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''Lördagsgodis'' ( en, "Saturday sweets") is a Swedish tradition of children eating
''Lördagsgodis'' ( en, "Saturday sweets") is a Swedish tradition of children eating sweets
Candy, also called sweets (British English) or lollies (Australian English, New Zealand English), is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called '' sugar confectionery'', encompasses any sweet confection, i ...
(candy) on a Saturday
Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday ("Saturn's Day") for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's na ...
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The tradition started as a health recommendation in 1959 following the government-funded Vipeholm experiments
The Vipeholm experiments were a series of human experiments where patients of Vipeholm Hospital for the intellectually disabled in Lund, Sweden, were fed large amounts of sweets to provoke dental caries (1945–1955). The experiments were spo ...
, where patients of Vipeholm Hospital for the intellectually disabled
Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability in the United Kingdom and formerly mental retardation,Rosa's Law, Pub. L. 111-256124 Stat. 2643(2010). is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by signific ...
in Lund
Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...
, Sweden
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, were unknowingly fed large amounts of sweets to see whether a high-sugar diet would make their teeth decay.
Over time, it has become more like a routine for both children and adults to eat candy on Saturdays. Something that you can look forward to at the weekends. It is common for Swedes to buy lördagsgodis from candy walls in grocery stores. However, many children in Sweden also eat sweets on other occasions, but Saturday is still known as the big candy day of the week.
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