Our Story

Finland and Germany: two countries with a strong bread-baking culture. Bring the two together in the south of Sweden, and you have the beginnings of the Loshult Handelsbod story.

Salli & Raphael were far from sourdough experts when they started their home bakery in 2016. Equipped with little more than passion and sheer determination, they’ve spent the past half a decade providing artisan bread to the people of northern Skåne and southern Småland – always driven by simplicity and excellence.

Though they’ve since expanded from their kitchen to a fully-fledged bakery in the village’s former general store, Salli & Raphael’s original recipe still holds true: with great ingredients, time and craftsmanship, you really can’t go wrong.

So where to from here? Salli & Raphael’s wish is for the bakery to become a destination for experiences beyond the expected: a community-building hub centred around sustainable and delicious food. Watch this space!

Our Ingredients

Top quality flour and sustainable produced ingredients are the foundation of all our sourdough breads and pastries. We work closely with Limabacka Kvarn – a fifth-generation family mill. They mill only organic grain, and their small-batch system makes it possible to trace every bag of flour all the way back to the farmer.

We’re also working towards a 100% certified-organic ingredients list for all our goods.

Our Village

Loshult is a tiny village of roughly 90 inhabitants, just ten minutes south of Älmhult by car. Before its transformation into our bakery and café, the village’s Handelsbod (meaning general store) had a rich history spanning many decades. Inez & Svante ran the shop all the way until 1997, which is remarkable.

Salli & Raphael took ownership of the building in 2017 and undertook considerable renovations; retaining the authentic charm and history of the site, while incorporating simple, modern elements to give the building a gentle but well-deserved update. Welcome to Loshult!