Smalahove (also called smalehovud, sau(d)ehau(d) or skjelte) is a Western Norwegian traditional dish made from a sheep's head, originally eaten before Christmas.

[4] In some preparations, the brain is cooked inside the skull and then eaten with a spoon or fried.

[7] The head is often eaten from the front to the back, working around the bones of the skull.

Since 1998 and the mad cow epidemics, an EU directive forbids the production of smalahove from adult sheep,[8] due to fear of the possibility of transmission of scrapie, a deadly, degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats, though scrapie does not appear to be transmissible to humans.

Voss, Norway, in particular has benefited from tourists wishing to try it, "not only as a nostalgic and authentic rural dish, but also as a challenging culinary trophy appealing to thrill-seeking consumers.