Kvarnen starts spinning

In the late 1940s, Grå Kvarn was renovated, a finer dining room upstairs with crystal chandeliers, parquet floors and white tablecloths, and separate entrances for the different "classes" of the dining room. During the war, food and alcohol were rationed with a counter book.

In 1955 the counterbook was abolished. To compete with the house parties, Grå Kvarn became a Bavarian beer hall with sausages, beer and a Tyrolean orchestra. To wash away the greyness, the name was changed to Kvarnen, but for many it remained "The Grållan".

When the German beer hall wave ebbs in the mid 1960s changes Kvarnen traces of an English pub, red linoleum floors, dart boards, brass, green beams and gold-painted walls. And for the first time, women are starting to go out to the pub themselves.

Södermalm becomes home to artists and musicians. Monica Zetterlund always sits in the same place, at the far wall. In the 70s, Kvarnen The natural second arena for Hammarby fans, with the classic of the time, the beer goose.

Kvarnen is a symbol for the entire South, a little worn, but pleasant and undemanding. The dart is getting a rebirth; Kvarnens Pilkastarflickor become Swedish champions in 1987. Food at half price from 3pm to 6pm every day except Sunday, the queue again stretches out onto the street.

In 1987, SARA sells the restaurant to the Boström brothers who want to turn it into a trendy fine dining restaurant, a fiasco, and Kvarnen is forced to close. Sören Ahlbom and Thomas Ernström from Söderkis buy it, restore everything, and the old guests come back.

Kvarnen takes on a clear political character, with meetings and debates at wooden tables about the EU, refugee policy and feminism. All parliamentary parties except the Moderates gather here. In 1998, the Left Party's election vigil is combined with the Hammarby fans' after-party, a success for all involved.

A rehearsal room is set up inside Kvarnen and the tavern becomes a melting pot in Swedish music history, Bob Hund, Atomic Swing, Weeping Willows and Nina Persson rehearse here, and free concerts are held on Tuesdays.

October 21, 2001 Hammarby takes its first Swedish Championship gold in football. The party at Kvarnen going on until late into the night, police have to protect the door from thousands who want to celebrate.

In October 2008, Grå Kvarn will be one hundred years old. Guest of honor: Tomten, a regular who stopped shaving in protest when a tax on shaving services was introduced.

In the early 2010s, Belinda hung up her apron after 25 years of first-class service, now immortalized on a painting on the wall. In 2014, a change took place that should lead to as little change as possible.

Same quality, same home cooking, same green and white atmosphere. New website, new kitchen for the outdoor terrace and a Czech beer hall, ready for another hundred years. The meatballs are still hand-rolled.