Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
spunnet socker
English translation:
spun sugar
Swedish term
spunnet socker - candy floss or something harder?
Mumintrollets mamma satt i köket och dekorerade en krokan med skär vispgrädde. Runt omkring den stod det i vackra slingor av choklad: Till mitt älskade Mumintroll, och högst upp hade den en stjärna av spunnet socker.
Senare i samma kapitel står det dock:
Snälla Sniff, du kan väl inte ha ätit upp hela krokanen på vägen?
Den var för stor, sa Sniff nonchalant.
Så du åt i alla fall av den! skrek Mumintrollet.
Bara toppstjärnan och den var förmårrat hård! skrek Sniff tillbaka och så kröp han under madrassen.
Kan spunnet socker vara hårt? Eller kan uttrycket "spunnet socker" också beteckna något annat än spunnet socker - karamell/knäck/kola kanske?
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Stefan A. M. Adamek
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| 4 +2 | cotton candy |
Shawn Champion
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| 4 +1 | spun sugar |
George Hopkins
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| 3 +1 | caramel |
Paul Lambert
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| 3 | cotton candy frosting |
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Jul 4, 2009 06:56: Stefan A. M. Adamek Created KOG entry
Jul 4, 2009 06:57: Stefan A. M. Adamek changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1060753">Stefan A. M. Adamek's</a> old entry - "spunnet socker "" to ""spun sugar ""
Aug 26, 2009 06:17: Stefan A. M. Adamek changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1060753">Stefan A. M. Adamek's</a> old entry - "spunnet socker "" to ""spun sugar ""
Proposed translations
United States
Where the human touch is needed…
Native in: Swedish 
, English
Works in: Swedish to English, English to Swedish
spun sugar (as George already suggested)
It is made by dipping a fork into melted and sometimes dyed sugar, then rapidly flicking the fork back and forth over two sticks. This creates very fine straight strands of sugar that harden within a minute or two.
NOTE! There seem to be a total mixup between spun sugar and cotton candy everywhere I look online, all normally trustded sources have it either wrong or redirect the term to the other variations of suger candy like cotton etc..
Cotton candy is a modern version of spun sugar that was invented in 1897 by William Morrison and John C. Wharton.
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I posted this since I could not figure out how to get enough space for explanation, definition and links.
This is something that I learned at the Culinary Academy long long time ago.
As early as the 1400's, European chefs were spinning extravagant desserts out of sugar.
the confectioner had a few moments to pull a glob out of the bowl with a fork or whisk and then fling the hot mixture through the air.
Sweden
Champion Translations
Native in: English 
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English
cotton candy
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TechLawDC
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Stefan A. M. Adamek
: Cotton Candy är det i USA vanligen förekomande namnet på vad man i Sverige kallar sockervadd ...
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niclashjerth
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native Swedish transl, 20 yrs experience
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, French to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, and 2 more.
cotton candy frosting
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Always on time
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, Danish to English
caramel
spun sugar
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Sebastian Sussmann
: google image searches confirm this and explanation below, seems that in swedish cand floss/cotton candy and spun sugar use same word
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Thank you Sebastian.
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