The claim is unfounded, and contradicts established facts, amongst which: recipes for meatballs were common and used in Europe well before that (from Roman Anti

The claim is unfounded, and contradicts established facts, amongst which: recipes for meatballs were common and used in Europe well before that (from Roman Antiquity to England in the Middle Ages, for example); and Swedish cooking was dominated by another, distinct form of meat preparation (frikadeller) until and including the 19th century, well beyond the war-filled life of Karl XII (1682-1718).