The 20 most famous dishes of Sweden
Swedish cooking is clean, simple Scandinavian food — cured and smoked fish, meatballs, crispbread and cinnamon-cardamom bakes served at "fika" coffee breaks.
1Köttbullar
Small tender meatballs in brown cream gravy, served with mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam and pickled…
2Gravlax
Raw salmon cured with salt, sugar and dill for two days, sliced thin and served with sweet mustard sauce.
3Janssons Frestelse
A gratin of potato matchsticks with onion, Swedish sprats and cream, served at Christmas.
4Kanelbulle
Cardamom-scented sweet buns filled with butter, cinnamon and sugar and topped with pearl sugar — the star of…
5Prinsesstårta
Sponge cake layered with jam and custard under a dome of whipped cream, covered in green marzipan with a pink…
6Raggmunk
Thin crisp grated-potato pancakes served with fried pork belly (or beef bacon) and lingonberry jam.
7Ärtsoppa och Pannkakor
Yellow pea soup Swedes have eaten every Thursday for centuries, followed by thin pancakes with jam.
8Pyttipanna
Diced potatoes, meat and onion fried together, served with a fried egg and pickled beetroot — "small pieces…
9Inlagd Sill
Salted herring steeped in sweet vinegar with onion and spices — the basis of Midsummer and Christmas tables.
10Toast Skagen
Butter-fried toast topped with prawns in mayonnaise, dill and lemon and a spoon of fish roe — an elegant…
11Kroppkakor
Large potato dumplings filled with onion, meat and allspice, from Öland, served with melted butter and…
12Kladdkaka
A Swedish chocolate cake, gooey inside and crisp outside, served with whipped cream.
13Semla
Cardamom buns filled with almond paste and whipped cream, eaten before Lent on Fat Tuesday.
14Pepparkakor
Thin crisp gingerbread biscuits with cinnamon and cloves, baked in December as hearts and stars.
15Lussekatter
Golden saffron buns in an S shape with raisins, baked for St Lucia's Day on 13 December.
16Falukorv i Ugn
Large Falun sausage slit and filled with mustard and cheese, baked and served with mashed potatoes.
17Kalops
Swedish beef stew with onion, allspice and bay, served with boiled potatoes and pickled beetroot.
18Wallenbergare
Very smooth creamy veal patties coated in breadcrumbs and fried in butter, served with peas and mash.
19Räkmacka
An open sandwich piled high with prawns over lettuce, egg and mayonnaise, garnished with lemon and dill.
20Knäckebröd
Thin, crisp rye crispbread pricked with holes, eaten for 500 years with butter and cheese.