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“I finish what I start, and I Finnish what I Swedish.”

— Jarod Kintz

Finnish is not a language, it is a way of setting at the end of the bench with your fur cap pulled over your…

— Paavo Haavikko

“I said 'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't speak Swedish.' 'Well, of course you don't. Neither do I. Who the hell speaks Swedish?”

— John Green

“What’s there in Finland?” his boss asked. “Sibelius, Aki Kaurismäki films, Marimekko, Nokia, Moomin.” Tsukuru listed all the names of famous Finnish things that…

— Haruki Murakami

“Finn says, “No, ma’am,” as he enters the shop, where he gets poked directly in the chest by the fertility goddess. I move a…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“I said, “ I’m sorry , sir , but we don’t speak Swedish .” “Well, of course you don’t. Neither do I . Who…

— John Green

“ Mÿnna tachton gernast spuho somen gelen Emÿna daÿda" [modern: Minä tahdon kernaasti puhua suomen kieltä, [mutta] en minä taida] ("I willingly want to…

— Christine Wulff

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

— Floor Jansen

“En tiedä pelkäävätkö he tuolia vai minua, vai olemmeko me heidän silmissään yksi ja sama, jonkinlainen kyborgi, pyörä-Maria.”

— Maija Haavisto

“I make you nervous,” he whispered. It wasn’t a question, but a statement. The smirk on his face told me he knew it was…

— Kristen Day

(Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes instead of…

— Susan Cain

“There is an old joke in Finland, a country proud of its collective introspective character and shyness. “How do you know when a Finnish…

— Stuart Rojstaczer