#lördagsgodis

[grapehyasynth]

💜 wilmon;

"Is this why we can't be together?"

"Is this why we can't be together?" Simon asks breathlessly - because they can do that now, they can joke about this, they can laugh about incompatibility and fate and a universe where they don't spend eternity together. "We faced down your mother and the royal court and hateful strangers and evil cousins - I never thought your candy choices would be the thing to break us."

Wille's shaking his head, a bag of sweets in each hand and his cheeks sucked in around one he's sampling, but he still manages to engulf his boyfriend in his arms as he counters, "Nej, nej, nej, this is perfect, just think - for our, I don't know, ten year anniversary, someone gives us a massive bag of godis, and anything you don't want, I do want, and nothing goes to waste - we complement each other, really."

"I have so many questions about this scenario," Simon chuckles, "including - ten year anniversary?"

"Anniversary doesn't have to imply marriage," Wille says cagily, and when his lips press briefly against Simon's temple they're sticky from candy, "but it could..."

(see also: Lördagsgodis)

[whats-another-song-contest]

wait what's the connection between melfest and a candy store /gen

Oh, so you're asking me—an ethnology student—a question about culture? Don't mind if I do! 😁

The official tagline of Melodifestivalen is "all of Sweden's party", but in practice people perceive melfest as largely aimed at families and The Gays. As a major family show airing in a prime time Saturday slot, it is sponsored by many candy and snack companies, who hope to profit from this association.

These companies will then have feather boas and melfest logos put up around their shelves in grocery stores every year for the duration of the competition, which benefits the brand awareness of both the companies and the show. Marabou (Sweden's largest chocolate producer), and I'm sure many other companies, also tend to run competitions where if you buy their products during this time, you have a chance of winning tickets to go see the final in person at Friends Arena.

Commercials (by both the companies and melfest itself, to some extent) have created this stereotypical image of "a proper evening of melfest worship should contain 3 things: 1) your family/friends, 2) the TV, and 3) huge bowls of snacks and candy stacked like a shrine on the table between the previous two".

Also, in Sweden we have this concept of lördagsgodis, "Saturday candy". This originates from governmental guidelines and campaigns in the 1950s which aimed to improve children's dental heath. The idea was to have parents restrict their kids' candy intake to a single day each week, because when it comes to your chances of developing tooth decay, eating a little sugar but eating it often is worse than eating a lot of sugar all at once, but doing so more rarely. With melfest airing on Saturdays, the association between it and lördagsgodis was therefore perhaps inevitable—especially given the family oriented nature of the show.

Hence why, when two mums ran into each other today in the very crowded candy store, the first smalltalk I heard them exchange was:

"So you're also getting ready for Saturday evening and mello I see?"

"Well, yes. I mean, I wouldn't have even known that mello was on this weekend unless my kids had had mello themed activities in school on Friday, but here we are."

Tldr: Basically, there are sponsorships and annual marketing pushes, as well as a general habit in Sweden to eat candy specifically on Saturdays. Therefore, there is a strong cultural association between watching melfest and eating snacks and candy (which can result in packed candy stores).

(Side note, but I feel that you cannot explain lördagsgodis without also mentioning that the recommendations which lead to its inception were a direct result of the findings from the Vipeholm experiments. The experiments aimed to prove the long hypothesised link between carbohydrate consumption and tooth decay. They did this by feeding intellectually disabled residents at the Vipeholm hospital (in southern Sweden) extremely sweet, especially made candy and watching as their teeth (and oftentimes general health) deteriorated. This was all done in 1945-1955, sponsored by the sugar industry and dentist community. A movie was made made about the experiments just last year.)

[drummerjimmyblaze]

Location: Swede Things Closed starter for: @swedethings It was Saturday and Jimmy had the morning and afternoon off. He decided to take a trip to downtown to to browse some shops before his shift at The Boiler Room. He also knew that on Saturdays in Sweden they had a concept where they sold candy on that day, known as lördagsgodis. And Jimmy was craving some of his favorite sour candies. He made his way to Swede Things first that way he can get a bag and say hi his friend who he knows works then. He passed by all the other shops and walked in the door.

"Hej Agnes!" he said as he made his way over to the counter. "How's my favorite Svensk today?" He chuckled and leaned an elbow on the counter. This was his weekly routine, going to get a bag of sour candy from Swede Things and popping in to say hello. He loved candy and loved anything sour.

