Dairy
Swedish Red
B tier
Swedish Red (Swedish Red-and-White lineage) is a Nordic dairy breed selected for health, fertility, and solid milk solids rather than Holstein-only volume. Milk is clean-tasting with balanced fat and protein, suited to Scandinavia’s liquid milk and cheese traditions. Use Swedish Red milk as excellent everyday drinking milk and for semi-hard Nordic cheeses. It steams well and cultures cleanly. Crossbreeding programmes often use Swedish Red genetics to improve Holstein herd health while keeping useful milk yield.
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History
Red dairy cattle of Sweden were organised into national breeding.
Swedish Red-and-White became a core Nordic dairy breed.
Selection emphasised functional traits alongside milk yield.
International sires spread Swedish Red genetics into crossbreeding schemes.