Door Quote by Per Petterson

Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.

— Roald Dahl

I do consider myself a Norwegian writer, or a Scandinavian writer, as my family tree reaches into both Denmark and Sweden. I don't think…

— Per Petterson

Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs…

— Maj Sjowall

I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend three days…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

It is typically Norwegian to be good

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

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

I really hated being the Norwegian girl in every single conversation in Australia, so I tried to make my Norwegian-ness invisible, speaking like whoever…

— Jenny Hval

“This book was made possible by the letter “ø.” Also the letter “æ.” The first time I saw them, I fell in love and…

— Jessica Day George

Some stories I write in Swedish, some in English. Short stories I've almost exclusively written in English lately, mostly because there's such a small…

— Karin Tidbeck

I am very proud to be Norwegian.

— Renee Zellweger

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

One thing for sure is it will be written in the Icelandic language. All of my literary work is.

— Sjon