Emotion Quote by Olafur Darri Olafsson

It's a peculiarity of the Norwegian culture and of the English and American, too, that men are not supposed to cry. Stiff upper lip…

— Philip Jose Farmer

The nature of Scandinavians is that they don't talk so much, there will be these dark secrets, and most things are under-communicated.

— Jo Nesbo

“Maybe because there are so few Icelanders in the world, we know next to nothing about them. We assume they are more or less…

— Michael Lewis

“Also, Swedes are often reluctant to express strong emotions, including anger or disapproval, a theme that emerges in many areas of Swedish culture. An…

— Christina Johansson Robinowitz

“I consider myself a Nordic author. But I do not know exactly what that is. I think it has something to do with time,…

— Lars Saabye Christensen

Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to…

— Bjork

I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to…

— Bjork

In Sweden everybody has this perfect surface. Everyones very polite and controls their feelings.

— Noomi Rapace

Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's…

— Henning Mankell

In Sweden everybody has this perfect surface. Everyone's very polite and controls their feelings.

— Noomi Rapace

The Swedes got there first - their dramas were always the darkest and most upsetting, and we used to love them when I was…

— Kim Bodnia

Swedes are a really humble and shy people in many ways, but I think it's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Little…

— Joel Kinnaman