As the long, cold winter slowly loosens its grip on Sweden, Easter comes as a most welcome sign of spring. And as the evening approaches, the tables are set with a smörgåsbord of herring, various salmon dishes, potatoes, crispbread, cheese, eggs of course and other kinds of food besides the obvious snaps. All in all it is a slightly “lighter” smörgåsbord, yet complemented with different types of sweets such as marzipan eggs with chocolate-dipped ends.