Free recipe Veggie · 10 min + 3 days resting
Picklad rödlök
Quick-pickled red onion — the secret layer on every open-faced Swedish sandwich.
One book, many occasions
"Won't I only use this once a year?"
No. Swedish celebration food repeats itself across the calendar. The herring, the potatoes, the meatballs, the cheese pie, the cakes and the cordials on a Midsommar table are the same dishes that come out at Christmas, at name-day dinners, at a Saturday buffet or a Sunday fika. Learn them once and you have a whole cuisine to cook from.
Swedish holidays
Herring three ways, gravad lax with mustard-dill sauce, Jansson's temptation, meatballs, Västerbotten cheese pie — the backbone of a Christmas or Easter smörgåsbord, not only a June one.
Family dinners
Köttbullar with cream sauce and lingonberry, grilled salmon, new potatoes with dill and butter. Weeknight-friendly, kid-approved, ready in 30–60 minutes.
Summer tables & garden parties
Pressed cucumber, pickled red onion, seeded crispbread, strawberry punch, rhubarb cordial — the side dishes that make a long outdoor lunch feel Swedish.
Birthdays & buffets
Smörgåstårta and silltårta feed a crowd and can be made the day before. Scale the smörgåsbord up or down without guessing what belongs together.
Fika & slow weekends
Strawberry cream cake, light kladdkaka, rhubarb pie, raspberry shortbread slices, homemade crispbread. Coffee optional, but not really.
Introducing Sweden to friends
Every dish comes with the story behind it, so you can explain what people are eating — and why Swedes sing before the first glass of snaps.
What changes
Stop assembling Swedish dinners from twelve open tabs.
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One tested collection instead of translated blog posts with conflicting quantities.
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You know which dishes belong on the table together, and in what order they are served.
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Ingredients you can actually buy: where a Swedish product is hard to find, there is a swap that works.
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Herring, cured salmon and food standing out in the sun handled safely — written by a food safety engineer.
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One PDF on your phone in the kitchen, whenever you need an idea — offline, forever.
The full table of contents
See every dish before you buy. Filter by course, time or category.
This is the real contents list of the cookbook — all 31 recipes with their page numbers. Browse the titles here for free; the full ingredients and method for each one are inside the PDF. Three recipes are unlocked below as a complete sample.
Course
Prep time
Category
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Gravad lax med hovmästarsås
Cured salmon with mustard-dill sauce
Starters · Fish · 120 min+
p. 45
Gubbröra på knäckebröd
Egg, anchovy & dill mix on crispbread
Starters · Fish · 30 min & under
p. 49
Matjessill med färskpotatis
Matjes herring with new potatoes
Starters · Fish · 30 min & under
p. 51
Skärgårdssill med stenbitsrom och dill
Archipelago herring with lumpfish roe
Starters · Fish · 60–120 min
p. 53
Senapsill
Mustard-pickled herring
Starters · Fish · 60–120 min
p. 55
Inlagd vego-sill
Pickled veggie "herring"
Starters · Veggie · 60–120 min
p. 57
Smörgåstårta
Savoury Swedish sandwich cake
Starters · Fish · 120 min+
p. 59
Toast Skagen
Creamy shrimp toast
Starters · Fish · 30 min & under
p. 63
Silltårta
Layered herring cake
Starters · Fish · 120 min+
p. 65
Färskpotatis med dill och smör
New potatoes with dill and butter
Warm dishes · Veggie · 30 min & under
p. 71
Grillad lax med primörer
Grilled salmon with early summer vegetables
Warm dishes · Fish · 60–120 min
p. 73
Janssons frestelse
Jansson’s temptation — potato & anchovy gratin
Warm dishes · Fish · 120 min+
p. 77
Köttbullar med gräddsås och lingonsylt
Meatballs with cream sauce and lingonberry jam
Warm dishes · Meat · 30–60 min
p. 79
Västerbottenostpaj
Västerbotten cheese pie
Warm dishes · Veggie · 60–120 min
p. 87
Västerbottenostpaj med sparris
Västerbotten cheese pie with asparagus
Warm dishes · Veggie · 60–120 min
p. 91
Jordgubbstårta
Swedish strawberry cream cake
Desserts · Dessert · 30–60 min
p. 97
Ljus kladdkaka med sommarbär
Light sticky cake with summer berries
Desserts · Dessert · 60–120 min
p. 101
Rabarberpaj med vaniljglass
Rhubarb pie with vanilla ice cream
Desserts · Dessert · 60–120 min
p. 103
Vaniljglass med färska bär
Vanilla ice cream with fresh berries
Desserts · Dessert · 120 min+
p. 105
Midsommarmaräng
Midsummer meringue
Desserts · Dessert · 120 min+
p. 107
Hallonsnittar
Raspberry shortbread slices
Desserts · Dessert · 30–60 min
p. 111
Jordgubbsbål
Strawberry punch, non-alcoholic
Drinks · Drink · 30 min & under
p. 115
Rabarbersaft
Rhubarb cordial, non-alcoholic
Drinks · Drink · 30 min & under
p. 117
Jordgubb & Rabarbersnaps
Strawberry & rhubarb snaps
Drinks · Drink · 120 min+
p. 125
Citronsnaps
Lemon snaps
Drinks · Drink · 120 min+
p. 127
Lingonsnaps
Lingonberry snaps
Drinks · Drink · 120 min+
p. 129
Hallonsnaps med mynta & vanilj
Raspberry snaps with mint & vanilla
Drinks · Drink · 120 min+
p. 131
Picklad rödlök
Quick-pickled red onion
Sides & extras · Veggie · 30 min & under
p. 135
Pressgurka
Swedish pressed cucumber salad
Sides & extras · Veggie · 30 min & under
p. 137
Fröknäcke
Homemade seeded crispbread
Sides & extras · Veggie · 60–120 min
p. 139
Hembakat knäckebröd
Homemade crispbread
Sides & extras · Veggie · 60–120 min
p. 141
All 31 recipes in full, plus the cultural chapters and the food safety guide, are in the Original price was: 130,00 kr.99,00 krCurrent price is: 99,00 kr. PDF.
