Quotes by Scandinavian authors
I really enjoyed playing Yannick Noah - he was and still is my favourite. In the heat of the moment he was very fair and very physical. He was strong, big and he moved unbelievably well. He was also mentally tough.
Mats Wilander
Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player
I've actually always been into suits. But I never really wore them, I guess because I was too young and it didn't feel right.
Dolph Lundgren
Swedish actor
I was a really good ice hockey player when I was a kid. Now in the aftermath I think I wasn't maybe big enough, and I couldn't have put on enough muscle to actually be able to play with the better guys, but I was a really good skater.
Mats Wilander
Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player
The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
Hans Blix
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Obviously, as a manager, you decide the set-up of the team, who's playing, but when it comes to doing the things I want, I have principles, but I also want to leave it open for the players to find their own solutions. At the end of the day, it's also about the individual.
Henrik Larsson
Swedish football coach
I don't always have to be on what is the newest in music is. I'm slowly educating myself in music. For me, I feel more free in not knowing everything in what I'm doing. You can start making up too many rules for yourself. It should just be love and fun and feeling good.
Erik Hassle
Swedish singer
In England, somewhere. I want to be at a big team, in the big leagues again.
Henrik Larsson
Swedish football coach
I went to 11 different schools. It was a fantastic adventure, but I was incredibly sensitive and needed a bit more stability.
Lykke Li
Swedish singer-songwriter
There's about one sword-swallower per 2 to 4 million persons in each country.
Hans Rosling
Swedish physician
My best friend in medical school was a magician. And we were shown an X-ray of a sword-swallower, and I tried it and failed. Then I got a sword-swallower as a patient, and he taught me.
Hans Rosling
Swedish physician
I think Jennifer Lawrence seems to really get it right when she's on the red carpet.
Henrik Lundqvist
Ice hockey goaltender
Driving, for me, means power and freedom. The feeling that I can go anywhere I want at any time is exhilarating.
Lykke Li
Swedish singer-songwriter
Our take was that if we are going to support our customers, we have to help them with video distribution, whether that is iPad, TV, small screen or large screen.
Hans Vestberg
CEO of Verizon Wireless
Most things in life come as a surprise.
Lykke Li
Swedish singer-songwriter
When I was young, I would go to the races and it was an unbelievable feeling when you'd watch them race.
Mats Sundin
Swedish former professional ice hockey player
Having spent almost 25 years in different roles within Investor, I have truly enjoyed working with creating long-term value in our companies.
Borje Ekholm
CEO of Ericsson
It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more important to be present and have an engagement on the topic you're doing, to create an environment and energy around that meeting, so everybody goes from there, 'That's great; we can take it forward!'
Hans Vestberg
CEO of Verizon Wireless
As signs of climate instability increase, radical and rapid action is becoming ever more urgent.
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Director
The conditions change so much at the French Open, you know, you have to be prepared for something you really don't know what it is. You can practice in the morning and it's fine, and the weather is great then you come to play in the afternoon and it is drizzly and the conditions are totally different.
Mats Wilander
Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player
I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of being able to turn words into stories. It was a miracle.
Henning Mankell
Swedish crime writer
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