Sweden: most popular Christmas dishes 2014

This statistic shows the results of a survey on the most popular Christmas dishes in Sweden in 2014. During the survey period, 32 percent of the respondents stated that meatballs are thier favorite dish for Christmas.

What is your favorite Christmas dish?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Ham	69%
Herring	34%
Janssons frestelse*	34%
Meatballs	32%
Rice pudding or porridge	17%
Salmon	14%
Vörtbröd**	11%
Spare ribs	9%
Sausages	7%
Dopp i grytan***	7%
Ris à la Malta****	6%
Stockfish	6%
Cheese	5%
Red cabbage	4%
Herring sallad	3%
Veal in aspic	2%
Other dish	7%
Uncertain/I don't know	1%
No answer	1%

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Release date

October 2014

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

October 6, 2014 to October 10, 2014

Number of respondents

1,034 respondents

Age group

18-75 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Traditional Swedish casserole made of potatoes, onions, pickled sprats, bread crumbs and cream.
** Traditional Swedish bread with wort used as flavoring; similar to meat loaf.
*** A sop, which is a piece of bread that is drenched in liquid and then eaten.
**** Dessert made of chilled left-over rice pudding, whipped cream, sugar and vanilla, with almonds.

The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Vilka av följande rätter är viktigast på julbordet?"

Multiple answers were possible.

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