Swede’s enjoy a simple, elegant cuisine based on meats, fish and seafood, potatoes, cabbage, root vegetables and a variety of fresh berries. Hearty and warming meatballs and dumplings are popular, often served with cream-based sauces. Tart lingonberry jam is a beloved condiment and cuts through any heaviness. Pea soup is traditional on Thursdays. The Swedish smörgåsbord, a buffet feast, is world-famous.
Typical Swedish Dishes
A list of typical Swedish dishes and foods. Use it to help you plan a Swedish style meal, party or festival.
Appetizers
- Gravlax (Cured salmon)
Breakfast
- Fläskpannkaka (Oven-baked pork pancake)
- Pannkakor (Thin pancakes with jam)
Dairy & Cheese
- Filmjölk (Soured milk)
Sandwiches
- Smörgåstårta (Savory “sandwich” cake)
Pasta and Dumplings
- Pitepalt (Potato dumplings)
- Kroppkaka (Stuffed potato dumplings)
Poultry
- Flygande Jacob (Chicken and banana casserole)
- Stekt Gås (Roast Christmas goose with pan gravy)
Meats
- Fläsklägg med Rotmos (Ham hocks with mashed rutabagas)
- Julskinka (Christmas ham)
- Kalops (Beef stew)
- Korv Stroganoff (Sausage Stroganoff)
- Köttbullar med Gräddsås (Swedish meatballs with cream sauce)
- Pyttipanna (Beef and potato hash)
- Wallenbergare (Ground veal patties)
Fish & Seafood
- Fiskbullar (Fish balls with dill)
- Gravlax (Cured salmon)
- Inkokt lax (Poached salmon)
- Inlagde Sill (Pickled herring)
- Lutfisk (Boiled lye-cured cod)
- Stekt Strömming (Fried herring)
- Surströmming (Fermented herring)
Soups & Stews
- Ärtsoppa (Yellow pea soup)
- Blåbärssoppa (Blueberry soup)
- Kalops (Beef stew)
- Köttsoppa med klimp (Dumpling soup)
Pickles and Preserves
- Lingonsylt (Lingonberry jam)
- Rödbetor (Pickled beets)
Vegetables & Beans
- Bruna Bönor med Fläsk (Brown beans with pork)
- Hasselbackspotatis (Hasselback butter-baked potatoes)
- Janssons Frestelse (Potato, onion and cream casserole)
- Kåldolmar (Stuffed cabbage rolls)
- Rårakor (Potato pancakes)
Breads and Grains
- Knäckebröd (Whole-grain rye flatbread)
Sauces and Condiments
- Brunsås (Brown cream sauce)
- Hovmästarsås (Mustard-dill sauce)
Desserts
- Bärkräm
- Budapestbakelse (Cream-filled cake roll)
- Ostkaka (Swedish cheesecake)
- Spettekaka (Skewer cake)
- Kanelbulle (Cinnamon rolls)
- Kladdkaka (Chocolate mud cake)
- Klappgröt (Semolina berry pudding)
- Knäck (Christmas toffee)
- Kringla (Figure-8 cookies)
- Semla (Cream buns)
Beverages
- Glögg (Spiced wine)
- Mumma (Christmas beer beverage)
Swedish Recipes
Try these recipes from Sweden.
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