The Best Cozy, Hygge Gift Ideas: 2021 Gift Guide
Find the best, most authentic hygge gifts to make shopping for your friends and family that much easier.
These cozy items are perfect to gift over the holidays, for birthdays and even to yourself as a treat!
Before we jump into these lovely gifts, let’s talk more about hygge…
What is the Definition of Hygge?
Hygge (pronounced hue-guh not hoo-gah), refers to “a form of everyday togetherness”.
Hygge is a feeling. It’s about the atmosphere, experience and being with the people we love.
In The Little Book of Hygge it’s referred to… “A feeling of home. A feeling of that we are safe, that we are shielded from the world.”
Examples of Hygge
Hygge can mean different things to different people, but in general, hygge is something that makes us content, feel cozy, feel-good…
- A great conversation with a friend
- Relaxing with a cup of tea
- Immersing yourself in a great book by the fire
- Sharing a meal with loved ones
- Watching the rainfall
- Listening to music by candlelight
- Afternoon nap cuddled up with a cozy blanket
This list could go on forever as hygge to you and I can be completely different.
Embracing Hygge with these Cozy Gifts
Who wouldn’t love to help their friends and family experience more feelings of joy and contentment? The hygge gifts referenced below are a variety of ways you can add some cozy hygge to someone’s life.
See below for:
- Hygge gift conversation starters
- Hygge decor gift ideas
- Self Care hygge gifts
- Hygge in the kitchen
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The Best Cozy, Hygge Gifts: Essential 2021 Gift Guide
If you want to create a cozy hygge gift basket or gift box these hygge gift ideas will give you the inspiration.
Hygge Gifts Conversation Starter Gifts
1. Hygge Game
2. Sharing Platters
Part of hygge is having that comforting feeling that comes with great conversation and sharing with friends. These sharing platters create that cozy, relaxed atmosphere to experience hygge to the fullest.
Use these beautiful trays for desserts, appetizers, cookies and treats – all to share with friends and family (or yourself)!
3-Tier Tray/Dessert Stand
Wooden Cake Stand/Tray
3. Simple Mugs
Scandinavian Style, Double Walled Mugs
Handmade Pottery Hygge Mug
4. Tea & Accessories
This hygge gift list couldn’t be complete without some tea. Tea literally feels like a warm hug from the inside, allowing you to focus on being present in the moment and relaxing.
Tea Subscription
If you know anyone who loves tea (like I do), this teabox.com subscription is the ultimate gift! You can send a themed box every month to a family or friend, which includes 5 premium loose leaf teas.
No matter your budget, something is available. Check out Gifts for under $20, beautiful rustic tea mugs, best sellers and so much more.
Taylors of Harrogate Tea
If you’re looking for good quality tea (in a tea bag), this is it! Taylors of Harrogate also have a wide variety of teas to choose from.
Tea Pot with Infuser
Related: 12 Unique Tea Gifts for Tea Lovers
5. Coffee & Accessories
For my coffee lovers out there – coffee is the quintessential way to create some simple feelings of bliss and relaxation.
Coffee Subscription Box
Giving the gift of a coffee subscription box is a big winner for coffee lovers. Imagine having a surprise gift of quality roasted coffee show up at your house every month?
Phil & Sebastian Coffee has free delivery in the US and Canada and is featured in the New York Times, the CBC, and the Lonely Planet’s Global Coffee Guide.
They offer gift cards or you can build a customized subscription box for a loved one.
French Press Coffee Maker with Teak Wood Handle
Pour Over Coffee Maker
Due to the different brewing method that pour over coffee provides it’s said to offer more flavour than regular drip coffee, so it’s the perfect gift for your coffee loving friend to get the most out of their brew.
Want more gift ideas? Get ’em here!
Hygge Decor Gifts
6. Hygge Candles & Candle Holders
Tea Light Holders
Set of 4 beechwood tea light holders give a Scandinavian feeling of coziness to any room.
Natural Beeswax & Soy Candles
Beeswax and Soy candles are a safe, natural candle to use and don’t give off synthetic scents like your typical ‘scented candle’. They do cost more than cheap candles but burn for many more hours and don’t hinder your health.
If you want to choose a scented candle make sure it’s scented with essential oils and not synthetic chemicals – like this Meyer’s Lavender Soy Candle.
7. Decorative Pillow Covers
Hygge Gifts for the Kitchen
8. The Kinfolk Table
The Kinfolk Table, a cookbook with profiles of 45 tastemakers who are cooking and entertaining in a way that is beautiful, uncomplicated, and inexpensive.
Each of these home cooks—artisans, bloggers, chefs, writers, bakers, crafters—has provided one to three of the recipes they most love to share with others.
Simple, feel-good recipes at their finest.
9. Scandinavian Comfort Food: Embracing the Art of Hygge
This cookbook is the perfect way to get in the hygge spirit – delicious, cozy recipes with beautiful photography. Great recipes to enjoy with friends and family over the cooler months.
10. Cast Iron Pot
Nothing says cozy like a one-pot meal and this cast iron dutch oven is what I personally own to make the perfect simple dishes.
Hygge Gifts for Self Care
11. Cozy Blanket or Throw
Chunky Knit Blanket
Boho blanket
I love this ultra-soft boho throw blanket to provide that cozy, hygge feeling in a living room or bedroom.
12. Warm, Cozy Slippers
13. Cozy Socks
Bring Me Wine Socks
TeeHee Winter Fun Holiday Socks – Gift Box
14. Journal or Notebook
Paperage Lined Notebook
Five Minute Journal
Get more creative gift ideas here!
15. A Book About Hygge
The Litte Book of Hygge
Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness
What Does Hygge Mean to You? And Tell Me: What Hygge Gifts Would You Love to Give?
Share in the comments below!
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Yolanda xo
My brother married a Dane. The very first time we met his then-girlfriend (now wife) it was a rainy day in Copenhagen and we were having hearty beef stew for supper along with a glass of red wine. While the rain drummed on the roof, we sat in perfect contentment indoors. We lingered over the meal, and the table (on this random Saturday) was set with a dozen candles or more.
It was an amazing experience.
After we’d had our fill (and enjoyed some sort of dessert without guilt, as that is the Danish way) his girlfriend sighed with delight and started discussing hygge with us. That was the first time I had heard the concept (which is now mainstream).
Just the other day she texted a picture of them sitting down to Sunday tea with homemade pumpkin cake, a bottle of some aged liquor and, of course, a lit candle. They really do infuse daily life with these cozy additions and they are so happy because of it!
What a beautiful memory and the most perfect day. Thanks for sharing Elisabeth. It felt good just reading about your experience. 🙂 Hygge is a wonderful thing.
The mugs, chunky blanket, and five-minute journal are my favs! Forwarding to the BF!
Hey Sophie! Add those 3 together and you have one cozy evening 🙂
Love this post! Great ideas, definitely will use it. Thank you for sharing
Very nice list- thank you!
Thanks Jessica 🙂