star, two new One Stars and two Bib Gourmands.Two Michelin Stars and a Michelin Green Star
Not only is Signum in Mölnlycke promoted from One to Two Michelin Stars, but it is also awarded a Green Star. An old manor house on the shores of Landvettersjön Lake provides a beautiful setting for this hotel restaurant, which sits in a boathouse-style annexe and affords wonderful views over the water. Dishes feature bold flavours in original combinations and are an excellent showcase for Scandinavian ingredients, with produce coming from the kitchen garden, foraged from the surrounding area and plucked from Nordic waters.One Michelin Star
In addition, two restaurants are newly awarded One Michelin Star. Both are new entries to The Guide.The chefs work with calm efficiency in the open kitchen at ergo. in Stockholm, an elegant spot that's a perfect match for its chic neighbourhood. The detailed cooking has a classic French base but combines it with modern techniques and international flavours to create stunningly flavoured dishes. Acidity also plays a key role, being employed in harmonious ways to really lighten the dishes.
HOZE in Gothenburg has a much more intimate style. At this discreet spot, you're welcomed by the chef's father into a sleek, minimalist space where just six chairs sit at an oak counter. The meal starts at 6pm sharp, with the chef preparing his daily omakase menu directly on the countertop with exemplary attention to detail. He builds a great connection with guests as he explains how he chooses the best quality fish according to the seasons and the weather.
Bib Gourmands
Two new Bib Gourmands also join The Guide.One is a promotion:
Västergatan, Malmö
And one is a new addition:
ÄRLA, Stockholm
Main Selection
Also joining the Main Selection are:Essence, Stockholm
Fyr, Halmstad
Koizen, Gothenburg
Poppy, Gothenburg
Special Awards
The Michelin Young Chef Award Goes to Michael Nørtoft of Ti Trin Ned in Fredericia, Denmark (© MTJ:STUDIO)
Three Michelin Special Awards Presented
The Michelin Special Awards are given to outstanding individuals who, thanks to their infinite passion and considerable skills, can make a restaurant experience unforgettable.This year's winners are:
Young Chef Award
Michael Nørtoft of Ti Trin Ned in Fredericia, Denmark
Service Award
Lykke Metzger of Alchemist in Copenhagen, Denmark
Sommelier Award
André Bekker of Frantzén in Stockholm, Sweden
Congratulations to all those selected as part of The MICHELIN Guide Nordic Countries 2025!
Hero Image: New One Michelin Star Udtryk in Copenhagen, Denmark (© )
