Eye-popping candy is the name of the game every Saturday as Swedes dive into pick-n-mix candy displays in shops all over the country. Peter O Connor/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
IKEA, meatballs, the Swedish Chef – gosh, it seems the Swedes really have thought of everything. For those of us whose knowledge of this Nordic country ends at furniture stores and Muppets, allow us to introduce you to a Scandanavian tradition called Lördagsgodis (aka Saturday sweets or Saturday candy ), a celebration of all things sugary that happens every weekend. For real. It s a tradition that could ve been conceived by Homer Simpson himself. Here s everything you ever wanted to know about Lördagsgodis.