Pizza. I'd pass on the Lutefisk...even many of the locals hate it.

My grandparents were Scandinavian (Norwegian and Swedish) and I well remember them eating lots of cheese and fish. Brunost was a sweet, brown cheese with a grainy texture. Wish I could be more help but can’t recall much that appealed to me based on what I remember.

Like LJ, I’d pass on the lutefisk, too! However, I’m sure there will be items to enjoy. Sounds like a fun and beautiful cruise!

I just remembered eating Lefse when I was young. It is a flat bread or potato pancake type thing made with riced potatoes. It's pretty good if you warm it up and spread lots of butter on it. It'd be even better with cannabutter I bet.

I haven't been, but know lots of Norwegian people and have eaten in Skandinavian restaurants in Seattle - my own feeling is it's not really a cuisine that is much sought after. So I tried to recall what my friends who traveled there mentioned and all could remember was some good, dense bread (rye maybe). I found this link: Best foods of Norway

Seafood - fresh seafood - is popular (I too would pass on the lutefisk). Also game - reindeer, deer, moose, etc, - and berries and breads. I'd also pass on the brown cheese......that just looks creepy to me.

“…my own feeling is it's not really a cuisine that is much sought after.”

I’d have to agree but only based on childhood memories. I just remember there was always weird fish and cheese being served. My grandmother would always make a sweet bread at Christmas called julekake. All the adults raved about it while my siblings and I weren’t impressed. The link from Oly looks helpful.

DH just mentioned pickled herring since he loves it.

I have a friend who used to eat that brown cheese as her ancestry is Scandinavian. I tried it and am a cheese lover but was not impressed.

That brown cheese was always on my grandparents’ table. To me it tasted like someone meant to make fudge but goofed…severely.🥴

Just remembering…my grandmother was always making egg coffee. It was the one Scandinavian food/beverage item my mom continued making from my grandparents. I’m not a coffee drinker, but I’d drink some since it was so smooth. DH still talks about it.

How about waffles ? I have this Jotul cast iron waffle maker thanks to Ruth Reichl writing a nice article about it... it's very fun on a special sunday morning - Find a nice breakfast place ?

I found this fun website

https://scandinaviancookbook.com/17-traditional-norwegian-recipes/

Salmon!

I do like the brown cheese (brunost) and I remembered learning it isn't technically cheese, so I just went looking to see if my memory was correct. I found this page. It might have some other food ideas for you, along with the history of "brown cheese." https://www.lifeinnorway.net/the-norwegian-phenomenon-of-brown-cheese/

I think I tried to make Brunost once. It sounds like my failure was actually semi successful. My memory was not so much that I disliked it as that it didn’t seem cheesy.

Thank-you, Olychick! That was informative.

Whatever the Norway soccer team eats, I’d say. They are horses!