Why would it foster an unhealthy relationship with food to learn that some things are unhealthy and eaten only at special occasions? An unhealthy relationship with food would rather be to think that you can eat sweets whenever you feel for it.
The more your hide something from kids, the more they crave it.
If there is no limit, they will eventually get bored of it.
Yes, but crucially not by reducing candy intake.
The result of the study was that the amount of sugar didn't particularly matter, but frequency of intake and stickiness did.
The reply? "Obese kids".
https://www.nrk.no/kultur/xl/lordagsgodt-er-typisk-norsk-og-...
Go to Hagkaup or Samkaup on a Saturday (or just after midnight on Friday night, where you'll usually bump into a gaggle of teenagers in their pajama bottoms, out on a candy run) and get yourself a massive bag of pick'n'mix for half price. It's one of the few things I miss about Iceland.
the pick n mix bars can get pretty huge: https://yummy-iceland.blogspot.com/2025/06/nammidagur.html
I remember as a kid, I'd get 100 kronur (probably about $3 USD in today's money) on Saturday morning and go to the store to buy sweets. You'd meticulously choose which items to put in the bag to make sure you got the best value for money :)
And don’t worry - the secret is to just spend a few hours actually trying with native speakers, and ideally some beers, and suddenly it will click. It goes both ways, and only takes a tiny bit of practice in my experience. :-)
I’d also note that Scandinavia is big on “hygge” and being home (unlike countries with warmer climates) and weekend snacks and sweets are an obvious way to make the experience comfy.
Swedish diplomats and politicians did quite a bit in international politics during large portions of the 1900s, and the country spawned some quite successful corporations and innovations. Dag Hammarskjöld, Folke Bernadotte, Nobel dynamite, Ericsson telecom, things like that.
But yeah keep focusing on skincolor :)
If you go to the super market today in Norway, you'll likely find tens to hundreds of different flavors. Same in Sweden and Denmark. Interestingly enough, I don't think this kind of candy ("smågodt", which you buy by the weight) is too popular elsewhere? At least I haven't seen it too much in convenience stores when I've been traveling or living abroad. In Norway it is ubiquitous, almost everywhere you go shopping.
Also, inflation has really hit chocolate hard here. One small bar of chocolate will easily cost 30-40 NOK, which is equivalent to around €3-€4. The big bars can cost up to €6! But he smågodt / pick'n mix prices have remained quite stable. So a lot of people will just buy chocolate off those. Much, much cheaper.
Not sure I get why it's a good thing to not have high trust societies but it's been decided that we can't have that anymore. Maybe it reduces obesity … thought that was somehow also less of a problem before.
Fairly common in the UK too where it's known as "pick n' Mix".
Less common these days since Woolworths, the main chain known for Pick n' Mix closed in 2009.
I guess I still eat pastries though, including prinsessbakelse.
Nice.
Kids and adults alike today in Scandinavia eat candy whenever they like it.
Popular stuff today include
- extra large energy drinks (65 cl)
- candy tasting vapes and snus
Energy drinks, vapes and snus might be popular among teenagers, but has there ever been a time when you have been able to control what teenagers do to any higher degree.
Most of the people are so considerate about what they eat, good ingredients, nice compositions, making it look pretty as well..
..and then they proceed to shove great amounts of that chemical sugary shit down their throats !
And there seems to be no candy that is as well made as Swedish/Nordic candy, we buy a suitcase filled with candy when we go back from Sweden, because Spanish candy is so far from the same quality...
Where do you get that? Is eating normal (whatever that means) amount of candies only on Saturday is triggering you to do such out of proportion comparisons?
TFA: Candy consumption started increasing in 1980s and by 2010s, Sweden had the highest per capita candy consumption in the world.
I'd say that "highest consumption in the world" qualifies as "great amounts" :)
