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Food & Drink

Norwegian food is dominated by seafood. Here is a typical salmon salad.

Like other Scandinavian cuisine, Norwegian food varies from traditional salted and dried dishes that recall the days before refrigeration, through to modern ‘New Nordic’ fine dining.

Unsurprisingly given the long coastline, the country produces a lot of fish for consumption. The export of seafood is one of Norway’s biggest industries.

There’s a heavy emphasis on using the best raw ingredients that are in season. In Norwegian supermarkets, you’ll see strawberries, blueberries, cloudberries and so on promoted heavily when they are in season.

The best Norwegian cakes

The Best Norwegian Cakes

Norwegian breakfast foods

A Norwegian Breakfast

Cloudberries on a table in Norway.

Cloudberries: Introducing the Arctic Treasure of Norway

Brown cheese and Jarlsberg.

An Introduction to Norwegian Cheese

Norwegian aquavit bottles

Aquavit: The Scandinavian Spirit

Norwegian gingerbread pepperkaker cookies

Pepperkaker: Norwegian Gingerbread Cookies

Norwegian cod

White Gold: 1,000 Years of Cod

Skrei

Skrei: Norwegian Arctic Cod

Craig Alibone Chocolates in Bodø

Craig Alibone: Chocolate Creations in Bodø

Social Cooking

Cook and Socialise in Stavanger

Stavanger food

Eat and Meet in Stavanger

Norwegian Taco

Are Norwegian Tacos Really Tacos?

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