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These three come from the chapter "Little Things That Make the Table Sing" — the small extras that make a Swedish table taste right. Complete ingredients and method, exactly as they appear in the book. Open one, cook it, then decide about the other 28.
Only these three recipes are free. The remaining 28, the seven cultural chapters and the food safety section are in the paid PDF — the website never shows the whole book.
What you receive
147 pages, delivered the moment you pay.
- Recipes
- 31, across starters, warm dishes, desserts, drinks and sides
- Length
- 147 pages
- Cultural chapters
- 7 — traditions and beliefs, the Swedish pantry, setting the table, snaps songs, celebrating abroad
- Food safety guide
- Pages 29–42: keeping food cool in summer heat, old-school preservation, herring and salmonella
- Language
- English, with the original Swedish dish names
- Format
- PDF — phone, tablet, computer, or printed
- Photography
- Original photos, styled and shot in Sweden
- Delivery
- Instant download after checkout. No subscription, no DRM.
- Price
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Every recipe is photographed. This is the food you will be making.
From a winter smörgåsbord to a July garden table — pickled and cured, baked and grilled, sweet and poured.
Who wrote it
Hi, I'm Karolina — Polish by passport, Swedish by heart.
I live in Gothenburg and I have spent the last decade learning Swedish food, culture and everyday life from the inside — and writing about it at LikeSweden.com for readers all over the world.
By training I am a food safety engineer, which is why the measurements are exact, the storage advice is real, and the chapter on herring, cured fish and warm-weather buffets exists at all.
When I first moved to Sweden, Midsommar was a mystery: what to bring, what to cook, how to make it feel real without growing up with the tradition. This book is what I wish I had then — and it has become our family's go-to, well beyond June.
Certified food safety engineer Living in Gothenburg Writer at LikeSweden.com
This book is for you if…
You love Sweden and want its flavours at home
Whether you live in Sweden, moved away and miss the food, or simply fell for the place.
You are hosting a Swedish celebration
Midsommar, Christmas, a name day, a crayfish-season buffet — with a menu that hangs together.
You want reliable recipes in English
No machine-translated blog posts, no guessing at quantities, no unexplained Swedish terms.
You have Swedish family, a partner or friends
Cook the dishes they grew up with — and finally understand what to bring to the table.
You want one collection for many occasions
Starters, mains, sides, cakes and drinks in one file, instead of thirty bookmarks.
You want to share Swedish traditions
The stories, rituals and songs behind the food, so you can pass them on to friends and children.
What readers cook from it
★★★★★
"The Pressgurka recipe is my absolute favorite! I make a jar for every Sunday dinner. The recipes are super clear, and the substitutes save my life when I'm missing Swedish products."
★★★★★
"Beautiful photos and lots of practical knowledge. I bake Fröknäcke from this recipe automatically every two weeks. A book not only for holidays but to spice up everyday life."
★★★★★
"This eBook is beautifully designed and incredibly user-friendly. The layout is clear and well-organized. The ingredients are easy to find, and the instructions are simple to follow, even for beginners!"
Reader quotes as published on likesweden.com. Room for more here — send me new reviews or reader photos and I will add them.
Questions before you buy
Swedish food on your table, every month of the year.
31 recipes. 147 pages. 7 cultural chapters. The food safety guide. Written in English by someone who cooks this food in Sweden every week.
Original price was: 130,00 kr.99,00 krCurrent price is: 99,00 kr.
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