New World Crops in Sweden

Historical period

⚠ A DATING ROW. The potato reached Sweden in 1658 as a botanical curiosity and became a staple only from the late 18th century. Tomatoes, peppers and maize are later still and marginal in the traditional kitchen. Cocoa, vanilla, chilli and — separately — coffee, tea, sugar and cardamom are all imports arriving through trade, and the modern Swedish sweet kitchen is built on them.