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Staple tools you will find in any Swedish kitchen

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No Swedish kitchen would be without these kitchen staples.
 
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Swedes love baking cookies and this rolling pin embosed with the iconic Swedish dala horse is perfect for cookie baking!
FOLK SWEDISH engraved rolling pin for cookies, embossing rolling pin, engraved by laser, stamp for cookies
 
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This is a special type of rolling pin used for making a very thin bread (tunnbröd). Can also be used for baking pastry.
Knobbed rolling pin for baking / vintage / Sweden
 
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It's not polite to use your knife when spreading butter on bread. Swedes prefer to use a ‘shared’ knife made from plastic or wood used only for butter.
Perthlin 10 Plastic Butter Spreader Knives
 
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The wooden version of the butter knife is more traditional, but people are moving away from these in favour of plastic ones.
FAAY 7.5" Teak Wood Butter Spreaders Set
 
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If you want the smoothest mashed potatoes, then you need a potato ricer! Pop in your cooked potato and it comes out in small ribbons which makes making mashed potatoes a breeze!
PriorityChef 15oz Stainless Steel Potato Ricer
 
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If you are planning on baking a traditional Swedish ‘sockerkaka’ (plain vanilla cake), you are definitely going to need one of these moulds.
Zenker Eco Non-Stick Kugelhop Mould 25x11.5cm
 
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Gingerbread cookies for Christmas wouldn't be the same without these cute cookie cutters.
18-Piece Christmas Cookie Cutter Set
 
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If you want to get a bit more fancier with your cookies this year, these cookie cutters are perfect!
Nordic Ware rosette iron set from Nordic Ware - NordicNest.com
 
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Swedish celebrations at Easter and Christmas often include äggost (a type of milky custard) and are usually made in one of these moulds.
Äggostform
 
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Every Swedish kitchen has one of these large coffee thermos to keep coffee warm for large family gatherings.
3L Airpot Coffee Dispenser Thermal Pump
 
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OK, so this may look like a cake tester, but it is in fact to test if your potatoes are cooked.
Dorre Pihoo potatissticka, 2 st
 
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Bread isn't typically served from it's plastic bag, but rather from a bread ‘basket’ which can be made from either wicker, plastic or material.
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Bread is not just kept on the counter in Swedsih kitchens but typically stored in some kind of container. This is the exact one I have.
Deppon Extra Large Matte Stainless Steel Bread Box
 
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Love my grater with the container underneath.
UPPFYLLD Grater with container, set of 4 - mixed colours
 
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This should in fact have been the first item on my list because every Swedish kitchen has more than one of these.
KONCIS Cheese slicer - stainless steel 23 cm
 
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Prefect for anyone baking bread
JÄSNING Proofing/bread basket 30x17 cm