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Svanberg, I., Jäppinen, A. & Bonow, M. (2019). An endangered regional cuisine in Sweden: the decline in use of European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus (L., 1758), as food stuff. Journal of Ethnic Foods, 6(1), Article ID 30.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>An endangered regional cuisine in Sweden: the decline in use of European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus (L., 1758), as food stuff
2019 (English)In: Journal of Ethnic Foods, ISSN 2352-6181, E-ISSN 2352-619X, Vol. 6, no 1, article id 30Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [sv]

Only a handful freshwater fish species are still commercially sought after in Sweden. Subsistence fishing in lakes and rivers is also rare nowadays and has in general been replaced by recreational fishing. However, fishing for European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus (L.), once popular in many areas of central Sweden, has survived into the twenty-first century, particularly in the province of Värmland, as a minor, but interesting regional food speciality. It is a dish with character, since smelt has a very particular scent and it is therefore esteemed by some and rejected by others. Nowadays, it is eaten locally, especially by the elder generations, and attempts to popularize it as a regional food have so far failed. However, smelt deserves to be marketed as a regional culinary specialty, and has great potential to become popular among modern foodies. A traditional dish known as “smelt pancake” can be promoted. Interesting enough, there are new categories of smelt enthusiasts that have discovered the possibility of fishing in large numbers in spring, especially Thai and other immigrants. There are also a significant numbers of sojourners and visitors from the Baltic States, especially Lithuanians, fishing for smelt in Värmland.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2019
Keywords
Ethnoichthyology, Food-cultural studies, Foodways, Regional cuisine, Small-scale fishing, Wild food
National Category
Ecology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-39723 (URN)10.1186/s42779-019-0025-3 (DOI)2-s2.0-85078501880 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2020-01-08 Created: 2020-01-08 Last updated: 2022-06-22Bibliographically approved
Bonow, M. & Svanberg, I. (2018). Förvarings- och odlingsdammar: Fiskdammar i det senmedeltida och tidigmoderna Västergötland. In: Anna Lokrantz (Ed.), Speglingar av vatten: (pp. 51-59). Skara: Västergötlands fornminnesförening
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Förvarings- och odlingsdammar: Fiskdammar i det senmedeltida och tidigmoderna Västergötland
2018 (Swedish)In: Speglingar av vatten / [ed] Anna Lokrantz, Skara: Västergötlands fornminnesförening , 2018, p. 51-59Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Skara: Västergötlands fornminnesförening, 2018
Series
Västergötlands Fornminnesförenings Tidskrift, ISSN 0347-4402 ; 2017/2018
National Category
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-37261 (URN)978-91-979258-7-7 (ISBN)
Available from: 2019-01-14 Created: 2019-01-14 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
Svanberg, I., Bonow, M. & Cios, S. (2016). Fishing For Smelt, Osmerus Eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758): A traditional food fish – possible cuisinein post-modern Sweden?. Slovak Ethnology, 2(64)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Fishing For Smelt, Osmerus Eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758): A traditional food fish – possible cuisinein post-modern Sweden?
2016 (English)In: Slovak Ethnology, ISSN 1335-1303, E-ISSN 1339-9357, Vol. 2, no 64Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

For the rural population in Sweden, fishing in lakes and rivers was of great importanceuntil recently. Many fish species served as food or animal fodder, or were used tomake glue and other useful products. But the receding of lakes in the nineteenthcentury, and the expansion of hydropower and worsening of water pollution in thetwentieth, contributed to the decline of inland fisheries. At the same time, marinefish became more competitive on the Swedish food market. In some regions, however,certain freshwater species continued to be caught for household consumption wellinto the twentieth century. One such species was the smelt (Osmerus eperlanus),which fifty years ago was still of economic importance. Nowadays, however, smeltis only caught in very low volumes; its role is therefore insignificant. In neighbouringcountries, however – such as Estonia, Lithuania, and Russia – it is still being exploitedcommercially. In Germany, where water quality has improved in rivers and restaurantshave shown increasing interest in smelt, a successful revival for the fish as a regionaland seasonal food can be seen. Smelt fishing has dimensions which are not onlyculinary, but social and cultural as well. Traditional ways of food preparation can betransformed into modern haute cuisine. Smelt fishing has the potential to developcommercially in Sweden also.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bratislava: Institute of Ethnology SAS, 2016
Keywords
Aquatic resources, ethnobiology, food for future, freshwater fish, human geography, local fishery, traditional knowledge
National Category
Environmental Sciences Social and Economic Geography
Research subject
Environmental Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-30594 (URN)
Projects
Nors: förbisedd resurs och framtida matfisk?
Available from: 2016-07-11 Created: 2016-07-11 Last updated: 2019-12-16Bibliographically approved
Bonow, M., Cios, S. & Svanberg, I. (2016). Fishponds in teh Baltic States: Historical Cyprinid Culture in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In: M. Bonow; H. Olsén; I. Svanberg (Ed.), Historical Aquaculture in Northern Europe: (pp. 139-156). Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Fishponds in teh Baltic States: Historical Cyprinid Culture in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
2016 (English)In: Historical Aquaculture in Northern Europe / [ed] M. Bonow; H. Olsén; I. Svanberg, Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2016, p. 139-156Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2016
Series
Research Reports, ISSN 1403-5111 ; 2016:1
National Category
Environmental Sciences
Research subject
Environmental Studies; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-31271 (URN)1302/42/2009 (Local ID)978-91-87843-62-4 (ISBN)1302/42/2009 (Archive number)1302/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A017-2009
Available from: 2016-12-01 Created: 2016-12-01 Last updated: 2022-07-04Bibliographically approved
Bonow, M., Olsén, H. & Svanberg, I. (Eds.). (2016). Historical Aquaculture in Northern Europe (1ed.). Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Historical Aquaculture in Northern Europe
2016 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

