Amelia has been sharing Swedish food traditions with those around her for as long as she can remember. While she grew up in Colorado, she regularly visited her Swedish family through adulthood and has fond memories of eating strawberries with milk on the porch during Midsommar.

Amelia wouldn’t be Swedish without having an obsession with candy, and she regularly requires at least two pounds of the "godis" to come home with her on every trip.

After moving to San Francisco from Denver, CO, in 2020, Amelia immediately became enamored with the food scene. Deciding that her tech career needed a shift, she worked as a line cook at the former Michelin-star restaurant Octavia in San Francisco. Here she had the privilege of working with the freshest farm produce and learned unique fermentation techniques in addition to fundamentals in food prep and storage, cooking at scale, and running a service.

Soon after, she launched "Hej Hej Swedish Hot Dogs", her pop-up and private chef concept. She started carrying custom mixes of her childhood favorite Swedish candies in 2022.

She is running a temporary Swedish Candy store pop-up in Bernal Heights through May 16th, 2026.

"Hej Hej" can be found across the Bay Area and around various parts of New Mexico.

Amelia is currently searching for the perfect location for her first brick-and-mortar concept, "Hej Hej Swedish Candy + Hot Dogs".

Catch her at an upcoming pop-up and experience the wonderful world of Swede-ish hot dogs!