Danish food known around the world
A blue tin of butter cookies, a block of butter and a Danish pastry are how many people first meet Danish food, and some of those names go back more than a century. Denmark has long exported butter cookies, above all to the United States and Asia. Lurpak butter, first marked in 1901, is sold in more than 75 countries. The Copenhagen bakery chain Lagkagehuset trades abroad as Ole & Steen, with bakeries in England and New York. Bacon is the older export: from 1902 the farmers' co-operative abattoirs shipped it to England together, and Denmark soon became that market's main supplier.
Butter cookies
The Danish butter cookies in blue tins, and who bakes them.
Royal Dansk Danish butter cookies in a round blue tin, first baked in Helsingør in 1966 and baked today in Nørre Snede and Ribe.Works: The blue tin, Vanilla Ring, Pretzel
Kjeldsens Danish butter cookies baked since 1933, best known in Hong Kong and mainland China.Works: Butter Cookies
Jacobsens Bakery Danish butter cookies in decorated tins, baked in Hedensted and sold mostly abroad; the company began in 1962 as an import and export house.
Cheese and butter
Cheese and butter from Danish dairies.
Lurpak Danish butter in silver foil, marked with two crossed lurs since 1901 and sold in more than 75 countries.Works: Lurpak butter block, Lurpak Spreadable, Lurpak Unsalted
Castello A Danish cheese brand founded in 1893, known for its soft blue and white mould cheeses.Works: Castello Creamy White, Castello Creamy Blue, Castello Danish Blue Cheese, Castello Aged Havarti
Arla The farmer-owned dairy co-operative based in Viby near Aarhus that makes Lurpak butter and Castello cheese.
Havarti Havarti, the semi-soft, washed-curd Danish cow's milk cheese, sold around the world and protected in the EU since 2019.
Danbo Danbo, the semi-soft aged cow's milk cheese called Denmark's national cheese, protected in the EU since 2017.
Bakeries
The Danish bakeries known abroad.
Ole & Steen The Copenhagen bakery chain Lagkagehuset, which trades as Ole & Steen in London and New York.
Hart Bageri A Copenhagen sourdough bakery opened in 2018 by Richard Hart, former head baker at Tartine, with the partners behind Noma.Works: Cardamom Croissant, City Loaf, Everyday Rye, Spandauer
Conditori La Glace A Copenhagen confectioner and tea room, opened in 1870, known for the Sportskage, a cake of nougat crunch and whipped cream.
Andersen & Maillard A Copenhagen coffee roastery and bakery, opened on Nørrebrogade in 2018, known for its croissants.
JUNO the bakery A bakery on Århusgade in Østerbro, Copenhagen, known for its cardamom buns.
Lille Bakery A bakery and eatery on Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, opened in 2018, that bakes sourdough bread from Danish grains.
Bacon and meat
Danish bacon, sausages and pork, from the farmers' co-operative abattoirs.
