Trine Hahnemann
Trine Hahnemann, Danish chef and food journalist, is the Delia Smith of Denmark. She appears regularly on television as a guest chef on different programmes in Denmark, and is the author of several cookery books in her native language. For four years she wrote for Denmark’s leading women’s magazine, Alt For Damerne. In 2018 Trine opened Hahnemann’s Køkken (Kitchen), in Cophenhagen. Much more than a coffee shop, it was a bakery, pastry shop, takeaway and cookery school and quickly became a foodie destination in the city.
In 2008 THE SCANDINAVIAN COOKBOOK, with photographs by Lars Ranek, one of Scandinavia’s leading food photographers, was published by Quadrille. Andrews McMeel published it in the United States the following year and it was also published in Holland (Fontain Uitgevers), Germany (Christian Verlag), Norway (Versal Forlag), Canada (Indigo) and Denmark (L & R Fakta).
In 2010, Quadrille published Trine’s second book, THE NORDIC DIET, described by the Guardian as ‘groundbreaking’ with ‘diverse and delicious recipes’ which used light and healthy Scandinavian food to provide meal plans for gradual weight loss. This was followed by SCANDINAVIAN CHRISTMAS, (2012), SCANDINAVIAN BAKING, SCANDINAVIAN COMFORT FOOD (2016), OPEN SANDWICHES (2018) and COPENHAGEN FOOD (originally published in 2018 but reissued as EAT COPENHAGEN in 2025) SCANDINAVIAN GREEN (2020) and SIMPLY SCANDINAVIAN (2023) all published by Quadrille.
Trine’s most recent book is a stunning tribute to the delight, seasonal ingredients and rituals of Scandinavian summer cooking. MIDNIGHT SUN was published by Quadrille in 2026.
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