10 Bizarre Food Combinations From Sweden

You will never look at a Swede the same way again!

1. Caviar and Egg Sandwich

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A classic! Just put some caviar (not the fancy kind, but the tubed kind) on a slice of bread. Then put some sliced boiled eggs on, and you have a delicious Swedish breakfast!

2. Tacos and Ketchup

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A weird, but not unusual, choice. A lot of Swedes like to put some ketchup in their homemade tacos, instead of tacosauce. Why? Who knows.

3. Bearnaise Sauce on Pizza

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In Sweden it's normal to eat your pizza with bearnaise sauce. Usually it's a pizza with some sort of meat on it, like 'fläskfilé' or 'oxfilé', which is fillet of pork or beef.

4. Semla in Warm Milk

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A semla is a sweet wheat bun, sliced and stuffed with almond paste and whipped cream. This is a typical Swedish pastry, and some Swedes enjoy eating this placed in warm milk!

5. Meatball and Red Beet Salad Sandwich

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Simply put: a sandwich with meatballs on, but also with a "salad" made with red beets.

6. Sour Milk with Cinnamon and Sugar

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Another typical Swedish breakfast. Just some sour milk with cinnamon, and maybe even sugar, in a bowl. Sometimes, less is more!

7. "Bulle med Bulle"

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Most likely the most debatable "pastry" in Sweden. Originating in the northwest of Skåne in Sweden, 'bulle med bulle' (roughly translated = bun with bun) is simply a chocolate ball inside of a breadroll.

It might surprise you that this weird combination even has its own day! The 10th of April is officially the 'bulle med bulle'-day!

8. Swedish Sandwich Layer Cake

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This is not really a cake! It's made with pieces of bread, and the filling can vary. For instance, the filling can be mayonnaise, smoked salmon and eggs. Then the whole cake is coated with, for example, crème fraîche, and finally decorated.

Traditionally this is something that Swedes serve at celebrations (such as graduations). In Swedish it's called: 'smörgåstårta'.

9. Blood Pudding with Lingonberry Sauce

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Blood pudding is basically a spiced product made out of pigs blood. It is sliced, fried in butter, and then enjoyed with lingonberry sauce – sometimes even with bacon.

10. Pancake with Diced Pork and Lingonberry Sauce

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This is a sort of pancake that is cooked in the oven, and filled with pieces of diced pork. Traditionally it's eaten together with ligonberry sauce. (Yes, Swedes are obsessed with lingonberry sauce!)