Pågen 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 ...

bakery A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, donuts, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who w ...

company founded in 1878 by Anders and Matilda Påhlsson. The company started off as a small bakery in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

in the southern

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. Their bakeries are run by around, 1350 employees, and are located in Malmö and Gothenburg. Their products include brands such as Krisprolls and various types of bread,

pastries Pastry is baked food made with a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter or lard) that may be savoury or sweetened. Sweetened pastries are often described as '' bakers' confectionery''. The word "pastries" suggests ...

and cookies. With key export markets in

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and

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, Pågen is currently one of Sweden's leading food exporters with an annual turnover of around 220 million Euros.

Name

''Pågen'' is the definite form of the word ''påg'', meaning ''boy'' in the

Scanian dialect Scanian ( sv, skånska , da, skånsk) is an East Scandinavian dialect spoken in the province of Scania in southern Sweden. Present-day speakers of "Scanian" speak the Scanian dialect of Swedish. Older Scanian formed part of the old Scandina ...

Culture

Pågen marketed their 'Tosca Pågar' cookies as 'Florentine Pogens' in the United States until 1992, and Frank Zappa wrote a song called 'Florentine Pogen', with the opening line "She was the daughter of a wealthy Florentine Pogen", which was released on the album One Size Fits All.

References

External links

Pågen
— ''Official website'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Pagen Food and drink companies of Sweden Food and drink companies established in 1878 Purveyors to the Court of Sweden Companies based in Malmö Swedish brands 19th-century establishments in Skåne County