my swedish xmas

this is roughly what we ate apart from the ones in bold as they are just plain disgusting

Julbord[26] - Christmas smorgasbord ("Christmas table"), a catch-all term for all the dishes served during Christmas Eve:
köttbullar - Swedish meatballs
Julskinka - Christmas ham
dopp i grytan ("dipping in the kettle") - dipping bread slices in the ham broth after boiling the Christmas ham.[27]
prinskorv - small hot dog sausages
fläskkorv - big pork sausage
isterband - smoked fresh pork sausage
revbensspjäll - spare ribs
inlagd sill - pickled herring (usually of different types)
gravad lax - lox
Janssons frestelse ("Jansson's Temptation") - warm scalloped potato casserole with anchovies
vörtlimpa - Swedish rye bread with grated orange peel made for Christmas, with or without raisins.
knäckebröd - dry crisp bread
rödkål - sweet and sour red cabbage, as a side dish
grönkål - sweet and sour kale as a side dish
brunkål ("brown cabbage")- cabbage flavoured with syrup hence the name
rödbetor - sliced beet root
an array of cheeses - bondost, herrgårdsost, prästost, getost (hard goat milk cheese)
lutfisk[28] - Lye-fish (whitefish) that has been boiled served with white gravy
Julmust - a traditional, very sweet, stout-like, Christmas soft drink, originally intended as an alternative to alcohol beverage called Mumma
glögg - mulled wine
knäck - Christmas toffee
pepparkakor (Gingerbread) - brown cookies flavoured with a variety of traditional Christmas spices
Julost - Christmas cheese
Julgröt - Christmas rice pudding with an almond hidden inside
lussekatter - Saint Lucy saffron buns

and as my brother in law is a fussy eater , we had hard boiled egg halfes with shrimps and caviar on not necessary a traditional thing byr he made them LOL