Lysekil
Encyclopedia
Lysekil is a locality and the seat of Lysekil Municipality
in Västra Götaland County
, Sweden
. It had 7,568 inhabitants in 2005.
The picturesque coastal town of Lysekil is a major tourist destination during the Swedish summer period from June to the end of August.
Lysekil is known as originator of the Lysekil Caviar, often referred to as Creamed Smoked Roe in English and as Caviar de Lysekil in French. It is a different kind of caviar compared to regular caviar
. Its main ingredients are tomato sauce
, cod roe
, onion
, salt
and often mixed with dill
and chives
. Kalles kaviar
is the best-known brand.
Lysekil Municipality
Lysekil Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lysekil....
in Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It had 7,568 inhabitants in 2005.
The picturesque coastal town of Lysekil is a major tourist destination during the Swedish summer period from June to the end of August.
Lysekil is known as originator of the Lysekil Caviar, often referred to as Creamed Smoked Roe in English and as Caviar de Lysekil in French. It is a different kind of caviar compared to regular caviar
Caviar
Caviar, sometimes called black caviar, is a luxury delicacy, consisting of processed, salted, non-fertilized sturgeon roe. The roe can be "fresh" or pasteurized, the latter having much less culinary and economic value....
. Its main ingredients are tomato sauce
Tomato sauce
A tomato sauce is any of a very large number of sauces made primarily from tomatoes, usually to be served as part of a dish...
, cod roe
Roe
Roe or hard roe is the fully ripe internal egg masses in the ovaries, or the released external egg masses of fish and certain marine animals, such as shrimp, scallop and sea urchins...
, onion
Onion
The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...
, salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...
and often mixed with dill
Dill
Dill is a perennial herb. It is the sole species of the genus Anethum, though classified by some botanists in a related genus as Peucedanum graveolens C.B.Clarke.-Growth:...
and chives
Chives
Chives are the smallest species of the edible onions. A perennial plant, they are native to Europe, Asia and North America.. Allium schoenoprasum is the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World....
. Kalles kaviar
Kalles kaviar
Kalles kaviar is a Swedish brand of fish roe spread. It is manufactured by Abba Seafood. Kalles kaviar is based on a several hundred years old recipe which originates from the Swedish west coast and in particular Lysekil. In French, this type of caviar is sometimes referred to as Caviar de Lysekil...
is the best-known brand.
People from Lysekil
- Nathalie DjurbergNathalie DjurbergNathalie Djurberg is a Swedish video artist who lives and works in Berlin.- Life and work :Djurberg is best known for producing claymation short films that are faux-naïve, but graphically violent and erotic...
(born 1978) – artist - William Matson (1849 - 1917) – Swedish-American shipping executive.
- Mustafa MohamedMustafa MohamedMustafa Hassan Mohamed is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Biography:Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at the age of 11...
(born 1979) – long-distance runner. Born in MogadishuMogadishuMogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....
, SomaliaSomaliaSomalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
, he was smuggled into Sweden at 11 and claimed asylum, despite just looking for social benefits and a cure for his AIDS, he was granted asylum. - Fredrik Risp (born 1980) – Swedish football player.