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A FOOD TRADITION

Swedish Cuisine

A seasonal Nordic tradition combining preserved fish, hearty meats, potatoes, breads, and baked sweets.

Dishes linked to this cuisine

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Smorgastarta

A chilled Swedish savory sandwich cake made from layered bread, creamy spreads, and assorted fish, seafood, meat, or vegetable fillings.

Spettekaka

Spettekaka is a Swedish spit-roasted cake formed from layers of egg, sugar, and potato starch batter.

Surstromming

Surstromming is lightly salted Baltic herring fermented in brine and traditionally eaten chilled with accompaniments.

Swedish Cinnamon Bun

A Swedish yeast-raised wheat bun flavored with cinnamon and cardamom and finished with sugar.

Swedish mackerel soup

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Swedish Meatballs

Small meatballs made from seasoned ground beef and pork, typically browned and served with a creamy gravy.

Swedish Pea Soup

A traditional Swedish soup of yellow peas simmered with pork and aromatics, commonly served with mustard.

Swedish Princess Cake

A Swedish layered sponge cake filled with raspberry preserves, pastry cream, and whipped cream, then covered with green marzipan.

Swedish Shrimp Sandwich

Swedish shrimp sandwich is an open-faced bread sandwich layered with shrimp, mayonnaise, egg, lettuce, cucumber, lemon, and dill, often finished with roe.

Toast Skagen

Toast Skagen is toasted bread topped with a creamy shrimp mixture flavored with mayonnaise, dill, lemon, onion, and sometimes fish roe.

Vasterbottens Cheese Pie

A Swedish savory tart with a wheat pastry crust and a set filling of Västerbottens cheese, eggs, and cream.

Wallenbergare

A Swedish pan-fried veal patty made tender with egg yolk and cream and cooked in butter.

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