The Return of Johanna: Open Fire and Rooftop Views in Gothenburg

Linda Iliste, 24.06.2026

Gothenburg has long been a city that takes its restaurants seriously. But a steakhouse with disciplined open-fire cooking, a rooftop bar with uninterrupted city panoramas and a name borrowed from one of its most beloved institutions? That is something new entirely.

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A familiar name has reappeared above Gothenburg's rooftops. Johanna opened this spring on the seventh floor of Södra Hamngatan 49, borrowing its name from a classic restaurant once run nearby by two of Sweden's most celebrated chefs, Leif Mannerström and Crister Svantesson. A tribute that was, fittingly, Mannerström’s own suggestion. The new Johanna is built around open fire, a serious bar, and views stretching across the rooftops of central Gothenburg.

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