Swedish Cuisine

Swedish cuisine is the cuisine of the Swedish people, mainly living in Sweden. The Swedish people are a Scandinavian people who speak the Swedish language, related to Danish and Norwegian.

Stockholm is a Swedish cultural center.

Nyckelharpa is a traditional musical instrument from Sweden.

Ingredients

Rye and wheat are used for bread.

rutabaga

berries, lingonberry

apple

herring

pork(fläsk)

Dishes

• porridge(gröt):
• crispbread(knäckebröd):
• smorgas(smörgås): open sandwich; bread with toppings
• rotmos: mashed rutabaga and/or other roots
• pickled cabbage
• pickled herring
• gravad lax: sliced, cured raw salmon, usually seasoned with dill
• fish balls(fiskbullar)
• meatballs(köttbullar)
• lingonberry jam
• rose hip soup
• blueberry soup
• pea soup(ärtsoppa)
• meat soup(köttsoppa): meat soup, usually with potato or other root vegetable, sometimes with dough balls called klimp