Amalia Eriksson

Amalia Eriksson was born in Jönköping, the daughter of farrier Jonas Lundström and maid Katarina Hagen Andersdotter in the year of 1824.

[4] As was custom in accordance with the månglare regulations, the magistrate of Gränna granted Amalia Eriksson the license on due to her dire circumstances January 10, 1859.

Amalia developed a secret recipe with peppermint oil, sugar, water, and other ingredients that twisted red and white together in the form of small cushions and sticks.

Her Polkagris started gaining enough popularity that she stopped selling bread and focused just on her business of sweets, which allowed her to also buy the house at Brahegatan 2 from the family she used to work for.

In Gränna, a statue of Amalia Eriksson stands in Södra Park in her honor, her home and workshop was turned into a hotel, and she also has an ice cream parlor named after her.