This is a list of Norwegian sweets and desserts. The cuisine of Norway refers to food preparation originating from Norway or having a played a great historic part in Norwegian cuisine. Norway also shares many dishes and influences with surrounding Scandinavian countries, such as Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.
Norwegian desserts mainly feature small, tart fruits, such as strawberries, blueberries, lingonberries, gooseberries, and cloudberries, due to their ability to grow in colder climates. [1] Rye flour is a very common ingredient in bread-based recipes, as well as almonds and almond flavoring.
Holidays in Norway feature particularly decadent and intricate desserts, as Christmas is an important holiday in Norwegian culture.[2]
See also: Norwegian cuisine.
| Name | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Almond cake | Moist, sweet cake flavored and topped with almonds, typically featuring layers of cream in between cake layers | |
| Berlinerkrans | Known as Berlin wreaths. A butter cookie curled into a wreath formation, typically served during Christmas | |
| Bløtkake | Cream cake topped with a mixture of berries and frequently served during Constitution Day | |
| Brødpudding | Pudding made from day-old bread, cream, eggs, syrup, and occasionally fruit or other toppings | |
| Brune pinnar | Spiced, stick-shaped almond cookies made with syrup. Translates to brown pins | |
| Byggrynskrem | Barley-based cream dessert, usually served with berries | |
| Delfiakake | Uncooked flat, square or bar-shaped chocolate snack/dessert, similar to a fudgey chocolate brownie but with alternating lighter and darker areas | |
| Dessertsuppe | Sweet soup made from sugar and fruit | |
| Diplomatpudding | Pudding made in a mold, featuring ladyfingers soaked in rum or Kirsch flavored syrup, layered with candied fruit, apricot jam, and an egg custard or Bavarian cream | |
| Dronning Mauds pudding | Pudding dessert that predominantly consists of cream, kogel mogel and chocolate | |
| Eggedosis | Dessert made from sugar and eggs, whipped into a fluffy cream | |
| Fastelavnsbolle | Traditional sweet roll filled with cream | |
| Fattigmannsbakkels | Otherwise known as angel wings. Deep-fried and served during Christmas | |
| Fruktkake | Cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits | |
| Fruktsuppe | Dessert soup made from pureed fruit | |
| Fyrstekake | Cake filled with almond, rum, and other fillings | |
| Gløgg | Alcoholic drink usually made with red wine, along with various mulling spices and sometimes raisins, served hot or warm | |
| Goro | Cookie similar to a cracker or thin waffle, made in a press | |
| Havreflarn | Traditional oatmeal cookies | |
| Ingefærkaker | Cake made with ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg, as well as molasses | |
| Julekake / Julebrød | Christmas bread filled with raisins and candied fruit and scented with cardamom | |
| Jødekake | Round shortbread biscuit | |
| Kalvedans (Råmjølkspudding) | Classic Scandinavian dessert. It is a pudding made from unpasteurized colostrum milk, the first milk produced by a cow after giving birth | |
| Kanelstenger | Stick shaped cookies rolled in cinnamon | |
| Karamellpudding | Pudding made with caramel and vanilla flavoring | |
| Kokosmakroner | Coconut macaroons made of eggs, sugar, wheat flour and coconut | |
| Kompott | Whole or pieces of fruit in sugar syrup. Whole fruits are cooked in water with sugar and spices | |
| Kransekake | Rings of cakes stacked together with layers of vanilla icing in between | |
| Norsk Kringle | Soft pastry typically topped with melted sugar | |
| Krumkake | Thin waffle cookie rolled in a cone | |
| Lefse | Thin pastry topped with different additives. Incarnations of it includeTynnlefse, Tjukklefse / Tykklefse, Nordlandslefse, and Anislefse | |
| Marmorkake / Tigerkake | Cake with different flavors, usually chocolate and vanilla, mixed into one cake to create a marble texture | |
| Marsipan | Confection consisting primarily of sugar, honey, and almond meal, sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract | |
| Marsipankake | Sponge cake filled with jam or cream, topped with marzipan | |
| Multekrem | Dessert made by mixing cloudberries with whipped cream and sugar | |
| Munker | Fluffy fried pastry, rolled in a ball shape | |
| Ostekake | Cake made from cream cheese and featuring a graham-cracker crust | |
| Pepperkake | Crispy cookie made from ginger, cinnamon, and other spices | |
| Peppernøtt | Small anise-flavored cookies | |
| Pikekyss (marengs) | Cream dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar, and occasionally an acidic ingredient such as lemon, vinegar, or cream of tartar | |
| Pleskener | Thick cookie made from sugar, butter, and flour. | |
| Rabarbrapai | Pie stuffed with rhubarb and sugar, to balance out the tartness of the fruit | |
| Riskrem | Dessert made of rice pudding mixed with whipped cream, sugar, vanilla, and chopped almonds | |
| Russedessert | Sweet, wheat semolina dessert porridge made with berries, usually lingonberries | |
| Rosettes (Rosettbakkels) | Thin, cookie-like fritters made with iron molds | |
| Saftsuppe | Dessert soup made from various juices, water, and a thickening agent, usually either potato flour or cornstarch | |
| Sago pudding | Sweet pudding made by combining sago pearls with either water or milk and adding sugar and sometimes additional flavourings | |
| Sandbakelse | Butter cookies flavored with almond extract | |
| Serinakaker | Almond-flavored butter cookies with sliced almonds and pearled sugar on top | |
| Skolebrød | Buns filled with custard and topped with powdered sugar | |
| Smultring | Traditional Norwegian doughnut | |
| Moist cake spiced with various flavorings, usually cinnamon or allspice | ||
| Svele | Thick, pancake-like dessert served with brunost | |
| Tilslørte bondepiker | Apple and cream trifle served in glasses | |
| Troikakake[3] | Layered chocolate cake | |
| Trollkrem | Mousse made from lingonberries | |
| Verdens Beste / Kvæfjordkake | Cake flavored with almonds and custard | |
| Wreath cake rods (Kransekakestenger) | Small sticks of kransekake with a chocolate or icing sugar coating | |