There are bargains here, too. Or Safeway or Murphy's. There seems to be something of a monopoly in this area. As you might guess, herring takes up a lot of room at the Hemkop. The Wall of Herring is a formidable thing, and deserves at least as much mention in the tourist guides as the Abba Museum 70 miles to the north.
Herring is to Sweden what beef was to frontier Texas.
Fifteen thousand foot herring statues are not uncommon in town squares. People name their children after herring, and herring is considered the only proper dowry for a fashionable young girl. Seriously though, the Swedes do have several different words for herring, which must mean that it matters to them, the way snow matters to Eskimos. No one is saying. More research is needed on this.