Aug 31, 2009

lätt

adjective [ lätt, lätta ]
Lätt means light or easy. Milk comes in Sweden in three varieties, light, medium, and regular.

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Aug 30, 2009

tack och lov

expression
Tack och lov is an expression which means Thank goodness. Something Mama Moomin might say (a creation of Tove Jansson).

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Aug 29, 2009

huvud

noun [ huvudet, huvud/huvuden, huvudena ]
A huvud is a head. An insult in Swedish is dum i huvudet meaning to be "dumb in the head."

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Aug 28, 2009

bre

verb [ brer, bredde, brett, bred! ]
To bre means to spread, like to spread butter.

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Aug 27, 2009

kaviartub

noun [ kaviartuben, kaviartuber, kaviartuberna ]
Kaviartub is a tube of caviar. Commonly orange colored caviar made of cod roe, this is also a breakfast feature.

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Aug 26, 2009

leverpastej

noun [ leverpastejen, leverpastejer, leverpastejerna ]
Liver pâté with pickles is common on breakfast open faced sandwiches.

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Aug 25, 2009

köttbullar

noun, plural [ köttbulle, köttbullen, köttbullarna ]
Meatballs are served traditionally with mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam, and gravy, but are also a sandwich filling — served with red beet salad.

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