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Timothy Heffernan, Postdoctoral fellow, UNSW Sydney

Should you feed child guests dinner? What #Swedengate tells us about food culture and social expectations

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From meatballs and cakes to soups and seafood, Sweden is known for its hearty cuisine. It’s also renowned for its quality of life, topping many countries in happiness, equality and social connection.

Perhaps this is why news on Reddit and Twitter that Swedes don’t feed child guests dinner caused a stir online. As one poster explained, while over at a friend’s house as a child, the family ate dinner together – and the friend was expected to wait.

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