It also stars in the herring cake, or “silltårta,” the focal point of the Midsummer table. Herring of all kinds is traditionally accompanied by Swedish cracker-bread, "knäckebröd,” new ...

The company came up with a cake modeled after “unaju” (grilled eel on rice) to mark the midsummer day of the ox that falls on July 24 and Aug. 5 this year. The offering is made with Western ...