The Gift From Sweden : Svensk Knäckebröd (Swedish Crispbread)

Svensk Knäckebröd (Swedish Crispbread)

Svensk Knäckebröd (Swedish Crispbread)

Svensk Knäckebröd (Swedish Crispbread) has been baked in central Sweden since 500 AD. It was made as round wafers with a hole in the middle so the bread could be stored on sticks under the roof.^[6]Traditional crispbread was invented about 500 years ago.^{[citation needed]} Finland and Sweden have long traditions in crispbread consumption and crispbread has been known in most households since the 1800s. Traditionally, crispbreads were baked just twice a year; following harvest and again in the spring when frozen river waters began to flow.^[7]Traditional western Finnish crispbread was (and still is) made in the form of a round flat loaf with a hole in the middle to facilitate storage on long poles hanging near the ceiling. Sweden's first industrial crispbread bakery, AU Bergmans enka, began its production in Stockholm in 1850.

The Gift From Sweden : Svensk Knäckebröd (Swedish Crispbread)