Fårikål – The national dish of Norway

Erik Valebrokk, Helle Valebrokk, 11.06.2024

This simple recipe consists of only 4 ingredients: Lamb, pepper, water and cabbage.

This is Norway’s unofficial national dish, the word fårikål [foːrɪkɔl] literally meaning "mutton in cabbage". Fårikål was voted national dish by the listeners of the popular radio show Nitimen in 1972 and has pretty much remained so ever since. It’s most probably Danish of origin, but no one knows for certain.