YEREVAN. - A dish called “Jansson’s Temptation” is traditionally served in Sweden at Christmas.  It is cut potatoes that you bake in oven with cream and anchovies, Charge d’affaires of Sweden in Armenia Marten Enberg told Armenian News – NEWS.am. 

Referring to the Swedish traditions of celebrating New Year, the diplomat said that for them the main celebration is Christmas. “In Sweden we celebrate it on December 24. It’s a very family-oriented holiday where we make the traditional Swedish Christmas lunch or Christmas dinner, Smörgåsbord as it’s called, where we make a marinated herring and special Christmas ham. We have special fish dishes, cold meat dishes, little meatballs - which are very traditional in Sweden - and little sausages. We have a Christmas tree, of course. We put presents under the tree and the Santa Clause comes to give the presents to the children. After that we dance around the tree to traditional Christmas carols,” Marten Ehnberg said.