Availability of Esbit in Sweden?

[Leo_L]

Hello,
New member here, sorry for posting in English (I'm from Austria)

We will be hiking in Sweden this summer, following roughly the Kungsleden starting from Grövelsjön going north.
We are skilled hikers and have been in Scandinavia several times already, usually for shorter trips of about 2 weeks.
This time we are planning for a longer stretch of about 4-6 weeks.

Our cookset is running on Esbit, using an old Swiss Army META 70. We do no real cooking, but are just boiling water to rehydrate dried food, and make tea/coffee.
We can carry a supply of Esbit for about 2 weeks, but would need to get new Esbit packages for the time beyond that.

So the question is:
Is there any way, any place to buy Esbit in the mountain area of Sweden?
I have seen gas cans in the tiny mountain shops, but no Esbit.

 

[Celeste_26]

The simple answer is no: you should not rely on finding Esbit fuel along your route. The safest way is to send packages in advance. This is the established practise for long-haul hikers in Sweden to resupply, and the available destinations/pickup points are well known.

 

[StorUgglan]

Here's some more useful info:
https://www.vitagronabandet.se/en/before-the-trip/depots-and-service/