Cheeses From Iceland

Höfðingi


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Höfðingi is a type of Icelandic cheese. Randburg.com describes it as “A creamy-soft, almost runny cheese with a white rind/crust and a smooth, mild flavor.”

Brunost


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Brunost (Norwegian), mesost (Swedish), mysuostur (Icelandic) or myseost (Danish) is a brown Scandinavian whey cheese. The Norwegian name brunost means ‘brown cheese’. In North America it is referred to and sold as gjetost, which is an older spelling of geitost that is no longer frequently used elsewhere.
he two most popular varieties in Norway are Gudbrandsdalsost, [...]