Private company

Anna's Swedish Thins

Logo: annas.se3

Swedish cookie company

Anna's Swedish Thins or (in Swedish) Annas Pepparkakor is a brand of Swedish ginger thin. It is produced by the Swedish company AB Annas Pepparkakor in Tyresö outside Stockholm. The thins are marketed as being under Royal Warrant to the King of Sweden.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Anna's Ginger Thins and Almond Thins
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Anna's Swedish Thins or (in Swedish) Annas Pepparkakor is a brand of Swedish ginger thin. It is produced by the Swedish company AB Annas Pepparkakor in Tyresö outside Stockholm. The thins are marketed as being under Royal Warrant to the King of Sweden.2

The story

The company was founded by the sisters Anna and Emma Karlsson in 1929 and was owned by the Mattsson family from 1963 to 2008. The company was appointed Purveyor to the Royal Court of Sweden (kunglig hovleverantör) in 2002.

In November 2008, it was announced that the Belgian company Lotus Bakeries was taking over the company, with the intention of distributing the famous cookies all over Europe.

From Wikipedia’s article on Anna's Swedish Thins, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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