How were fishponds introduced, farmed and spread in Scandinavia and the Baltic Region in early modern times? What was their economic, social and religious importance? Which fish species were significant and why?

This book uncovers a long, now broken, tradition that barely left traces in the written record or physical environment. Its broad and multidisciplinary scope highlights the situation from medieval times until the late nineteenth century. Besides Scandinavia and the Baltic States, insights from England are also introduced.

Several socio-cultural domains have been identified: late medieval monastic fishponds; late medieval aristocratic fishponds associated with castles and manors; seventeenth and eighteenth century ponds rectory ponds as well as urban ponds from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2016. p. 204 Edition: 1
Series
Research Reports, ISSN 1403-5111 ; 2016:1
National Category
Environmental Sciences
Research subject
Environmental Studies; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-31251 (URN)1302/42/2009 (Local ID)978-91-87843-62-4 (ISBN)1302/42/2009 (Archive number)1302/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A017-2009
Available from: 2016-12-01 Created: 2016-11-30 Last updated: 2023-04-03Bibliographically approved
Bonow, M. & Svanberg, I. (2016). Historical Pond-Breeding of Cyprinids in Sweden and Finland. In: M. Bonow; H. Olsén; I. Svanberg (Ed.), Historical Aquaculture in Northern Europe: (pp. 89-119). Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Historical Pond-Breeding of Cyprinids in Sweden and Finland
2016 (English)In: Historical Aquaculture in Northern Europe / [ed] M. Bonow; H. Olsén; I. Svanberg, Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2016, p. 89-119Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2016
Series
Research Reports, ISSN 1403-5111 ; 2016:1
National Category
Environmental Sciences
Research subject
Environmental Studies; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-31270 (URN)1302/42/2009 (Local ID)978-91-87843-62-4 (ISBN)1302/42/2009 (Archive number)1302/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A017-2009
Available from: 2016-12-01 Created: 2016-12-01 Last updated: 2022-07-04Bibliographically approved
Bonow, M. & Svanberg, I. (2016). Monastiska fiskdammar i det senmedeltida Sverige. In: Madeleine Bonow, Magnus Gröntoft, Sofia Gustafsson, Markus Lindberg (Ed.), Biskop Brasks måltider: svensk mat mellan medeltid och renässans (pp. 266-284). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Atlantis
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Monastiska fiskdammar i det senmedeltida Sverige
2016 (Swedish)In: Biskop Brasks måltider: svensk mat mellan medeltid och renässans / [ed] Madeleine Bonow, Magnus Gröntoft, Sofia Gustafsson, Markus Lindberg, Stockholm: Bokförlaget Atlantis, 2016, p. 266-284Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Bokförlaget Atlantis, 2016
Keywords
monastiska dammar, biskop Brask, fiskodling, matkultur
National Category
History
Research subject
Historical Studies; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-31684 (URN)1302/42/2009 (Local ID)978-91-7353-828-2 (ISBN)1302/42/2009 (Archive number)1302/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A017-2009
Available from: 2017-01-13 Created: 2017-01-13 Last updated: 2022-07-04Bibliographically approved
Janson, S., Wouters, J., Bonow, M., Svanberg, I. & Olsén, K. H. (2015). Population genetic structure of crucian carp (Carassius carassius) in man-made ponds and wild populations in Sweden. Aquaculture International, 23(1), 359-368
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Population genetic structure of crucian carp (Carassius carassius) in man-made ponds and wild populations in Sweden
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2015 (English)In: Aquaculture International, ISSN 0967-6120, E-ISSN 1573-143X, Vol. 23, no 1, p. 359-368Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

Although once popular prior to the last century, the aquaculture of crucian carp Carassius carassius (L. 1758) in Sweden gradually fell from favour. This is the first genetic comparison of crucian carp from historic man-made ponds in the Scandinavian Peninsula. The aim was to identify old populations without admixture and to compare the relationship of pond populations from different provinces in Sweden. In total, nine microsatellite loci from 234 individuals from 20 locations in varied parts of Sweden were analysed. The genetic distances of crucian carp populations indicated that the populations in the southernmost province of Sweden, Scania, shared a common history. A pond population in the province Småland also showed a common inheritance with this group. In the province Uppland, further north in Sweden, the population genetic distances suggested a much more complex history of crucian carp distributions in the ponds. The data showed that there are some ponds with potentially old populations without admixture, but also that several ponds might have been stocked with fish from many sources.

