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8. IKEA is Swedish, of course....

Reply to Liberal In Texas (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 10:16 AM

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Also, our (I am half Swedish, half Bajan aka Barbadian) meatballs (köttbullar) are round and probably what you are thinking of.

Norway has kjøttkaker (meat cakes) which are larger and face up as flattened ovals.

Very similar, but Swedish meatballs are far more globally known (in good part due to IKEA, lol), and are a national dish here, but not so in Norway.

köttbullar

kjøttkaker

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