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Top food to try in Stockholm

6 dishes to eat in Stockholm, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Köttbullar

Köttbullar
Photo: Håkan Dahlström · CC BY 2.0 · source

Meatballs with cream sauce, lingonberry and pressed cucumber — the real version, not the flat-pack one.

2. Herring (sill)

Herring (sill)
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Pickled in mustard, dill or onion, eaten at every festive table with potatoes and schnapps.

3. Toast Skagen

Toast Skagen
Photo: andreasivarsson · CC BY 2.0 · source

Prawns in dill mayonnaise on fried bread, with bleak roe.

4. Kanelbulle

Kanelbulle
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Cardamom-scented cinnamon bun, the standard partner to fika.

5. Räksmörgås

Räksmörgås
Photo: Jon Åslund · CC BY 2.0 · source

An open prawn sandwich piled far higher than seems reasonable.

6. Semla

Semla
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A cardamom bun with almond paste and cream, eaten in the weeks before Lent.

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