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Fettisdagen (Semla Day)

The Nordic countries mark Shrove Tuesday with cardamom buns full of almond paste and whipped cream.

A semla . Semla
Photo: Frugan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Fettisdagen (Semla Day)

In Sweden Shrove Tuesday is Fettisdagen, and it belongs to the semla. This is a soft cardamom bun with the top cut off, filled with almond paste and a tall swirl of whipped cream, and the lid put back on. Some people eat it in a bowl of warm milk. Finland has the same bun, often with jam in place of almond paste, and eats it after pea soup and sledging. Denmark and Norway have their own cream buns for Fastelavn, on the Sunday or Monday before.

The dishes

Pea soupEaten in Finland before the buns.Whipped creamPiled high in every version of the bun.

Also part of it, and being written: Semla (Cardamom bun with almond paste and whipped cream.).

About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Semla" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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