Catellin was a landmark restaurant in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, Sweden. It was situated at

Storkyrkobrinken Storkyrkobrinken (, "Big Church Slope") is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Leading from Högvaktsterrassen ("Main Guard Terrace") near the Royal Palace down to Myntgatan ("Coin Street") and Riddarhustorge ...

9 in the old, original part of the city, Gamla stan. It closed in 2011.

History

Catellin was founded in 1922 by Franco-Belgian chef Jules Claude Catellin, although according to other sources the restaurant opened in 1924. The walls of the restaurant were decorated by artist Axel Hörlin in 1926. The restaurant was popular among artists, writers and politicians, some of them were

Isaac Grünewald Isaac Grünewald (2 September 1889 – 22 May 1946) was a Swedish-Jewish expressionist painter born in Stockholm. He was the leading and central name in the first generation of Swedish modernists from 1910 up until his death in 1946, in other ...

, Lennart Jirlow, Einar Jolin, Olle Olsson-Hagalund, and

Stig Dagerman Stig Halvard Dagerman (5 October 1923 – 4 November 1954) was a Swedish author and journalist prominent in the aftermath of World War II. Biography Stig Dagerman was born Stig Halvard Andersson in Älvkarleby, Uppsala County. He later took his ...

. 20 years after opening the restaurant, Catellin decided to sell it to Harry Uhr and Kjell Blekenberg. The new owners changed the classic French cuisine approach of the restaurant and brought new preparations and flavors to the menu. The restaurant closed in 2011. The lease for the restaurant was terminated since the whole block was going to be renovated and used for other functions. , the premises and most of the block are used by Sveriges Riksdag.

Legacy

In 1978, a book with recipes from the restaurant was published. Many of the dishes are based on meat or fish. The most noted dishes are the garlic-flavored squid salad and the '.

In popular culture

The restaurant appears in

Stieg Trenter Stieg Ivar Trenter (14 August 1914 – 4 July 1967) was a Swedish journalist and popular crime writer. Biography Born ''Stig Johansson'' in Stockholm, he started out by using the name ''Stieg Trenter'' as pseudonym but soon changed his nam ...

's 1944 novel ''Dangerous Vanity''.

References

External links

Official site
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