Karlsson’s is a vodka made of specially chosen new potatoes cultivated at the Bjäre peninsula in Skåne, Sweden.

Different varieties of potato have different tastes and enjoy different types of soil. Newly harvested, the potatoes are distilled in the presence of the blender Börje Karlsson who also has given the vodka its name. Börje Karlsson is the obscure person and the blender behind Absolut Vodka. To preserves the character of the new potato the water added during distillation has a very clean and neutral character.

The vodka is since 2008 distilled in Åkers Styckebruk, an old Industrial Community where aquavit and snaps was distilled as early as in the 17th century. When the vodka is ready to use it is bottled in a bottle designed by Hans Brindfors, he too, one of the men behind Absolut Vodka.

Karlsson’s vodka is produced and marketed through the global trading house Private Brands. The price is rather high. At $40 a bottle, Karlsson’s is one of the priciest vodkas on the market.