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Triplandio Sweden guide covers 11 travel guides with 1 city across 16 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 44 self-guided walking tours in Sweden with 244 POI, spanning 194 km in total. Get inspired by 9 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Sweden
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Sweden
Cost
LOW
Safety
71
Health
98
Lifestyle
75
Infra
89
Rank
#18
Score
65
Tourists
2.0M/y
GDP/cap
$63.1k
Life Exp
84.1 yrs
Population
10.6M
Currency
SEK kr
Language
Swedish
Payments
Cashless
Emergency
112
Traditional Local Food Sweden
Local Flavours of Sweden — Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Soup
Meat
Pea Soup
Ärtsoppa
airt-sop-pa
Traditional yellow pea soup often served with pork.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Prinsesstårta
PRIN-sess-TORE-tah
A dome-shaped cake with layers of sponge, jam, and cream, covered with marzipan.
Starter
Fish & Seafood
Toast Skagen
Tawst SKAY-ghen
A classic Swedish appetizer of shrimp salad on toast.
Starter
Fish & Seafood
Pickled Herring
Inlagd Sill
EEN-laghd sill
Herring preserved in a sweet, tangy pickle brine.
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Jansson's Temptation
Janssons Frestelse
YAHN-sohns FREST-elseh
A creamy potato, onion, and anchovy casserole.
🐟
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Crayfish Party
Kräftskiva
KREF-shkee-va
A festive communal meal featuring boiled crayfish and traditional snaps.
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Räksmörgås
REHK-smur-gohs
An open-faced sandwich with shrimp and mayonnaise.
Dessert
Vegetarian
Saffron Buns
Lussekatter
LOOS-seh-kah-ter
Sweet yeast buns flavored with saffron, traditionally served around St. Lucia's Day.
Main course
Meat
Raggmunk
RAHG-munk
Potato pancakes served with fried pork and lingonberries.