Keywords
Aquaculture, Cyprinidae, Europe, Genetics, Populations
National Category
Biological Sciences
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24463 (URN)10.1007/s10499-014-9820-4 (DOI)000348538200027 ()2-s2.0-84921788447 (Scopus ID)1302/42/2009 (Local ID)1302/42/2009 (Archive number)1302/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A017-2009
Available from: 2014-08-28 Created: 2014-08-28 Last updated: 2022-07-04Bibliographically approved
Bonow, M. & Svanberg, I. (2013). Karpfiskarnas tillbakagång i svenskt kosthåll. In: Paulina Rytkönen, Madeleine Bonow, Per Wramner (Ed.), Från matproduktion till gastronomi: (pp. 91-114). Huddinge: Södertörns högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Karpfiskarnas tillbakagång i svenskt kosthåll
2013 (Swedish)In: Från matproduktion till gastronomi / [ed] Paulina Rytkönen, Madeleine Bonow, Per Wramner, Huddinge: Södertörns högskola , 2013, p. 91-114Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2013
Series
COMREC Studies in Environment and Development, ISSN 1652-2877 ; 7
National Category
Food Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-18467 (URN)978-91-975017-7-4 (ISBN)
Available from: 2013-02-08 Created: 2013-02-08 Last updated: 2018-08-13Bibliographically approved
Bonow, M. & Svanberg, I. (2013). "Rudor finnas öfverflödigt": Fiskdammar vid svenska prästgårdar på 1600- och 1700-talet. Saga och sed: Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademiens årsbok
Open this publication in new window or tab >>"Rudor finnas öfverflödigt": Fiskdammar vid svenska prästgårdar på 1600- och 1700-talet
2013 (Swedish)In: Saga och sed: Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademiens årsbok, ISSN 0586-5360Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Kungl. Gustav Adolfs akademien, 2013
National Category
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-21109 (URN)1302/42/2009 (Local ID)1302/42/2009 (Archive number)1302/42/2009 (OAI)
Available from: 2014-01-08 Created: 2014-01-08 Last updated: 2022-07-04Bibliographically approved
Projects
The story of crucian carp in the Baltic Sea region - History and a possible future [A017-2009_OSS]; Södertörn University; Publications
Olsén, K. H. & Lundh, T. (2016). Feeding stimulants in an omnivorous species, crucian carp Carassius carassius (Linnaeus 1758). Aquaculture Reports, 4, 66-73Bonow, M., Cios, S. & Svanberg, I. (2016). Fishponds in teh Baltic States: Historical Cyprinid Culture in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In: M. Bonow; H. Olsén; I. Svanberg (Ed.), Historical Aquaculture in Northern Europe: (pp. 139-156). Huddinge: Södertörns högskolaBonow, M., Olsén, H. & Svanberg, I. (Eds.). (2016). Historical Aquaculture in Northern Europe (1ed.). Huddinge: Södertörns högskolaBonow, M. & Svanberg, I. (2016). Historical Pond-Breeding of Cyprinids in Sweden and Finland. In: M. Bonow; H. Olsén; I. Svanberg (Ed.), Historical Aquaculture in Northern Europe: (pp. 89-119). Huddinge: Södertörns högskolaBonow, M. & Svanberg, I. (2016). Monastiska fiskdammar i det senmedeltida Sverige. In: Madeleine Bonow, Magnus Gröntoft, Sofia Gustafsson, Markus Lindberg (Ed.), Biskop Brasks måltider: svensk mat mellan medeltid och renässans (pp. 266-284). Stockholm: Bokförlaget AtlantisJanson, S., Wouters, J., Bonow, M., Svanberg, I. & Olsén, K. H. (2015). Population genetic structure of crucian carp (Carassius carassius) in man-made ponds and wild populations in Sweden. Aquaculture International, 23(1), 359-368Bonow, M. & Svanberg, I. (2014). Urbana fiskdammar i 1600 och 1700-talets Sverige: strödda notiser om akvakultur i stadsmiljö. RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, 97(4), 215-222Bonow, M. & Svanberg, I. (2013). "Rudor finnas öfverflödigt": Fiskdammar vid svenska prästgårdar på 1600- och 1700-talet. Saga och sed: Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademiens årsbok
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