The brännvinsbord was served as an appetizer for a gathering of people and eaten while standing before a dinner or supper, often two to five hours before dinner, sometimes with the men and women in separate rooms.
Brannvinsbord se posluživao kao predjelo dok se ljudi okupljaju i jedu dok stoji pred večeru ili poslije večere, često i dva do pet sati prije večere, ponekad i s muškarcima i ženama u odvojenim sobama.