{"id":5102,"date":"2016-07-22T21:08:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T19:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2020-06-03T14:34:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:34:09","slug":"swedish-beer-classification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/swedish-beer-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding The (Weird) Swedish Beer Classification"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Swedes not only drink vodka or\u00a0filmj\u00f6lk<\/a>. Here and there they also like to have a bottle of beer. Preferably from a Swedish brand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since Swedes are very alcohol conscious, for example they try not to drink during the week, they came up with three different classifications of beer, sorted\u00a0by the percentage of alcohol they contain. Less alcohol, means beer connoisseurs\u00a0can drink more beer without getting too drunk too quickly. Or, saying with the words of a Swede, you know which beer to drink to get drunk faster<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You should know about these classifications, because you don’t want to show up at a pre-party inviting your friends\u00a0for a can of l\u00e4tt\u00f6l<\/em> (light beer), thinking ‘since it’s the same brand and can-design, it must be the same beer’. It’s time to have a closer look at the label of the bottle.<\/p>\n

Beer classification in Sweden<\/h2>\n

Beer\u00a0is divided into three classes in Sweden. Those classes also determin age restrictions for purchases.<\/p>

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Class I<\/h3>\n