150:. The bakery was closed down in 1959 and Frans Gustav Nilsson died the following year. His youngest son Gösta Nilsson, together with his wife Greta Stålberg, ran a café in Älvsbyn and after a few years began experimenting with Tioöreskakan and called it Älvsbykaka. His wife Greta spread butter and put smoked reindeer roast on the bread and froze it, to be able to quickly thaw it and serve the guests. She called the sandwich Rågstrut ("rye cone"), but it later became known as Renklämma. Gösta and Greta Nilsson decided to start a special bakery for the soft rye cake, which was then named Polarkaka and the company Polarbageriet
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