Surströmming, a fermented herring considered to be a famous delicacy in Sweden, is also known as one of the most pungent foods in the world. More than a decade ago, NPR's Ari Shapiro attempted to eat ...

Surstromming, Swedish for sour herring, has a powerful stink thanks to food preservation. Surstromming, Swedish for sour herring, is legendary for its powerful stink. But it's all a result of the ...

Swedish cuisine is known around the world for its Swedish meatballs, crayfish parties and smorgasbord lunches, but there’s one traditional delicacy that rarely makes it beyond the country’s border.

The surströmming season is back, and with it, a battle of taste buds. Ex-Londoner, Paul Connolly, and Skellefteå native, Akvelina Bergsten, share their vastly different opinions on the rather smelly ...

The woman who vowed she'd taste anything, arthropods included, plans to draw the line at surströmming, fermented herring from northern Sweden with an aroma so pungent the locals compare it to "gas ...

As chef Malin Soderstrom opened the can, the trapped air escaped with a hiss and filled the balcony of her waterside restaurant with the pungent odour of Sweden's infamous delicacy, surstromming.

Samir Rawashdeh and Sune Valentin Norlin compete to set the Guinness World Record for eating surströmming. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT Malmö resident Sune Valentin Norlin, 71, has set a world record for ...

Sweden has the distinction of producing surströmming, one of the foulest-smelling foods in the world. More than a decade ago, NPR's Ari Shapiro... Surströmming Revisited: Eating Sweden's Famously ...

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