How to pronounce Kalix löjrom

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈkɑ̌ːlɪks ˈløjːrɔm/. In plain English letters that is KAH-lix LOY-rom, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Kalix löjrom?

Kalix löjrom is a snack of Sweden. Where it comes from: Norrbotten. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are fish. It tastes savory and fresh.

Where Kalix löjrom comes from

Kalix löjrom is one of 22 signature dishes of Sweden on this map.

• Palt · Main dish · Norrland

  Palt is a dense potato dumpling of traditional Swedish home cooking, found most of all in Norrland, the long northern half of the country.

• Köttbullar · Main dish · Sweden

  Köttbullar are small meatballs of minced beef and pork with onion, breadcrumbs soaked in milk, and white pepper, fried in butter and served with cream sauce, boiled or mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam and pickled cucumber.

• Gravlax gravad lax · Main dish · Scandinavia

  Gravlax means "buried salmon".

• Kanelbulle · Dessert · Sweden

  The kanelbulle, Swedish cinnamon bun, is a yeasted wheat dough spiced with cardamom, rolled with a filling of butter, sugar and cinnamon, twisted into a knot or spiral, and sprinkled with pearl sugar.

• Surströmming · Main dish · Ångermanland (High Coast)

  Surströmming means 'sour herring': small Baltic herring, called strömming in Swedish, lightly salted and left to ferment.

• Kroppkakor · Main dish · Öland, Småland, Blekinge and Gotland

  Kroppkakor are boiled potato dumplings about the size of a tennis ball, usually filled with salted pork and onion.

Food of Sweden

Dishes like Kalix löjrom in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Kalix löjrom:

• Paprykarz szczeciński · Snack · Szczecin (West Pomerania), Poland

  Paprykarz szczeciński is a canned fish spread from Szczecin, made from ground fish, rice, tomato paste and vegetable oil, seasoned with onion, salt and spices.

• Harðfiskur · Snack · All Iceland, Iceland

  Harðfiskur is dried fish that has been beaten to soften it, most often haddock, wolffish or cod, though pollock, blue whiting and halibut are also used.

• Tramezzino · Snack · Venice, Italy

  The tramezzino is a triangular sandwich of soft white crustless bread, generously filled and held together with mayonnaise.

• Sugudai сугудай · Snack · Taymyr (Far North), Russia

  Sugudai is a fresh fish dish of the small indigenous peoples of Russia's Far North, the Dolgans, Nenets, Enets, Nganasans and Evenks, made the way their ancestors made it in the field.