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Many have anticipately been waiting for the return of Magnus Nilsson, after he closed Fäviken in Järpen in 2019 and stepped out of the chef circus. In Båstad, Pensionat Furuhem has been rolled out in seasons: bakery first, then the restaurant, then the rooms, like a place coming back to life . It sits in an early-1900s wooden villa – built in 1901 and part of Båstad’s hospitality story for over 120 years, with a past life as a boarding school for young women. “Pensionat” here means guesthouse energy: 15 simple double rooms, no minibar, no TV, no hotel gloss. Food runs through the day – breakfast, fika, weekday lunch, weekend lunch and dinner – plus a private dining room upstairs for 14. Frida Nilsson is head chef, steering the kitchen day to day, while Daniella Rebelo runs service across the house. The kitchen leans local producers, with some ingredients coming from the team’s own farm in Axelstorp.