Traditional Swedish food

The pickled herring is probably one of those dishes that you either like or hate.
And it is available in a lot of different variants, such as spirits herring, mustard herring or onion herbs and more.
Herring is eaten by Swedes for almost all holidays such as Christmas, Midsummer and Easter.

Meatballs may be the Swedish dish that is best known abroad. Of course, it should be eaten with potatoes, cream sauce and lingonberry jam, but many varieties exist.
For the younger ones, macaronies and ketchup tend to be popular accessories.

Almost everyone likes Smörgåstårta. Popular at various types of festivities or celebrations..

Truly a classic that is often a favorite among children. Can be cooked in many different ways, eg fried or baked together with mustard, cheese and tomatoes.
The most common accessories may be stewed macaroni and ketchup, but it works just as well with boiled or fried potatoes.

Thursdays, it is the day for pea soup. It probably known by almost every Swede. The fact that you eat pea soup on Thursdays comes from the military when you ate this just on Thursdays.
Made from yellow peas and classic accessories are bacon or pork.
Along with the pea soup you also eat pancakes.

Classic Swedish dish or appetizer during the warmer part of the year.
Available in a few different varieties, but the base is mayonnaise, sour cream and shrimp.

Nothing for the sensitive. Smelly fish in sheet metal may not sound so good, but many people like this kind of food after all.
Most people eat it on soft thin bread, but it goes well without it.
Common accessories are butter, boiled potatoes, västerbottenost, sour cream, tomatoes and chopped red onion or chives.

The cinnamon bun, a genuine Swedish classic. Tastes best with a glass of milk.
The cinnamon bun Day is celebrated on October 4th.

The vacuum cleaner, a delicious treat that you risk taking far too many of.
Now available in slightly different variants, for Christmas you usually make a variation that tastes gingerbread, tasty!

Delicious saffron scented buns that are usually baked and eaten for Christmas. The original contains raisins, but other variants are of course available.

Available in a lot of different variants. With and without chocolate, ready-made mixes or with dates as a basic product. In common, they are all extremely tasty!

Sometimes one wishes that the season for semla would extend throughout the year, but it is a delight to know that they are usually only available to buy within a certain period of the year.
However, that bit has changed more and more in recent years, and now you can get a semla all year round.
These too are nowadays available in a variety of variants, although the original contains cream and almond paste.