Tunnbrödsrulle
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Thin flatbread wrap filled with mashed potatoes, hot dog, ketchup, mustard, crispy onions, and topped with shrimp salad or relish, a Swedish style.
History
The Tunnbrödsrulle is Sweden’s ultimate late-night hot dog indulgence, famously built inside a soft, thin flatbread called tunnbröd. It typically features a grilled or boiled hot dog (or two), mashed potatoes, a scoop of shrimp salad (räksallad), crispy fried onions, mustard, ketchup, and sometimes pickled cucumbers—all wrapped burrito-style. Originating in Stockholm, it became a popular fast food item in the 1960s and is now a staple of Swedish street kiosks and grillkorv stands. The flavor mashup is intentionally over-the-top, mixing salty, creamy, tangy, and sweet in every bite. It’s quirky, filling, and completely Swedish. Ask any Swede: it’s chaos—and it works.
Make it at home
A home-friendly version of this hot dog style.
About this recipe
The standard roll has soft tunnbröd, boiled sausage, mashed potato, lettuce, cucumber mayonnaise, shrimp mayonnaise, ketchup and Swedish mustard. Two sausages make a full serving; crispy fried onions are a common extra.
We haven’t kitchen-tested this version. Portions and timing are a guide for home cooking; follow any specific package directions in the recipe.
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Serves: 2 rolls
Ingredients
- 2 soft tunnbröd (thin Swedish flatbread)
- 4 Swedish hot dog sausages (varmkorv)
- 8 tablespoons mashed potato, warm
- 6 tablespoons räksallad / Skagenröra (shrimp in mayonnaise)
- Ketchup and Swedish mustard, to taste
- Optional, per the Food Agency entry: shredded lettuce and gurkmajonnäs (cucumber mayonnaise)
- Optional: crispy fried onions
Instructions
- Boil or grill the sausages. Lay the flatbreads out.
- Spread about 4 tablespoons of mash down the center of each.
- Add two sausages, then the shrimp salad, ketchup and mustard (plus lettuce, cucumber mayo and fried onions if using).
- Roll up tightly and wrap the lower half in paper or foil.
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Where to Try It
Every restaurant below is in this style's home turf – the place it comes from – and its own menu or website confirms it serves the style today.
(this isn't a "near you" list)
Nyhetsgrillen
Stockholm · Rålambsvägen 13, Stockholm
Sources and further reading
- Livsmedelsverket (Swedish Food Agency), food no. 1551, Tunnbrödrulle m. korv potatismos räk- gurksallad: https://soknaringsinnehall.livsmedelsverket.se/Home/FoodDetailsMeta/1551
- Scandinavian Cookbook, Tunnbrödsrulle (quantities): https://scandinaviancookbook.com/?p=8684
- Tasting Table, Swedish-style hot dogs (Elov Bråtfors, 1960s): https://tastingtable.com/1244158/swedish-style-hot-dogs
- The Takeout, Swedish hot dogs explained: https://thetakeout.com/1606203/swedish-hot-dog-style-explained
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