Apparently you don't eat it by itself, but with bread, potato, onion and some other stuff. It smells bad but eating it like that it's actually quite alright. source: Swedish / Norwegian friend.
Exactly.. There are way too many videos on youtube where people eat it by itself and all question the sanity of Swedes.. :P I eat it with crisp bread, potatoes, sour cream and red onion. Its really good! We also don't eat it inside because of the smell and usually open the can quite a distance from where we sit down to eat.
Maybe this will help:
https://youtu.be/nJZYieU6Cgw