20 Scandinavian Quotes for You to Enjoy

My parents - they tried to become American, they tried to become British, they tried to become Scandinavian - nobody wanted them, anywhere. Amos Oz

Parents Become Scandinavian Tried Nobody American Wanted Anywhere Them British

Shetland's influences are far more Scandinavian than Celtic. Ann Cleeves

Scandinavian More Than Celtic Influences Far

I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style. Chris Abani

You Darkness Style Kind Scandinavian Writers Count Mythic Mostly Read South Irish American Modern African Literature Japanese Certain

The letter K was the first one in the alphabet which had not, with more or less justification, been used to designate other vitamins, and it also happened to be the first letter in the word 'koagulation' according to the Scandinavian and German spelling. Henrik Dam

Word First Other Spelling Scandinavian Vitamins Be The First More More Or Less Had Alphabet Also First One Been According German Happened Which Justification Used Less Letter Designate

Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show they could compete with the best. If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he would definitely have written at least one thriller. Jo Nesbo

Best Crime Made Definitely At Least One Scandinavian Would Thriller Could Writers Had He Written Name Felt Least Go Been Norwegian Fiction Wanted Literary Literary Fiction Show Who Many Novel Compete

Ever since the '70s, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo were the godfathers of Scandinavian crime. They broke the crime novel in Scandinavia from the kiosks and into the serious bookstores. Jo Nesbo

Crime Bookstores Broke Scandinavian Per Since Were Novel Serious Ever

My father's grandparents came from Norway and settled in the Scandinavian bastion of Minnesota. As a little girl in Tempe, Arizona, I daydreamed about picking cloudberries by a fjord in a fresh Nordic wind. Kate Christensen

Father Girl Wind Settled Scandinavian Minnesota About Picking Arizona Fresh Came Norway Little Little Girl Grandparents

In this fast-developing world, particularly in the fast-transforming China market, we really need to take this opportunity and offer a modern interpretation of Scandinavian design which fits people's demands perfectly. Li Shufu

People World Opportunity Design Interpretation Market Scandinavian Take Perfectly Demands Particularly Fits Offer Modern Which China Really Need

I desperately wanted to play the part of Darth Vader's mother - I think she ended up being played by a Scandinavian actress - because my son was completely crazy about 'Star Wars.' Lindsay Duncan

Part of the reason why Scandinavian crime has been so popular is the landscape. It is just so strong and alien. Although without taking anything away, you should probably also never discount the fact that blood does look particularly good against snow. Mark Billingham

Good You Strong Crime Alien Has-Been Scandinavian Fact Never Part Taking Look Particularly Also Although Without Does Discount Been Blood Snow Just Anything Against Should Landscape Reason Popular Why Away

My mother and stepfather were documentary filmmakers and, of course, had a very healthy Scandinavian mentality. When it came to cinema, my mother was very obsessed with the French New Wave. That was her generation. Nicolas Winding Refn

Generation Cinema Mother Healthy Wave Scandinavian Mentality Had Stepfather Obsessed New French Documentary Course Came Were Very Her Filmmakers

Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation. Olav Thon

War Wise Strong Decision Free Country Nationalism Say Must Scandinavian Would Easy Percent Had Occupation Sure Occupied Go Were Been Very Germans Norway Then Sweden

In a way, all Scandinavian movies are descendants of the original Scandinavian Christian-metaphor movie, Danish director Carl Dreyer's 1928 'The Passion of Joan of Arc,' one of the seven or eight best films ever made and impossible to watch more than once. Steve Erickson

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