23 signature dishes found across every Sweden city we cover on TableJourney. Click through to see where to eat and what to order in each city. Want the global picture? Browse all dishes.
Gravlax (dill-cured salmon)Stockholm · Gravlax is salmon cured in salt, sugar and dill for 48 hours then sliced thin and served with mustard-dill sauce, rye bread or boiled potatoes.
Halv Special (Hot Dog)Gothenburg · A curled potato sausage in a soft bread roll with mustard, ketchup and crispy onions from a street kiosk.
Janssons FrestelseStockholm · Layered potato gratin with sweet pickled Swedish anchovies (sprats), onions and cream, baked until the top crusts golden and the centre stays silky.
Kanelbulle (cinnamon bun)Stockholm · Sweden's signature pastry: a cardamom-and-cinnamon spiced wheat dough rolled with butter, sugar and cinnamon, topped with pearl sugar.
Köttbullar (Swedish meatballs)Stockholm · Köttbullar are Sweden's national dish: small beef-and-pork meatballs in cream sauce with mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam and pickled cucumber.
Löjrom (bleak roe)Stockholm · Tiny orange-red roe from the bleak fish (löja), harvested from the Bothnian coast in winter.
Neapolitan PizzaGothenburg · Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza with blistered cornichione, San Marzano tomato and local Swedish dairy.
Pyttipanna (Swedish hash)Stockholm · A diced hash of cubed potatoes, onion and meat (sausage, ham or leftover roast) fried in butter, served with pickled beetroot and a fried egg on top.
Raggmunk (potato pancake)Stockholm · A grated-potato pancake fried crisp in butter, served with crisp bacon and lingonberry jam.
Semla (Lent cream bun)Stockholm · A cardamom-spiced wheat bun filled with almond paste and whipped cream, dusted with icing sugar.
SmörgåsbordStockholm
Surströmming (fermented Baltic herring)Stockholm · Lightly salted Baltic herring fermented in barrels for two months, sold in swollen tins.
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Ärtsoppa och PannkakorStockholm · Yellow pea soup with cured pork and marjoram, traditionally followed by thin Swedish pancakes (pannkakor) with whipped cream and lingonberry jam.Bohus Raka (West Coast Prawns)Gothenburg · Cold-water prawns from the Bohus archipelago, eaten standing at a market counter with bread and mayonnaise.Grebbestad OystersGothenburg · Native flat oysters and Pacific oysters from the Grebbestad fjords on the Bohuslan coast, served raw with lemon and mignonette.Hagabulle (Giant Cinnamon Bun)Gothenburg · Gothenburg's outsized cinnamon bun, baked at Cafe Husaren in Haga since 1890.Inlagd Sill (Pickled Herring)Gothenburg · Swedish pickled herring in multiple preparations: mustard, dill, onion, or cream sauce.Kraeftskiva (Crayfish Party)Gothenburg · Signal crayfish boiled with dill and salt, served cold with hard cheese, toast and aquavit in August.Langoustine from the Bohus SkargardGothenburg · Norwegian langoustine sourced from the Bohus archipelago, prepared with Nordic restraint: lightly grilled or raw with foraged herb emulsions.Swedish AquavitGothenburgWest Coast IPAGothenburg · A clean, hop-forward India Pale Ale with citrus and pine notes that Stigbergets made into a Gothenburg signature.West Coast Lobster (Hummerpremiar)Gothenburg · European lobster from the North Sea caught on the first Sunday of September when the Swedish lobster season officially opens.Book a food experience
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