'Uff da,' for the unenlightened, is Norwegian for 'oy vey' and is a common expression in Minnesotese. — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
“A shaft of sweetness shoots through me from top to toe when the sun rises; I shoulder my gun in silent exaltation.” — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
I do chat to my mother in Norwegian, particularly when we want a secret conversation. It is useful that way. — Alexander Hanson Copy Share Image
My Norwegian family says, 'You're the most grounded American we've ever met.' — Celeste Holm Copy Share Image
“No powerful nation can truly last forever, no matter how inpersanistic” — Eiríka Krogsæter Copy Share Image
“Don't be the forgotten voice in an unwritten book. Ikke bli den glemte stemmen i en uskreven bok.” — Atle Jarnæs Lerøy Copy Share Image
I dream in Norwegian, I count in Norwegian so that basically makes me Norwegian now, I suppose. — Kurt Maflin Copy Share Image
“I'm Norwegian and our ghosts don't care about nookie, just raiding, blood feuds, and herring recipes.” — Ani Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Well, the biggest Norwegian newspaper regarded this as an arrest, since they hadn't told us that they were coming and they brought… — Jon Johansen Copy Share Image
Tommy Wirkola is Norwegian but has a Finnish surname - he comes from the one of the northernmost countries in the whole… — Pihla Viitala Copy Share Image
My impression, having been in the Norwegian government for several years, is that taking a child into care is an extremely serious… — Jonas Gahr Store Copy Share Image
Living here where I live, on a farm way out in the countryside, in the woods, in fact, I have plenty of… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I missed the Olympic team in 1996 - missed making the team. I tried to make a comeback in my sport, and… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
You can write a radical Norwegian or a conservative Norwegian. And when I changed to a conservative Norwegian, I gained this distance… — Karl Ove Knausgaard Copy Share Image
“Studerer man lenge nok de bibelske lignelser, lukkes sjelen gradvis inne i vanviddets labyrint.” — Gert Nygårdshaug Copy Share Image
Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there. — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
I'm a bit biased, as I married a Norwegian, but Norway is an incredible country. — Edd China Copy Share Image
My dad's from Zimbabwe, and my mom is Danish, Irish, and Norwegian, so I have influences from a lot of different places. — Tinashe Copy Share Image
I do consider myself a Norwegian writer, or a Scandinavian writer, as my family tree reaches into both Denmark and Sweden. I… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
If you're a Norwegian writer, you are not visible in the world. The door of the English language is very hard to… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I am an American, but a sense of otherness was part of my growing up. I spoke Norwegian before I spoke English.… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism.… — James Brown Copy Share Image
I have a number of places on my wish list, including Antarctica, the Norwegian fjords, and the Amazon. I have a passion… — Robert Powell Copy Share Image
Nowadays I'm more interested in what you'd call 'alternative.' Lately we've been listening to a lot of Mumford & Sons, and Jenny… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I'm a half-breed. You know, I'm Puerto Rican and Norwegian from descent, and I grew up, born and raised in New York… — Lemon Andersen Copy Share Image
“This book was made possible by the letter “ø.” Also the letter “æ.” The first time I saw them, I fell in… — Jessica Day George Copy Share Image
