With a wide variety of fresh Swedish ingredients available, there are plenty of delicious traditional recipes to choose from. The most popular traditional foods include:

• Meatballs, the internationally most famous Swedish dish
• Hash, consisting of meat, onions and potatoes, all diced and fried. 
• Pea soup, with diced pork, followed by thin pancakes afterwards.
• Pickled herring, available in various types of sauces.

Pickled herring has been popluar for ages becuase with a large amount of herring in both the North and Baltic Seas, Swedes have been pickling herring since the Middle Ages.  Many swedes grew up with a tradition to eat pea soup and thin pancakes called pannkakor, (which resemble the French crêpes) every Thursday. This tradition has been upheld by the Swedish Armed Forces since World War II. 

Food   on  the   holidays
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In America we enjoy gingerbread cookies and hot choclate (or alcohol) on the holidays. But in Sweden its a bit different. Glögg is a spiced, sugared and simmered (or ‘mulled’) red wine. In Sweden this is a beverage consumed almost exclusively during the Christmas season, usually with raisins and blanched almonds added. Glögg is preferably served in a special little mug with a handle. Ginger Thins are like gingersnaps or gingerbread cookies, but are more thin and crisp.