Lucia Day calories, lowest first
This is what is eaten and drunk on Lucia, 13 December, ranked by calories per portion, from a gingerbread biscuit at 130 kcal to risalamande at 400.
Numbers for the portion shown, the same as on each food's page. Sports are for someone of about 70 kg.
Lucia is the Scandinavian morning of candles and song, kept in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, and with it come saffron buns, gingerbread and glögg. If you live elsewhere, a Scandinavian bakery or church often holds a Lucia procession too.
The lightest is a gingerbread biscuit at 130, then a latte at 150 and a lussekatt at 190. A mug of glögg or mulled wine, a portion of rice pudding and a mug of hot chocolate are 200 each.
At the top are a cinnamon roll and a bowl of risalamande, both 400. A lussekatt and a latte together are 340.
Questions
How many calories in a lussekatt?
About 190 for one saffron bun.
How many calories in glögg?
About 200 for a mug of mulled wine.
Lussekatt or cinnamon roll?
The lussekatt is about 190 and the cinnamon roll about 400.