Swedish Food and National Dishes

Here in Sweden we eat many different dishes. Now I’ll tell you about some of these and the ceremonies they are associated with.

Herring and potatoes
Pickled herring, potatoes and chives.

Herring and potatoes are part of all the Swedish ceremonies. Christmas, Midsummer and Easter. There are many different herrings, mustard herring, pickled herring, matjeherring and more. Of these flavors mustard herring is my favorite. Now I’ll tell you more about pickled herring: To make pickled herring you have to put the herring in vinegar and spices and salt. You may also have onions or other vegetable in the mixture.

Falusausage
Falusausage is a dish that we eat during the week for dinner. We usually do not just eat the sausage when we eat it. We also usually have mashed potatoes and ketchup. Now I’ll tell you more about this sausage: The falusausage developed in Falun (a little town in Sweden), in the county Dalarna around 1890. The sausage has since been popular dish in Sweden. The name of falusausage comes from the name of Falun, the town.

Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, cranberries and gravy

Swedish meatballs are made of minced meat. When you’ll make your homemade meatballs, use mostly the eggs, milk, bread crumbs, potato flour, onions and of course the minced meat. Meatballs have been around a long time in Sweden. It is a very simple dish that goes along perfectly with the mashed potatoes, lingonberries and gravy. Meatballs are also good with macaronis and ketchup. But the macaronis are from Italy. The meatball came to Sweden from Turkey in the 1700s and has been popular ever since.
We in also have meatballs in our sandwiches. This is very popular and I usually have it on my sandwiches when I’m having a picnic.
Meatballs taste very good.

Now you know a bit more about traditional Swedish dishes. Enjoy!

Jonna Blixt