Nearly all of my reading in Swedish sources is from the immigrant period. While the Fika tradition is very popular among Swedes today, the word never appears in the olden days. I have often wondered about this, and just recently the answer was revealed. Here is part of that story: (from Vinpair.com) “Coffee made its way to Sweden in the mid-1670s and found popularity among the wealthy about 1...
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