@swedethings

[projectilecry]

my list, as a fucker with both of ‘em, includes (but is not necessarily limited to):

money

more money

literally any cool shit you find outside**

anything that made you think of me

anything you made (i will cherish it forever and ever and ever)

souvenir t-shirts (corny as hell or not, you decide)

unlimited money

cups and mugs

handmade pottery

a lifetime supply of money

any kind of sticker (i will probably never stick it anywhere but i will cherish it forever nonetheless)

a functional pc or laptop

any car i’ve ever mentioned liking before ever

any pin/button (like the kind you put on jackets and bags for decoration)

any blanket ever

one or more dollar(s) (ideally not in the form of a check because i will forget to cash it)

anything funny or cool you find secondhand/vintage/at an estate sale/garage sale etc.

knives of any sort

lifetime supply of BelGioioso asiago snacking cheese

dawn dish soap

cold hard cash

dinosaur

ikea lördagsgodis sour cola flavor gummy viking ships

gender

construction equipment

legal tender

**examples of cool shit you find outside include but are not limited to: rocks, fossils, bones, teeth, geodes, interesting glass or plastic, minerals, cool branch or stick or piece of wood, nice sand, assorted bits of metal, gemstones, asteroids, feathers, and shells.

Saw a thread on Twitter of "gifts to give a person with ADHD and autism" that was full of stereotypical and quite frankly patronizing items, so here's a list of I (autistic individual) want instead as a gift

Money

Fourteen billion dollars

Free coupon to kill somebody with my teeth

Suitcase full of money

Cool looking rock

Scratching post for me to sink my claws into

An albino elephant

The head of Jeff Bezos mounted on my wall

Uncooked rice

A cup full of blood

100k in cash

[newcoffee]

- had a really good time hanging w/ my momma

- Started planning for my 30s

- Voted

- Celebrated Lördagsgodis 😋

- discovered espresso + sparkling water + lemon!!!

[yermes]

Lördagsgodis 🫶👒☁️

[schweden2024]

Anders Reisen

Nach einer erholsamen Nacht haben wir die Campingstühle und Tisch genutzt, welche Heike mitgebracht hatte.

War schon komisch, da wir ansonsten immer die Dreibeinhocker und den Anhänger genutzt hatten.

Bei trockenem Wetter packten wir unsere 7 Sachen ins Auto und die Fahrräder auf den Fahrrad-Träger. Passte alles.

Nun ging es mit dem Auto weiter über Torestorp, Öxabäck und Överlida nach Smålandsstenar. Dort war eine tolle Konditorei in der wir unsere Fika machten.

Ich aß einen Frosch (små grodorna bakelse) und Heike eine Princess balkelse.

Danach ging es zum ICA Supermarkt zum Einkaufen. Wir brauchten noch etwas zum Middag (Abendessen) für unser gebuchtes Bed&Breakfast. Es gab Salat und Wiener Würstchen mit Kartoffelsalat.

Und was nicht fehlen durfte waren die Lördagsgodis. Was so viel wie “Samstags-Süßigkeit” bedeutet, ist ein Brauch, bei dem die Menschen (vor allem die Kinder) samstags Süßigkeiten naschen, solange sie sich den Rest der Woche davon fernhalten. So gibt es in jedem Supermarkt eine godisvägg, eine Süßigkeitswand, bei der man sich seine eigene Tüte zusammenstellen kann. Am Ende wird gewogen. War bei uns in der Kindheit auch so beim Tante Emma Laden. Hier wurde aber nach Stück berechnet.

Das Autofahren ist hier ein Traum. Fast alle Straßen sind leer und jeder nimmt Rücksicht. Gut die Höchstgeschwindigkeit ist bei 70 oder 80 km/h. Da wir die Nebestraßen bevorzugten, sind wir auch eine Straße mit Gravelbelag gefahren. Diese hatte fast keine Schlaglöcher. Und überall Wald, Wald und noch einmal Wald. Mittendrin immer wieder schwedische Häuser wie man es sich vorstellt. Astrid Lindgren lässt grüßen.

Auf dem Weg zum See Bolmen fing es leider an zu regnen. An der Fähre angekommen gönnten wir uns ein Eis. Nach der Überfahrt waren wir dann beim Hägern Bed & Nature angekommen.

Dort bezogen wir das Lila Zimmer und genossen das Lesen beim Geprassel vom Regen. Später aßen wir unser Middag und gingen im Regen noch eine Runde.

