OUR STORY

I am Anna, and I lived a busy life back in 2010, travelling back and forth between Russia, Bodaibo, London & New York and then back to Stockholm again. I was building a gold exploration company together with a couple of investors from Sweden and Russia, and we had 100 geologists digging for the gold ores. 

However, I needed a break, something to do with my hands and give back to the community. I started to bake small bread buns and cinnamon buns & got my father in law, Claes, to help clean up in the kitchen. We marketed with some sign posts on the trees and posted on Facebook. The neighbours started to order and we came back each summer since then with an ever expanding offer of delicious bakeries. 

The buns were a hit on the island and the rest is history!

Varholma is a small island, with 200 summer houses, second homes, without street lights, concrete and cars.

It is a community with a football pitch, a small harbour and the famous Midsummer celebration. 

You pick your blueberries, raspberries and chantarelles outside your house and fish from the jetti. 

The island is a just a 1.30 hours boat ride from Stockholm City and everyone need to bring food and drinks from the main land. 

I always want to inspire my kids that hard work, passion, curiosity and continues learning pays off. 

Nothing comes for free, and you also have to give back. 

We started out with me, my husband Erik and my father in law Claes, who is the owner of the house on the island. We got also good hands from my mother to sell the breads before Marta & Fred were big enough to help out, which they always have enjoyed. 

Since we moved to London in 2016 we expanded our small NGO business to Putney and Euston, got more lovely and returning customers. 

We have now been asked to expand and build this business as a force for good, with a triple bottom line, to deliver the most delicious bakery & give back. That's our promise!