Gravlax — Swedish cured salmon with dill

Gravlax — Swedish cured salmon with dill

Swedes enjoy gravlax as an essential part of the festive Swedish smörgåsbord, such as Christmas, served with a sweet and strong mustard sauce. Although the cured fish mostly is eaten cold, you can enjoy it around the year. You can also serve it with potatoes as a...
Köttbullar—reclaiming the Swedish meatballs

Köttbullar—reclaiming the Swedish meatballs

Are Swedish meatballs actually Turkish? After the official social media accounts of Sweden carelessly declared that Swedish meatballs really are Turkish, I wondered about the “facts” to which they referred. The claim isn’t absurd. Did meatballs came to Sweden with the...
Ärtsoppa—Swedish yellow pea soup

Ärtsoppa—Swedish yellow pea soup

Despite being a sought-after traditional dish, pea soup has a bit of an unfortunate association in Sweden: murder. After eight years of living imprisoned in his palace, King Erik XIV died in 1577. Some sources immediately claimed that Erik’s brothers had...
Pyttipanna—Swedish fry-up

Pyttipanna—Swedish fry-up

The Great Battle of Pyttipanna was fought in 1974, and mostly on the pages of Dagens Nyheter. It started relatively innocently, with a letter from your everyday angry citizen. He complained about finding sausage (the horror!) in his pyttipanna at the bistro of...