[newsper]

A Swedish candy, known as “Lördagsgodis,” has become a viral sensation online due to its unique packaging featuring Helen Keller, a prominent figure in American history. American tourists visiting Sweden stumbled upon this candy and were surprised to see Helen Keller’s image on the packaging. They shared pictures online, sparking a global buzz. Helen Keller, […]

[anniekimsvedin]

2/11-23

Teoriprov och uppkörningen är nu bokad! 🙏🏻

Annars då? Jo jag pluggar och kör mest bil om dagarna, saknar jobbet lite grann faktiskt 🙈

Matthew Perry dog natten till söndagen, svensk tid 😭 Kändes verkligen som att jag förlorade en vän.. 😞

Jag virkar för fullt åt en vän som ska ha bebis. Ofelia är söt när hon sover och fått lördagsgodis ❤️ Älsklingen

[turnipchamber]

Trick or treat

you get LÖRDAGSGODIS

[hexstrom]

A faux gasp fell from the Swede's lips. Astrid wasn't actually offended at Copper sharing the fact black licorice was one of his most hated foods; but it was too tempting not to pretend. To her, she'd grown up eating black licorice. It came in lördagsgodis pick-n-mix bags; and while she hadn't initially been a fan of the strong flavor as a child, it had grown on her. And now as an adult, she loved the taste of licorice. It was... nostalgic. "First you try och get me to give you free pastries. Then you insult the candy of my people..." She shook her head, a soft 'tsk' escaping her lips. "What comes next? Will you tell me surströmming is one of the grossest foods on the planet also? Though that statement, she had to agree with. She'd tried the fermented fish once; and she never understood how her country considered it a national delicacy. It was rancid. "Eller, maybe you will tell me ABBA is bad music..." The corners of her lips curled into the smallest of smiles as those words left her mouth. She couldn't say ABBA's music was bad and keep a straight face. At least it acted to convey the fact she was joking. Copper was nice; and she really didn't want him to think she was being serious with any of her teasing.

It seemed that Copper was right to clarify the meaning behind his words; he saw the moment where Astrid realized what he'd said. "I would love to be," Copper replied, "as long as we keep a balanced sweets to gym ratio." Too much of one would counteract the other, so it was all about moderation. "I was mostly kidding, but also not really because I would do that in an instance," he clarified. "You've found my weakness - baked goods." Although Copper had been happy to be Astrid's taste tester, when she started talking about licorice, he had his doubts. "Well...that depends," Copper responded. "Do you mean like standard - at least standard in the U.S. - red licorice or one of the grossest foods on the planet, black licorice?" Judging by the look on Astrid's face, it was latter, and Copper practically recoiled at the though. "I can't do that," he told Astrid, firm in his decision. He didn't care what kind of magic - literal or otherwise - she had up her sleeve to make it more appetizing. "That's one of my least favorite foods," he told Astrid. "I mean, I know some people like it, but I'm not one of them."

Though a lot of their conversation had all been in good fun, Copper meant what he said. "I’m serious though," he told Astrid. "I'm all for helping you, if you'd really want me to."

[etesienne]

ikea lördagsgodis yellow bag sweet ans sour jelly candies my beloved

[fort-no-more]

[G A S P] Can we?!

Oh, that's brill! You can't tell my dad, though, or you'll get in trouble. He's got this whole thing he does. It's called Lördagsgodis and it basically means I don't get many sweets except on Saturdays. He's all "Mm, bad for yer teeth" as if he hasn't got a major sweet tooth himself. It's awful. The way I see it, ice cream is basically just extra cold cereal, yeah? The cone and toppings are like the cereal part, and the rest is the milk, so it's practically the same, I reckon.

we can have ice cream for lunch

[Come on, Peter. Francis is the fun uncle who never says no to sweets ever. When he does, he is actively dying, usually from something the perfidious English did. But that is not today.]

[His duck impulse will come later, for now, eyebrows and sweets]

I know just the spot for sweets

[yermes]

Lördagsgodis tmrw 😎

[ivebeenmade]

“The problem began in the 1900s, when sugar became affordable enough for manufactured candies to be mass-produced and widely available. By the 1930s, as sweet-makers introduced foam and jelly-textured offerings, the overwhelming majority of the Swedish population had cavities. Indeed, only one in a thousand military conscripts didn’t have tooth decay. In response, following the Second World War, the Swedish Parliament introduced a public dental service, but also commissioned a study, to be performed by the country’s only dental institute, in order to establish “what measures should be taken to decrease the frequency of the most common dental diseases in Sweden.”

