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What to eat in Scandinavia? Top 10 Scandinavian Sandwiches

Last update: Fri Feb 14 2025
Top 10 Scandinavian Sandwiches
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Toast Skagen
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Toast Skagen is a classic and elegant Swedish open-faced sandwich that's typically served as an appetizer. It's made with white bread, shrimps, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, whitefish roe, dill, lemon, and butter. The crusts are removed from the bread, which is then sautéed in butter until goden brown.


The shrimps are chopped and mixed with mayonnaise, mustard, and dill. The mixture is then placed on the bread and the roe is placed on top of each sandwich. It's recommended to garnish each toast Skagen with a sprig of dill and serve it with a lemon slice on the side. 

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Svamptoast is a traditional open-faced sandwich. It's usually made with a combination of chanterelles or wild mushrooms, bread, butter, onions, heavy cream, parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. The mushrooms are chopped and sautéed with onions in butter over medium-low heat.


Once the moisture evaporates, the cream and parsley are stirred in, and the mixture should become slightly thick in consistency. Lemon juice is added to the mixture, and it's seasoned with salt and pepper. The bread slices are fried in butter on both sides until golden, and then topped with the mushroom mixture. 
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Smørrebrød is a traditional open-faced sandwich consisting of buttered rye bread that is topped with numerous ingredients and typically accompanied by vegetables, herbs, and salads. Toppings include ingredients such as cold cuts of meat, cheeses, spreads, meatballs, caviar, and condiments such as mayonnaise.


This sandwich was invented in the 19th century by Scandinavian agricultural workers who would pack a variety of open-faced sandwiches for lunch–often made with leftovers from the previous night–in order to provide them with energy during the long working hours. 

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Rejemad is a Danish open-faced sandwich that’s traditionally made with small seasonal shrimp called fjordrejer. The sandwich is made with a combination of prawns, lemon juice, mayonnaise, salt, dill, and toasted slices of wholewheat bread.


The prawns are boiled for a few minutes in salted water and lemon juice until bright pink. They’re peeled, seasoned with salt and pepper, and drizzled with lemon juice. The prawns are piled onto toasted bread, and the sandwich is topped with mayonnaise and garnished with dill sprigs before serving.

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Stjerneskud is a popular Danish type of open-faced sandwich, part of the traditional Danish cuisine known as "smørrebrød." The dish typically consists of a buttered piece of rye bread topped with various kinds of seafood.


Commonly, it features steamed and breaded plaice fillets, with fish like salmon, and shrimp. Additionally, Stjerneskud is garnished with a variety of ingredients such as asparagus, caviar, lemon slices, and mayonnaise or a remoulade sauce.

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This Danish sandwich consists of a bun that is filled with thinly sliced flæskesteg—a traditional pork roast with a crispy rind. It is usually complemented by braised red cabbage, pickles, mustard, ketchup, or mayonnaise. Flæskestegssandwich is a popular street food item that is often served at traditional hot dog stands and fast food establishments.

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The open-faced sandwich known as sol over Gudhjem is a variety of the ubiquitous Danish smørrebrød. It is prepared with buttered rye bread that is typically topped with smoked or marinated herring, radish, chives, onion rings, and a raw egg yolk that symbolizes the sun.


The unusual name of the dish can be translated as the sun over Gudhjem, referring to a city on the island of Bornholm, famous for its smoked herring and this sandwich–originally invented more than a hundred years ago. Today, this Danish classic is eaten throughout the country, and it should always be prepared and served fresh.

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Fiskefilet med remoulade is a Danish open-faced sandwich. It consists of a breaded and fried fish fillet (plaice, cod, flounder, sole, or any white fish) that's placed on a slice of buttered rye bread (rugbrød) with lettuce leaves.


The sandwich is topped with remoulade sauce and a lemon slice or wedge which can be squeezed for extra acidity, if desired. Due to the fact that the sandwich has many ingredients and eating it can be quite messy, it's often eaten with a knife and fork.

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Smörgåstårta is a Swedish layer cake consisting of sandwiches: slices of white or rye bread, toppings, and fillings, frosted with cream cheese, mayonnaise, yogurt, or a combination, and garnished with various vegetables. Traditionally, smörgåstårta follows the smörgåsbord all-in principle: caviar, pâté, cold cuts, shrimp, smoked salmon, cheese, eggs, vegetables, only some of it or all of it together, there are virtually no limits.


This Swedish staple is ideal for parties and celebrations, visually reminiscent of a cake, but with the flavors of a really filling sandwich. The cake is also popular in Estonia and Finland. Interestingly, it has been found out that some of the policemen in Sweden asked for smörgåstårta as a bribe, acting as further proof of the cake's enormous popularity.

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Dyrlægens natmad, which translates to veterinarian's midnight snack, is a popular variety of the Danish smørrebrød. The sandwich is assembled with rye bread that is spread with butter and used as a base to hold the various toppings which include sliced salted beef, sky (Danish meat aspic), and leverpostej (liver pâté).


Traditionally, the sandwich is finished off with sliced red onions, sprouts, and a sprinkle of parsley or dill. Due to the number of ingredients, it is suggested to consume dyrlægens natmad with a knife and fork.

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