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You Could Put That On A Shirt: Quotes By Swedes

Whether it’s plastered on a T-shirt or Photoshopped over an ironic image and shared on social media, we love a good quote.

We pulled together a handful of quotes made by notable Swedes to help get you through this work week.

“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.” – Alfred Nobel

“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood.” – Astrid Lindgren

“To write well and to speak well is mere vanity if one does not live well.” – Bridget of Sweden

“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.” – Ingrid Bergman

“If you’re afraid of losing, then you daren’t win.” – Björn Borg

“People say I am cheap, and I don’t mind if they do.” – Ingvar Kamprad

“Jaha, jag har bråttom. Öpp öpp! Håll er borta.” – Hans Göran Persson (which translates roughly to, “Well, I’m in a hurry. Open, open! Stay away.”)

“Swedish style? No. Yugoslavian style? Of course not. It has to be Zlatan-style.” – Zlatan Ibrahimović

And since he’s so darn quotable, let’s go ahead and put everything Zlatan says on a T-shirt. We’d buy them.