nödraket

From nöd (“distress”) +‎ raket (“rocket”).

nödraket c

1. a flare used to signal distress, usually at sea and shining red
2. (slang, chiefly in the plural) a can or bottle of beer bought at a regular store, in Sweden by law allowed to contain up to 3.5% alcohol by volume, as a substitute after failing to get stronger alcohol at the government-owned liquor store chain Systembolaget (e.g. having missed its opening hours)

• folköl (“beer with an alcohol content between 2.25% and 3.5% by volume”)
• sjönöd

• nödraket in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Slangopedia