Top 216 Swedish Quotes & Sayings

Everyone is equal - a strange Swedish mentality.

Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in both places and I love them both equally. It's funny because the Swedes claim me as their Swedish pride and the Canadians call me their Canadian girl. I'll take it all.

I've been a member of the Swedish Green Party at the same time as the Swedish Socialist Party. Both are very progressive parties, though they're not always in sync with their other European counterparts.

I was on a Swedish soap opera when I was 10.

Do people think Swedes are cool? I think they think you're cool in spite of you being Swedish. But the good thing with being Swedish is that we're melancholic.

Contemporary Swedish artists that chose Swedish as their language tended to sing about certain topics and use words I wanted to avoid.

I'm Swedish. Sweden is known for its melancholia.

I've got a poem that's in a lot of international anthologies called 'After the Anonymous Swedish' and I thought, 'Well, I'm a Swede. I can make up a Swedish poem.' It turned out pretty good.

I speak five languages: English, Swedish, French, Italian, and German.

I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.

I like Maroon 5, Swedish House Mafia and others.

The Swedish folk music - I can't hear any connection between my music and fiddle tunes, but I guess since I grew up with that, kind of, Swedish tone or harmony.

It's not lost on me that I'm a Swedish guy from one of the coldest countries in the world.

Who ever heard of Casablanca? I don't want to star opposite some unknown Swedish broad.

I miss Swedish meatballs, but you can get them pretty much anywhere.

I was wondering, do we get the best of Swedish music or just the best of Swedish music that speaks English? Sweden has a population of nine million. And with all these acts coming out it just seems like very ripe for musical success. I don't know how they do it.

I can't learn Swedish to save my life. I tried, but I'm not very good at it.

I think Koenigsegg is Swedish for: Oh no, my head has just exploded!

I would say that the majority of the people I work with are Swedish, very unknown producers and writers but so talented.

In Sweden I am considered the Finnish-Norwegian, in Norway Finnish-Swedish, and in Finland Swedish-Norwegian. I've never really belonged anywhere.

I was a Swedish guy who listened to Too Short.

If you were to ask me to speak Swedish or Dutch or German, I have no idea if I could pull that off!

The Swedish he knew was mostly from Bergman films. He had learned it as a college student, matching the subtitles to the sounds. In Swedish, he could only converse on the darkest of subjects.

I'm the minority in my house sometimes. My wife is Swedish, and we go to Sweden and everyone is rattling off in Swedish. It's like, 'OK, I can just read a book.'

I always identified myself as non-Swedish. I was never discriminated against, because I looked Swedish and speak without an accent. But I had an outsider's perspective.

I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?

I speak Swedish mainly with my kids' friends.

A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens.

I think a lot of American fans or people that read about us - they think that we're trying to be a part of the American culture, like all these Swedish kids that love America. We rap in English, so I guess there's something, but we're very Swedish, actually.

I don't understand what it's all about or what's worth what, but if the people in the Swedish Academy decide that x, y or z wins the Nobel Prize, then so be it.

I love the story behind the Vasa Museum: in the 17th century, the Swedish king was trying to make a statement by building a huge ship that would sail around Europe carrying the Swedish flag and proving that we were a force to be reckoned with, and basically, the ship was top-heavy, and so it went 300 or so yards and sank.

When they called me with the Nobel call from Secretary General of the Swedish Academy it was twenty minutes to six and he said well that was well hope I'm not disturbing you but I am the Secretary General of the Swedish Academy. Of course you can imagine I was frozen in time when he said that but then he made a very famous statement, something to the effect that this is the last 20 minutes of peace of your life.

Yeah, I am Swedish and a nice person. There is nothing wrong with that.

If there is a Swedish style, I cannot identify it.

I received the Media for Liberty Award from Swedish PEN, and the prize was awarded by the Swedish minister of culture, who also happens to be the minister of sport. When she handed me the award, I said, Thank you, it's wonderful to be recognized, but we journalists always want more. So madam minister, I have a personal favor to ask you: Do not go to Sochi. And she announced that she was going to Sochi, but she's not attending the ceremonies, for political reasons. It's a very pointed stance.

I'm a big fan of Tiesto, and Swedish House Mafia are awesome. I absolutely want to work with them.

Actually I liked that 'Let the Right One In,' that Swedish vampire movie.

My Finnish, it never really happened, but I'm good in Swedish.

John Guidetti is a typical English striker. Even though he is Swedish

My first idol was a Swedish goalie, Peter Lindmark.

I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.

Being an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef, there's nothing traditional about my Thanksgiving spread.

Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.

[about her offer of a Swedish massage] Alex: You're not Swedish. Brittany: Yeah, well, neither are you. So if I do it wrong you'll never know the difference.

I think I'm Swedish because I like to live here on this island. You can't imagine the loneliness and isolation in this country. In that way, I'm very Swedish - I don't dislike to be alone.

My favorite country that I have visited would have to be Sweden. I'm such a sucker for the Swedish culture, and I learned Swedish in college, so I like to try and navigate my way around.

Swedish winters are not for the faint of heart.

I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

For some reason, the only Swedish I know how to say is, 'There is no toilet paper.'

I often feel like I want to think something but I can't find the language that coincides with the thoughts, so it remains felt, not thought. Sometimes I feel like I'm thinking in Swedish without knowing Swedish.

The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.

If he'd been English or Swedish, he'd have walked the England job.

My father is Swedish and my mother is French.

Swedish meatballs are to die for.

I don't feel Swedish. In fact, my father tells me to get out of here as soon as I can.

My Swedish grandmother was the daughter of a dairy farmer who lived near Hedemora. My Swedish grandfather worked as a clerk for the Swedish railways in the Stockholm station.

Swedish people live for the summer - it transforms everyone. I don't want to miss having a Swedish summer vacation for as long as I live. It's my favorite thing in the world.

There's a recent film, the Swedish movie 'Force Majeure.' I just thought it was brilliant.

I had the advantage, that I know Swedish. So I had the Swedish book and I had a lot of English translations, and German translations, and I did everything to make the best English translation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie I could. And then, there I went. "Oh! I think she's thinking this, but I think she should say it!" And so on. It's wonderful to do that.

To play Swedish folk music is a lifetime achievement, but I'm well on my way.