Danish Luxury

Candy Licorice Galle & Jessen

Ga-Jol

A Danish liquorice pastille with salmiak, launched by Galle & Jessen in 1933 in a blue box and made today by Toms.

First made
1933

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Four blue boxes of Ga-Jol Original
Four blue boxes of Ga-Jol Original

Pictures © Galle & Jessen, from weboutlet.toms.dk.

Why it is renowned

Ga-Jol is known as one of the oldest Danish liquorice pastilles still sold today, alongside the 1923 liquorice lace and 1938 Lagerman's liquorice fudge, and its original blue box won Denmark's Klassiker prize for design in 2001. 1 2

The story

Galle & Jessen launched the Ga-Jol pastille in 1933 in a blue box, today kept for Ga-Jol Original; the name is a shortened form of the maker's name. 2 The pastille is made with raw liquorice and ammonium chloride, the salmiak that gives it its salty bite. 3

  • Spunk, the children's pastille that began as a version of Ga-Jol
  • Classic, salmiak liquorice from Bagsværd Lakrids, cut by hand
  • Toms, the house that makes it today
Sources
  1. Sødt, salt og salmiak: Danskere og lakrids er en romance, der ikke vil dø. dr.dk, read 1 October 2026.
  2. Ga-Jol - Wikipedia, den frie encyklopædi. da.wikipedia.org, read 1 October 2026.
  3. Ga-Jol Blå Original 4 x 23 g - weboutlet.toms.dk. weboutlet.toms.dk, read 1 October 2026.

Last checked 5 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.