Made by hand
Every cake, tart, loaf and pastry is made in our Port Adelaide kitchen.
Our story
It started with a tart.
Swedish Tarts began in Semaphore in 2008, with Louise and Bo Matschke baking handmade tarts and pastries on site. The idea was simple: the Swedish fika ritual, family recipes, and a warm room by the sea.
As the cafés grew, so did the kitchen. Today everything — cakes, tarts, bread, pastries and pies — is made at our Port Adelaide bakery, which also opens its doors to the public.
The recipes are Swedish, the produce is South Australian. We use organic produce and free-range eggs, and we still make the cakes our family grew up with: Princess Torta, Grandma's meringue, Mazarin, semla, Lussekatter and the 200-year-old Scab cake.
The rooms are designed to feel like a Swedish living room: vintage and homemade timber furniture, chandeliers, and Scandinavian birch-tree murals painted by local artist Valli.
Swedish traditions run through the year — semla on Fat Tuesday, Princess cake on Swedish National Day, Lussekatter at Christmas, and Midsommar in June.
“We hope to see you soon and mycket välkommen.”
The journey
From one café to three venues.
- 2008
Semaphore opens
Louise and Bo open the first Swedish Tarts, baking tarts and pastries on site.
- 2018
The bakery opens
The Port Adelaide bakery opens to the public and becomes the kitchen for every café.
- 2018–19
Glenelg joins
A third café opens near Jetty Road, bringing Swedish Tarts to Glenelg.
- Today
Three venues, one kitchen
Semaphore, Glenelg and the Port Adelaide bakery — still family-owned.
What we care about
Small things, done properly.
Swedish recipes
Family recipes, traditional cakes and seasonal Swedish treats.
South Australian produce
Organic produce and free-range eggs, wherever we can.
Fika
Coffee, cake and a reason to slow down — the Swedish way.
A look inside
Rooms with a story.
Vintage timber, chandeliers, birch-tree murals and a bakery that never stops.
Come say hello
Two cafés, one bakery.
Semaphore, Port Adelaide and Glenelg. Bookings are by phone.