Abroad Quote by Petra Hermans

“This is what Sweden is - quiet people leaning over the newspapers and coffee cups, each one with his own thoughts and destiny.”

— Henning Mankell

“Sometimes 'Stockholm' can actually be a compliment: a dream of somewhere bigger, where we can become someone else. Something that we long for but…

— Fredrik Backman

“What do I care for Sweden? I detest her, Worse than the pit of hell…”

— Friedrich Schiller

“Everyone has Stockholmers in their life, even people from Stockholm have their own Stockholmers. only to the it's 'people who live in New York'…

— Fredrik Backman

“Is there a Swedish Modernism?”

— Cecilia Widenheim

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

— John Green

People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.

— Avicii

“[Stieg] was describing Sweden the way it was and the way he saw the country: the scandals, the oppression of women, the friends he…

— Eva Gabrielsson

There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells…

— Bayard Taylor

“I was born here but I’ve never gotten used to it; Helsingborg and I will never find peace. Maybe everyone feels that way about…

— Fredrik Backman

“Stockholm' is, after all, an expression more than it is a place, both for men like Roger and for most of the rest of…

— Fredrik Backman

“... whichever of my friends was and is sensitive, touchy even, had to choose... emigration... and I emigrated inwardly, here to the pub for example...”

— Bohumil Hrabal