Talk:Semla

message: "In Finland, the bun is sometimes filled with strawberry jam instead of almond paste"
The Swedish version says that it's often "hallonsylt" (Raspberry jam). Neither is sourced. Which is correct? Ran4 (talk) 08:52, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strawberries or not? 

message: "Although the traditional day to consume the semla is Shrove Tuesday, they are nowadays seasonally available from New Year's until the start of Lent."
Shouldn't it be "until the start of Easter"? Sure they must be available all through Lent? (That's at least the time I eat them, but usually home-made) — Preceding unsigned comment added by X-Flare-x (talk • contribs) 21:47, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is unfortunately correct. Many (most Swedes these days) misunderstand semmeldagen to be the start of semmeldagen instead of what it actually is, the last chance to eat semlor before Lent. Jikybebna (talk) 10:38, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Availability

message: Couldn't somebody living in Sweden try and find a better picture of a semla? The ones you buy at a "conditori" look alot more appetizing, and are also more representational, than the current picture. Mackan 14:37, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This for example is a pretty good photo:  or this [] — Preceding unsigned comment added by G72562 (talk • contribs) 14:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New picture 

message: I think that in Finland-Swedish, "semla" refers to another pastry, possibly a sandwich or something like that... 惑乱 分からん 15:42, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, that is right. It basically means (roughly) a bread roll, probably close to what in rikssvenska would be called a småfranska. 94pjg 21:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Finland-Swedish

message: The text "(also known as hetvägg from the german heisse wecken meaning hot wedg)" is very questionable. Apparently it tries to clairfy the origin of the Swedish term "hetvägg", which literally translates to "hot wall". To me it seems that "heisse wecken" <sic> translates to "hot roll", which makes sense considering that a roll is a bun. What is "wedg"? It is not a proper English word. What does "wedg" have to do with Wecken and/or "vägg"? BTW, "wecken" should be capitalized, since it is a German noun, i.e. "heisse Wecken". 
Update: I found two good sources and will update the text accordingly: 
"Hetvägg is the oldest name, from middle German "hete weggen" = hot wedges or "heisse wecken" = hot buns." 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~swewgw/Fact/Cult/facCulTrad02.htm http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/makeframeset.asp?sUrl=http%3A//www.nordiskamuseet.se/publication.asp%3Fpublicationid%3D1437&Cat=&catName=&publicationid=1437
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnnielsen (talk • contribs) 19:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a WEDG ??? =

message: I think the Danish name 'fastelavnsbolle' is not used in Serbia. Maybe Serbia (and Ethiopia?) has been put here by some vandal.82.181.153.142 (talk) 17:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serbia? 

message: The homemade Danish fastelavnsbolle is usually a wheat bun baked with vanillaflavoured custard or jam inside. I have never seen them with raisins etc. and don't know of any Danish recipes for fastelavnsbolle which include those flavors.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.2.188 (talk) 17:26, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Danish fastelavnsbolle 

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message: I'm not sure, why semla and fastelavnsboller are mixed together here, but they are not the same. You could perhaps argue that semla is a type of fastelavnsbolle, but Fastelavn is not a tradition in Sweden, and fastelavnsbolle is not a type of semla. In other words fastelavnsboller should be removed from this page, or semla should be a subsection of fastelavnsbolle.Kisualk (talk) 19:24, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semla is not the same as fastelavnsbolle 

message: You can't name this article Semlor and then make a reference to Icelandic bolludagur. I suppose you could name this article Nordic Sweet rolls and make it about the various traditions but calling Bollur in Iceland Semlor is just nonsense. 46.22.110.57 (talk) 21:27, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semla is Swedish. Has nothing to do with Icelandic bollur. 

message: This section appears on this page:
"King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771, after consuming a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne, which was topped off by a helping of hetvägg (semla), the king's favorite dessert."
This appears to disagree with the wiki page for King Adolf Frederick of Sweden:
"Adolf Frederick died suddenly in Stockholm on 12 February 1771 with symptoms resembling either heart failure or poisoning. Popular stories about his death having resulted from a large meal (consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne and his favourite dessert hetvägg of semla pastries and hot milk) are considered propagandist by modern writers."
I'm not sure which is correct, but clearly at least one of these is wrong.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:3D40:1330:8F74:EE18:1B73:D0C4 (talk) 00:41, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden