Swedish Food & What You Should Eat in Sweden

Heading to Stockholm or Gothenburg & Wondering What You Should Eat in Sweden? Well here we give you the best of Scandinavian and Swedish Cuisine. What you should eat & drink in Sweden.
Filmed in Gothenburg, Sweden
Copyright Mark Wolters 2015

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[brighton_dude]

I think Mark should get a grant from the EU for all this excellent work he does promoting tourism in Europe.

[Nethescurial]

7:47 That was probably the best pronunciation of "surströmming" i've ever heard from an American. Great vid!

[sebastianpatriksson]

I'm a swede but when I read the comment section i just realised how much "national" food we have that no one else have. This makes me kind of proud! 🇸🇪

[tova]

This is kind of interesting to watch as a Swede, lol

[TheHollomap]

One word, 4 "smörgåstårta"!!!! As an American living in Sweden.

[amihameed]

Hi mark, i really enjoyed this video. Please do more food themed videos. Food is definitely part of the cultural experience of visiting a new country for me. I always make it a point to visit a supermarket/foodmarket in any country i visit. I especially like the after drinks food / fast food part of the video. 😊👍

[christoffermonikander]

It's worth noting that Sweden have five (5!) national days dedicated to different types of pastries/desserts.
Starting in chronological order at the beginning of the year we have Fettisdagen which is the first day of the traditional fast, like Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday when you eat Semlor, which is sweat wheat bread buns filled with whipped cream and almond icing. Traditionally they are eaten in a bowl of warm milk.
Then in late March there is the våffledagen or the waffle day which is a day dedicated to eating waffles with whipped cream and jam, though originally it had something to do with religion.
Next is the 4 of October which is the day cinnamon bun or cinnamon roll because we swedes really like our cinnamon bun with coffee.
Less well known, even among swedes, is the 6 of November which is celebrated to the memory of Gustavus Aloldphus or Gustav Adolf which is an old Swedish king but more importantly this is done by eating a special pastry that traditionally have a chocolate or marzipan portrait of that king.
Last but probably the biggest day is Luciadagen or the Day of St. Lucia the 13th of December which is celebrated in the memory of an old Italian saint by having having boys and girls dress up in thin white nightshirts and going around in processions singing Christmas carols which in Swedish is called Lucia songs. While you watch this, and it is worth watching, you eat lussebullar or lusse buns which is sweet wheat bread buns flavoured with saffron and raisins.
So we swedes really like our candy, pastries and desserts.

[oskarstrom]

Those tiny potatoes are new potatoes or "färskpotatis" in Swedish. They're seasonal, and only available in early summer. We boil them in salted water with dill sprigs and serve with butter (accompanied by a cold beer) for the best taste. Anyway, great video and cheers from Stockholm.

[MrMentat]

Your pronunciations are fine! "Surströmming" is more of a cultural marker than a real food. I am glad that you mentioned "gravlax", which is very traditional. Mine is, of course, better than most... :) Normally served with potatoes boiled with a lot of dill.
Some other things you might try here;

Smorgasbord (one of the very few words English has picked up from Swedish!)
Souvas and renskav if you are in the north (reindeer meat, smoked and not)
Traditional Scanian goose dinner if you are in the far south
Löjrom (caviar from a small fish, a lot better than Russian caviar). Expensive though!
Pea soup with pancakes afterwards is a traditional meal on Thursdays. A little glass of "punsch" should go with it...

[boxol]

You forgot the most important food, biltemakörv.

[mauriciot]

I am Brazilian living in Sweden. Your channel is great! Thanks!

[nmgnmg]

Hey, there are like 50 varieties of black licorice and half of them are salt based and some are just sugary. Also, there is varying degrees to the intensity of the licorice flavor. And they can be soft and chewy to very hard.

[thomastodayandtomorrow]

Yellow pea soup with pork and a dollop of mustard is a classic, and pancakes with jam for dessert. Traditionally you eat it on Thursdays.

[josephkhoury]

Sweden is a place I want to go too someday, the food looks amazing. Thanks for the video Wolter!

[sirbernardmendesfrance]

This is like the fourth (or fifth vlog) viewed as of like today --- which covered 'What to eat in Germany ... to ... in Sweden.' Really extensive. Greatly [nicely] filmed and its overall vantage points to content. Plus, reviews. Quite delightfully produced. Upbeat. And super easy to digest. Right 'on-the-Money' for prospective travellers and visitors alike to each other.

[Fronken]

Blodpudding (or Black pudding as it's called in the UK) has always been my favourite dish. I don't remember it personally but when i was about 5-6 years old i got to choose the family dinner on a friday night, my parents took me to the store and gave me free reigns over the entire dinner. Ended up with Blodpudding, Lingonsylt (Lingonberry Jam), Grädde (cream) and Bacon.

I would very much call it an aquired taste, but as someone who was born and raised in Sweden, i've always loved it.

[nilepng]

if you ask me, you did nail the pronunciation quite well on those Swedish words.
just felt like add up a few things:
sill=pickled herring
surströmming=fermented herring

many people have raisins and nuts in their glögg, which you mostly can't buy unless it is winter.
you can actually eat these tiny potatoes as they are ;)
yup, that's all I had to say, so ha en bra dag :)

[MizzNijna]

How can you not mention Semla once? When in Sweden you have totry semlor!

[sultanfahad]

Good one. You've missed to mention the Swedish Fika ;-)

[linusgustafsson]

If you can, try and eat Lufsa. I'm Swedish and I didn't encounter it until I was 32 years old, so it is not common all over the country. I think it is mainly from the south end, Småland or Öland region. It is kind of like a potato pancake with bacon on top made in the oven. With lingon to of course. Best Swedish food I've ever eaten, so I looked up the recipe and started making it myself. For another rarity, there is kroppkakor. More or less balls made out of mashed potatoes and flour with minced meat inside, that has been boiled. Again, with lingon.