Festive Grand Opening of the Health & Care Program at the House of Sweden

Posted by Susanna at 4:06 PM, Mar 26, 2010 (Comments)

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David J. Barton, Gunilla Ekberg, representing the Swedish company Mocana (www.mymocana.com), and Felix Bengtson of the Swedish Embassy.

THE SWEDISH EMBASSY in Washington, D.C. inaugurated its spring program - Health & Care - on Thursday evening, March 25. Ambassador Jonas Hafström opened the program, and guests enjoyed four new exhibitions, live entertainment and a healthy lifestyle lounge on the rooftop (even though it was quite windy up there!). They also were able to taste Swedish traditional dishes or "husmanskost," and read explanations about nutritional goals for Swedish school meals. For instance, in 2005 the Swedish National Food Administration developed guidelines for meals in daycare, schools and community youth clubs. Those guidelines indicated that lunch served in school should constitute about 30 percent of the child's daily average food intake.

AND WHAT CLASSIC Swedish school dishes were the guests served? Kåldolmar (which is ground beef wrapped in cabbage), potatoes, lingonberry jam, grated carrots, salad, pasta, and traditional knäckebröd (crispbread) with Västerbottenost (cheese from a region in the north of Sweden called Västerbotten ).

Hugh Grindstaff and Anne Reiley