What is Scandinavian toast called?

Answer 1

A quick look via Google yields the following: Prosit: Latin - may it benefit you - a toast to health. Cheers: a toast to be cheerful, happy. Skal: Hail - toasting using the Scandinavian word "Skoal" Old Norse (Viking times) for bowl. Salus: in Roman mythology the goddess of health and prosperity. Gesondheid in die rondheid: Afrikaans - here's good luck for everybody; here's to all of you. http://www.angelfire.com/ga/1072/yl/toastweb.html Many people who have never seen Sweden have nonetheless conjured an often nearsighted image of what they think it is like: Nordic woodlands, crystalline-featured women, Greta Garbo, sexual freedom, and yet lives lived within rigid, formal constraints. There's some truth to the latter image of Swedish formality. So let's take a look at it. Please take a seat as an invited guest at the dining table. It is set with a crisp white tablecloth, perfectly polished silver, a candelabra, napkins, and crystal glasses. The wine is chilled, and nothing is out of place. Your hostess is the shimmering image of Swedish household perfection. Nowhere more than at the dining table will you encounter the unspoken truths of Swedish formality, especially in the toast. In Australia or New Zealand it is scarcely de rigueur and may be accompanied by a drawling "G'day, mate." In Britain it is all stiff upper lip and chivalry. In the United States the rules are as diverse as the cultures that populate it. But in Sweden there is only one way to toast, and its protocol is very specific and universally followed. So, do not touch your glass yet, even though it is full and you are nervous. Never touch the glass first; you must wait until one of the hosts, usually the man, lifts his glass to all. Do not drink. Everyone must reply to the proffered "skål" (meaning "cheers" and pronounced skohl) with a collective "skål." Then you will all tilt your glasses to the host and hostess. Delayed eye contact is imperative before, during, and after the measured sip of appreciation. Don't empty the glass. The meal has commenced. http://www.fodors.com/world/Europe/sweden/stockholm/feature_30005.html

Answer 2

A skål is a Scandinavian toast of friendship and goodwill which may be offered when drinking, sitting down to eat, or at a formal event.

Answer 3

possibly skoal possibly skoal

Answer 4

toast