Swedish food

1. How to eat like a Swede
Personal guide for you
By: Cornelia Karlsson & Molly Sandahl Bengtsson

2. BREAKFAST:
06-09 AMA Swedish breakfast looks like this:
Crispbread – ”Knäckebröd”
We eat it with butter, ham or cheese
Oatmeal – ”Havregrynsgröt”
Eaten with milk, jelly and sugar
Coffee – ”Kaffe”
Did you know we drink the most coffee in the world?
Kaviar – ”Kaviar”
we put fisheggs in a tube, and eat it with eggs
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIFOXjMrakc

3. FRUKTSTUND (FRUIT-TIME)
09.30-11
Swedish tradition: Beetween breakfast and lunch we take something
small to eat When we were small the foodtruck came with apples to
the children 9.30, so we could make it until lunch
Appel – ”Äpple”
Banana – ”Banan”
Orange – ”Apelsin”
Pear – ”Päron”

4. LUNCH
12-13
At noon we starting to get hungry again:
Typical things we eat at lunch in school
1. Falukorv med mos och ketchup (Swedish sausage with mashed
potatoes and ketchup)
2. Köttbullar med lingon och potatis (meatballs with lingonberry and
potatoes)
3. Fiskgratäng (gratinated fish)

5. MELLANMÅL, FIKA
15-16
In Sweden it´s common to get together in the afternoon and eat sweets
and drink coffee.
Cookies – ”Kakor”
Back in the days a book named ”7 sorters kakor” (7 types of cookies) was written, and
those cookies is a common thing to eat when we visit our grandparents.
 Youghurt – ”Youghurt”
It´s tasty and healthy
Coffee/Tea – ” Kaffe/Te”
An again, the coffee. A Swede drinks about five cups of coffee every day

6. KVÄLLSMAT, MIDDAG
17- 19
Hungry again! The sun´s going down pretty early, so we eat our last
big meal around 17-18 AM
 Stew with meat, potatoes and vegetables – ”Gryta med kött, potatis
och grönsaker”
 Spaghetti Bolognese – ”Sphagetti med köttfärsås”
 Taco – ”Tacos”
Every Swedish family eats tacos every single Friday, never gets old!

7. KVÄLLSMYS
20-22
Last meal, and we are up for something sweet.
 Small candy – ”Smågodis”
Something that´s very Swedish is to go pick your own candy from boxes in the store. It´s hard to
explain, but look at the picture.
Common Swedish candy you need to try:
Salt licorice – ”Salt lakrits”
Ahlgrens cars – ” Ahlgrens bilar”
Marabou – ”Marabou”
Kexchoklad – ”Kexchoklad”
Daim – ”Daim”