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Swedish FlagSwedish literary works has a rich and also varied background, with numerous notable authors who have actually made significant payments to the world of literary works. While it is difficult to generalize regarding all Swedish authors, there are certain motifs and characteristics that are often associated with Swedish literary works.

A concentrate on social problems: Many Swedish writers have covered social as well as political issues, particularly those pertaining to class, sex, as well as identity. Swedish literary works is frequently characterized by its strong social principles, as well as many authors are recognized for their dedication to social justice as well as human rights.

A fascination with nature: Sweden's lovely and also rugged landscape has actually played a substantial duty in Swedish literature, with many writers attracting inspiration from the country's woodlands, lakes, and also hills.

A rate of interest in emotional realistic look: Swedish literature often explores the intricate inner lives of its personalities, and also numerous authors are recognized for their ability to create nuanced as well as realistic representations of human feelings and connections.

An innovative and experimental approach to literary works: Swedish literary works has a lengthy tradition of experimentation and also innovation, with several authors discovering new types and styles of creating.

A custom of literary quality: Swedish literature has a lengthy and also rich history, with numerous writers who have attained international praise and also acknowledgment. The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to several Swedish authors, including Selma Lagerlöf, Eyvind Johnson, and Harry Martinson.

Several of the most well-known Swedish authors consist of August Strindberg, Selma Lagerlöf, Astrid Lindgren, Stieg Larsson, and Henning Mankell, among several others. While these authors have their own distinct styles and also techniques to composing, they all share a deep link to Sweden's abundant social heritage and special identification.
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Small: Hope is natures veil for hiding truths nakedness
"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness"
Alfred Nobel, Scientist
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Small: Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen
Dag Hammarskjold
"Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside
Dag Hammarskjold
"The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, hed never stop throwing up
"If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up"
Max von Sydow, Actor
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Small: It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of t
Dag Hammarskjold
"It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands
Karin Boye
"I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands"
Karin Boye, Poet
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Small: The more we do, the more we can do the more busy we are, the more leisure we have
Dag Hammarskjold
"The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life p
Dag Hammarskjold
"In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single
Greta Garbo
"If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single"
Greta Garbo, Actress
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Small: Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of
"Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges"
Anna Lindh, Politician
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Small: The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace
Dag Hammarskjold
"The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: Not so cold, some snow fell. I went inside the log cabin and said goodbye to Mother, she was so alike grandmot
"Not so cold, some snow fell. I went inside the log cabin and said goodbye to Mother, she was so alike grandmother, just younger"
Anders Zorn, Artist
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Small: I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is
Greta Thunberg
"I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is"
Greta Thunberg, Environmentalist
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Small: If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer
Dag Hammarskjold
"If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives
Dag Hammarskjold
"God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours
Dag Hammarskjold
"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: There is no one who would have me - I cant cook
Greta Garbo
"There is no one who would have me - I can't cook"
Greta Garbo, Actress
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Small: Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it
Greta Garbo
"Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it"
Greta Garbo, Actress
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Small: That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual
"That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural, and that the spiritual man, separated from the natural, remains such as he is to eternity, for man's state cannot be changed after death"
Emanuel Swedenborg, Scientist
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Small: True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense
"True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense"
Emanuel Swedenborg, Scientist
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Small: The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisatio
"The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development"
Anna Lindh, Politician
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Small: To try to write a grand cosmical drama leads necessarily to myth. To try to let knowledge substitute ignorance
"To try to write a grand cosmical drama leads necessarily to myth. To try to let knowledge substitute ignorance in increasingly larger regions of space and time is science"
Hannes Alfven, Scientist
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Small: Now, finally has the elevator arrived. The stairs was about to become a personal inferno
"Now, finally has the elevator arrived. The stairs was about to become a personal inferno"
Anders Zorn, Artist
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Small: Happiness is good health and a bad memory
Ingrid Bergman
"Happiness is good health and a bad memory"
Ingrid Bergman, Actress
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Small: A win is a win
"A win is a win"
Stefan Edberg, Athlete
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Small: Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money
"Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money"
Ingvar Kamprad, Businessman
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Small: The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract
"The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract"
Ellen Key, Writer
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Small: Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it
Claes Oldenburg
"Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it"
Claes Oldenburg, Sculptor
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Small: It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity
Dag Hammarskjold
"It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character
Dag Hammarskjold
"It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: Forgiveness is the answer to the childs dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what i
Dag Hammarskjold
"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone ent
Dag Hammarskjold
"A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: l
Dag Hammarskjold
"Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard
Dag Hammarskjold
"Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions
Dag Hammarskjold
"Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
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Small: Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them
Greta Garbo
"Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them"
Greta Garbo, Actress
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Small: You dont have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life
Greta Garbo
"You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life"
Greta Garbo, Actress
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Small: The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and ou
Greta Garbo
"The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me"
Greta Garbo, Actress
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Small: I never said, I want to be alone. I only said, I want to be left alone. There is all the difference
Greta Garbo
"I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference"
Greta Garbo, Actress
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Small: The studio rented a house for my wife in Los Angeles under a phony name to keep reporters away. Whenever I wan
"The studio rented a house for my wife in Los Angeles under a phony name to keep reporters away. Whenever I wanted to visit her and my children, I would have to sneak in the back door after dark"
Max von Sydow, Actor
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