Läkerol Salmiak und Raspberry Lemongrass-6338

Läkerol is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

brand of candies. The candies are sugar-free

pastille A pastille is a type of sweet or medicinal pill made of a thick liquid that has been solidified and is meant to be consumed by light chewing and allowing it to dissolve in the mouth. The term is also used to describe certain forms of incense. A ...

s with the major ingredient being

gum arabic Gum arabic, also known as gum sudani, acacia gum, Arabic gum, gum acacia, acacia, Senegal gum, Indian gum, and by other names, is a natural gum originally consisting of the hardened sap of two species of the '' Acacia'' tree, ''Senegalia sen ...

. The candies are produced in a variety of flavors. The candy is produced by the Swedish confectionery company,

Cloetta Cloetta is a Swedish confectionery and nuts company. The company manufactures and sells local confectionery brands on its main markets Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany and the UK. The company has 8 factories in five coun ...

. Läkerol's primary markets are the

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n areas of northern Europe and Finland, after that

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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, and

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. In 1909, Adolf Ahlgren (1872-1954) introduced Läkerol. To this day, most Läkerol candies are stamped with the imprint of the letter "A". The name "Läkerol" comes from the Swedish word ''läka'', which means "heal". In the 1980s, Swedish tennis player

Björn Borg Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. Between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at the French Open and five consecutively at Wimb ...

did a series of advertisements for Läkerol.

References

External links

Website of Läkerol (Multi-Lingual)Cloetta website (English)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lakerol Brand name confectionery Swedish brands Purveyors to the Court of Sweden 1909 establishments in Sweden Products introduced in 1909 Swedish confectionery Throat lozenges