Breakfast, lunch and natmad in Denmark – Scandinavian mealtimes explained | Letters

Gary Calder on the differences in names for mealtimes in Scandinavia. Plus Dr Paul Brown on the class division in dinnertimes on the TitanicConfusion over the names of mealtimes (Letters, 2 August) also reigns in Scandinavia. Breakfast in Norway/Sweden is frokost/frukost, but morgenmad (morning food) in Denmark. Lunch in Norway/Sweden is lunsj/lunch, but frokost in Denmark. At least they can all agree on the main meal of the day, which is middag (midday/noon) but served in the early evening.If attending a wedding party or function in Denmark, don’t be surprised to be served natmad (night food) around midnight. It is used as a friendly indication that the event has come to an end, hence its colloquial name of skrub af mad (fuck-off food).Gary CalderChandler’s Ford, Hampshire Continue reading...