For centuries, cereals have played an important role for people in Sweden. For example, in the 1700s, when food was scarce, cereals - in the form of porridge, gruel and bread - made up about 80 percent of the food.

We used to eat a lot of rye and barley, but a little wheat. Today, however, wheat is the most common grain in the Nordic countries. To this day, cereals are a very important staple food, grown on almost half of the world's total cultivated area.