Art Quote by Johann Johannsson

I can go wherever, to Kuala Lumpur or wherever, and if somebody will ask me where I'm from and I say I'm from Iceland,…

— Jon Gnarr

I don't think that any Icelandic filmmaker feels like he belongs to Icelandic filmmaking, because nobody really knows what it is.

— Dagur Kari

Most early Icelandic paintings are landscapes.

— Hallgrimur Helgason

I'm Icelandic. We're all so dramatic.

— Hildur Gudnadottir

I've almost had to prove myself to Icelandic people. Living in such an isolated space, it gives you this innate sense of wanderlust, and…

— Laufey

I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.

— Melanie Fiona

Icelandic peoples were the ones who memorized sagas... We were the first rappers of Europe.

— Bjork

I feel Icelandic people are really good at gathering together information and brain power. We're better at that than some kind of Las Vegas…

— Bjork

It was a great joy for me to develop a strong female character in the spirit of an Icelandic woman. Icelandic women tend to…

— Anita Briem

“The artists of this nation - state are, taken as one historical subject, one of 'latecomers' to the smorgasbord of the artistic pantheon.Even if…

— Charlotte Bydler

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

— Jens Lekman

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

— Lasse Hallstrom