Spices incorporated into the meat mixture too, right?
They sound great!
Absolutely!
Mix all the dry ingredients together and then incorporate this into the meat/egg/potato thing. And mix, mix, mix.
Fresh spices and MIX is the trick to these little devils.
Also, although married into a Swedish family for 20 years, I have NEVER, not even once, seen the funky gravy that is often assigned to Swedish Meatballs. I never once saw them in any gravy at all. It’s possible that a gravy has been invented for them, but first hand, I’ve never seen such a thing, despite being surrounded by Swedes!