Customs Quote by Carl I. Hagen

In Sweden, we have what is called 'The Finnish Disease.' It consists of not talking much, or at all.

— Hannes Holm

It's a myth that all Scandinavians are happy, healthy, outdoors people. It's often more a matter of class whether you can afford to take…

— Sofia Helin

In Denmark we're so privileged. You get money to study, you get money if you're sick and you get money if your hand hurts.…

— MO

The thing I love about Norwegian cities is that you often have nature right at your doorstep - you don't need to go that…

— Sigrid

If you look at people who seek a lot of care in American cities for multiple illnesses, it's usually people with a number of…

— Paul Farmer

Being a foreigner is not a disease.

— Alden Nowlan

The fact that illness is associated with the poor --who are, from the perspective of the privileged, aliens in one's midst --reinforces the association…

— Susan Sontag

Whenever I travel anywhere, I'm constantly asked if I'm Swedish. It's the burden of most Norwegians. The Swedes have just got a better publicity…

— Christopher Heyerdahl

Immigrants in Norway must learn Norwegian. The same should Spaniards in Spain do, if they want to work with Norwegians.

— Carl I. Hagen

There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in.

— Siri Hustvedt

You don't have to go very far away from Scandinavia to realize what an idyllic society it is.

— Susanne Bier

The sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of pathology.

— Erich Fromm