Møsbrømmen is eaten with a sweetened sauce made of brunost, a type of cheese, flour, and sugar.

Originally created in western Norway as a treat for fishermen who worked at the Lofoten Fishery.

It resembles thin lefse but is slightly thicker, and it is stained by large amounts of whole aniseed.

The grid cut can also aid in thinner rolling of the lefse, as the ridges help preserve structural integrity.

It is customarily thought that the bread (along with lutefisk) was a staple on the seagoing voyages as far back as Viking times.

When Norwegian immigrants first arrived in America, they did not have the usual foods they were used to back home, including milk and porridge, dried meat, and lefse,[10] but early Norwegian-American immigrants brought folded lefse to eat for the beginning stages of their journey via ship.

[12] During World War I, Americans were encouraged to eat potatoes to be patriotic, as wheat was needed to feed the troops on the front lines.

While today's Norwegian Americans consider making lefse at Christmas a tradition, more families are turning to purchase it from the store instead.

Lefse can also be found in many grocery stores around Midwestern states[17] and the Pacific Northwest states, including Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington.

[18][19][20] The foodway of Scandinavian lefse stretches from the Midwest all the way through northeastern Montana.

Small lefse factories dot the landscape throughout this area, mostly in Norwegian communities.

In the larger of these communities, Lefse can be found in grocery stores year round.

In the Red River Valley specifically, "restaurants, supermarkets, and clubs all serve fish, lefse, and other specialties.

"[21]: 37, 46  Many United States Scandinavian festivals have booths to sell lefse,[15] and it can also be ordered online.

Fargo, North Dakota, hosts the popular Lutefisk and Lefse Festival in August each year.

Among other things, lefse has been said to be "so tasteless that many mistakenly eat the paper doily under the stack and do not know the difference.