Sweden

Swedish cooking celebrates meatballs, cured fish, crisp breads and the ritual of fika.

Traditional köttbullar: Swedish meatballs in cream sauce with mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam

Published on: May 25, 2026

Leonardo Polo

Sweden's most famous meatballs made at home: mixed meat with onion, bread soaked in milk and allspice, browned in butter and served in cream gravy, with mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam and pickled cucumber.