At the time, scientists assumed that there was a link between diet and dental caries, but they were divided on whether tooth decay should be thought of holistically, as a symptom of deficiencies in overall nutrition, or locally, as the direct result of consuming sugar. It was quickly decided that the study should be carried out at the Vipeholm Institute, a state hospital “for individuals with mental handicaps,” situated just outside Lund. In an era before institutional review boards, the inability of the subjects to provide informed consent was, apparently, not an obstacle. The trial was also, controversially, supported in part by the country’s sugar industry and sweet and chocolate manufacturers.

During the first part of the study, dentists studied the impact of vitamin supplementation on dental caries, and found no effect. In the next phase, they administered sugar in both sticky and unsticky forms. At mealtimes, patients might receive either a sucrose drink “with only a light retention tendency,” or “new bread”—a sticky, sugar-fortified bun. In between meals, they were served up to 24 pieces of “Vipeholmstoffee”—”very popular caramels,” specially formulated to last longer and be stickier than normal toffee.

The results were striking. Consuming the caramels between meals was associated with a significantly increased occurrence of tooth decay. The Swedish authorities promptly launched a campaign to limit sweet-eating occasions, suggesting that children should save their candy to eat while listening to a popular radio programme on Saturday evenings. The accompanying public health message translates as: “All the candy you want, but only once a week.” “

“Nordic countries, in general, are crazy for candy. On a trip to Iceland a few years ago, I was amazed by the wide selection of sweets sold by the pound at even the most average-looking gas stations. But if any one particular country knows its candy, it’s Sweden, whose residents, according to a study by the Swedish Board of Agriculture, eat more per year per capita—more than thirty pounds per person each—than the citizens of any other nation. In Sweden, every Saturday is effectively a national holiday, called lördagsgodis, which means “Saturday candy.” Every corner store has a wall of pick-and-mix bins. The history of how this tradition came to be is surprisingly dark: in the nineteen-forties, in conjunction with several candy corporations, the Swedish government performed tests on patients in a mental institution to explore the hazards of consuming sweets. When it was determined that too many would make your teeth rot, lördagsgodis was born—Swedish citizens were urged to have as much candy as they liked, as long as they limited their consumption to one day a week. “ 2nd source:  https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/how-to-eat-candy-like-a-swedish-person

@nameiswhit @clairebearhq @hazeleyedbeth imagine our OTP ;)

[swedethings]

"Varsågod." Agnes gave a small nod as Emilia called her idea lovely and thanked her. She was glad the idea was good. She was glad to know the individuals who came through the outreach center would have a little extra something to make them smile on those rough days. "I have a bag of the candy under Gunnar's seat if you want to get it?" She didn't have any issue with Emilia going through the bag beneath the stroller's seat. It was where she stored the majority of whatever she needed for a day out as not everything fit in the backpack she'd come to use as a diaper bag. Right now, the bag of candy for Emilia took up the bulk of the storage basket. It was filled with a new candy she'd stumbled upon during her order called Rollin' Rainbows. They were technically not Scandinavian in origin as the candy came from the Netherlands; but they looked delicious (and they were as she'd sampled one or five). Plus the brightly colored wrappers brought a smile to her face. The candy was all about spreading love and kindness. It was part of the company's mantra; and it showed. Besides, she felt like already individually wrapped candies were the best way to go. Everything else she ordered for the lördagsgodis wall was more pick-n-mix style.

The shoppe is doing good. I have ordered many new items that I am excited to see on the shelves." Agnes knew all the best brands and the best authentically Swedish and Scandinavian items to stock. She also knew the best suppliers to get the imported goods without breaking the bank. Her first major order had been getting a shipment of Felix brand food products. It had taken a little bit longer than she would've liked to find a reasonable supplier; but now that she had, things were going smoothly. She'd also been able to order a lot of other items that made her feel like she was back home. It helped with the homesickness; and she was able to surround Gunnar with even more of their culture. "You need to stop in one day so I can show you."

Working with chlidren had been an obvious choice for Emilia, she'd always been nurturing and she always liked to fight for the underdog. That was what had landed her in her current job, she spent pretty much every day fighting for the children who didn't have a voice of their own. Agnes felt like a person who cared for others too, and that was probably why the two had clicked so easily. She was a fighter, Emilia appreciated that.

She shook her head, nothing was too small, Emilia appreciated every gesture. She listened to Agnes speak, letting her finish before she interjected. "I think that's a lovely idea," she said smiling lightly, it was a small gesture but it was a really kind one and Emilia understood how something so small could seem so meaningful. "Thank you," she smiled. Emilia's eyes glanced down to Gunnar and then back up again. "How's the shop going?" she asked, "I keep meaning to stop by, I haven't been there in ages."