Polkagris (plural: polkagrisar) is a Swedish stick candy that was invented in 1859 by Amalia Eriksson in the town of Gränna, Sweden.

[citation needed] Polkagris is a special candy stick type which was invented in Gränna 1859 by Amalia Eriksson (1824–1923), a poor 35-year-old widow.

[4] The candy is made of sugar dough which is boiled, kneaded on a marble baking table, pulled, and twisted by hand to the right size.

[4] The first store making polkagrisar outside of Gränna opened in the summer of 2011, on Lilla Nygatan 10 in the Old town of Stockholm.

In recent years, Gränna has arranged an annual world championship in polkagris making as a tourist event.