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Livet.se's proverb collection in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian

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Livet.se is the place to go for quotations, proverbs and sayings in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian. This is the largest collection of international quotes in the Nordic languages.

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We're talking about four of the best universities in the country. We get to experience them.  Vi talar om fyra av de bästa universiteten i landet. Vi får uppleva dem.  Vi snakker om fire av landets beste universiteter. Vi får oppleve dem.  Vi taler om fire af landets bedste universiteter. Vi får lov til at opleve dem. Tony Richardson (1928-1991) University Rankings

These authors were born on the 6th of October:
Marie de Gournay (1565-1645) - French writer
Mary Minor (1671-1704) - (6 Oct 1671 - 29 Nov 1704)
Johan Herman Wessel (1742-1785) - Norwegian-Danish writer
John Webber (1751-1793) - English artist (1753-1791)
William Burrows (1785-1813) - United States Navy officer (1785-1813)
Norman Williams (1791-1868) - American politician (1791-1868)
John Wieland (1829-1885) - San Francisco brewing millionaire (1829-1885)
John Lackey (1830-1903) - Australian politician
Charles Prouty (1842-1916) - politician in Massachusetts, US (1842–1916)
George Westinghouse (1846-1914) - American inventor and businessman (1846–1914)
George Lorimer (1867-1937) - researcher
Bo Bergman (1869-1967) - Swedish author, member of the Swedish Academy 1925.
Margaret Rice (1872-1912) - Titanic victim
Frank Allen (1874-1950) - American politician from Massachusetts (1874-1950)
Klara Johanson (1875-1948) - Swedish author and critic
Don Bruno (1886-1947) - Spanish military personnel (1886-1947)
Le Corbusier (1887-1965) - and city planner, whose designs combine the functionalism of the modern movement with a bold, sculptural expressionism.
William Shaffer (1889-1959) - United States Army officer
John Metcalfe (1891-1965) - English writer (1891-1965)
Johnny Tillman (1893-1964) - American baseball player
Billy Moore (1894-1968) - English footballer (1894-1968)
Caroline Gordon (1895-1981) - American novelist and literary critic from Kentucky (1895–1981)
Jack Cohen (1898-1979) - English department store owner
Todd Andrews (1901-1985) - Irish political activist/public servant (1901–1985)
Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999) - American writer
Carole Lombard (1908-1942) - US actor
Barbara Castle (1910-2002) - British politician (1910–2002)
Ernie Jones (1910-2005) - Canadian politician
Fran Norris (1911-1988) - children's television pioneer
Joe Mathis (1913-2002)
Trygve Nordby (1913-) - head of asylum housing in the City of Oslo
Thor-Heyerdahl (1914-2002) - Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) - Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002)
Bob Powell (1916-1967) - artist (1916-1967)
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) - US activist
Robert Mitchum (1917-1997) - US movie actor
Abraham Robinson (1918-1974) - American mathematician (1918–1974)
Jim Blake (1921-2010) - Australian politician
Joseph Lowery (1921-2020) - American minister (1921–2020)
Shana Alexander (1925-2005) - American journalist (1925–2005)
Joe Hutton (1928-2009) - American basketball player-coach (1928-2009)
Bodil Wamberg (1929-2021) - Danish writer
Richie Benaud (1930-2015) - cricketer (1930–2015)
Abraham Twerski (1930-2021) - American rabbi and psychiatrist (1930–2021)
Riccardo Giacconi (1931-2018) - Italian-American astrophysicist (1931-2018)
Jim Powell (1933-2017) - American basketball player
Brian Gibbs (1936-2014) - English footballer (1936–2014)
Brian Hill (1937-1968) - British association football player (1937-1968)
David Morgan (1937-) - Welsh cricket administrator, born 1937
Fritz Scholder (1937-2005) - Luiseño painter and printmaker, educator (1937-2005)
Jeremy Grantham (1938-) - investor and economic elder statesman
Doug Bereuter (1939-) - American politician
John Warnock (1940-2023) - American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)
Rusty Hardin (1941-) - American lawyer
Bagir Manan (1941-) - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia
Finn Slumstrup (1941-2018) - author of the book ”Oprør fra udkanten”
Britt Ekland (1942-) - Swedish actress, among other things as a Bond girl.
Anna Wahlgren (1942-2022) - Swedish author
Leslie Abramson (1943-) - defense attorney
Richard Caborn (1943-) - British politician (born 1943)
Trygve Hegnar (1943-) - Norwegian businessman and editor
Bjøro Håland (1943-) - artist
Jim McGlothlin (1943-1975) - American baseball player
Victor Esparrago (1944-) - Uruguayan footballer
Peter Honeth (1944-) - government's national coordinator
Roger Spencer (1945-) - Australian botanist
Gene Clines (1946-2022) - American baseball player (1946–2022)
Lloyd Doggett (1946-) - United States Representative from Texas
Gary Gentry (1946-) - American baseball player
Eddie Villanueva (1946-) - Filipino evangelist, preacher, and politician
Torbjörn Åkerstedt (1946-) - sleep researcher
Josef Fendt (1947-) - German luger
Steve Kline (1947-2018) - American baseball pitcher (1947-2018)
Karen J. Klint (1947-) - Social Democratic member of the health committee
Terje Wibe (1947-) - CEO of Dagbladet
Gerry Adams (1948-) - Irish republican politician (born 1948)
Andrei Markovits (1948-) - Romanian-American sociologist and political scientist (b. 1948)
Paula Scher (1948-) - American graphic designer (born 1948)
Jim Gilmore (1949-) - American politician and former Governor of Virginia
Penny Junor (1949-) - English journalist and author
Leslie Moonves (1949-) - American television executive (born 1949)
Les Moonves (1949-) - American television executive (born 1949)
Hans Wagner (1949-2026) - laid-off musician/bassist
David Brin (1950-) - American scientist and science fiction author (born 1950)
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard (1950-) - chairman of the government's space research committee
Jørgen Christensen Dalsgaard (1950-) - professor
Takatoshi Ito (1950-2025) - head of the sovereign wealth fund's investment panel
Christian Noyer (1950-) - French official
Allan Bense (1951-) - American businessman and politician
Kevin Cronin (1951-) - American singer
Dale Graham (1951-) - Canadian politician
Johanne Sommerschild Sundby (1951-) - Professor emerita at the Department of Social Medicine and Global Health, UiO
Axel Petermann (1952-) - author and criminologist
Helge Haukeland (1953-) - former construction worker
Tom LaBonge (1953-2021) - American politician
David Hidalgo (1954-) - American musician
Darrell West (1954-) - American political scientist
Tony Dungy (1955-) - American football player and coach (born 1955)
Jørgen Gaarde (1955-) - Mayor of Skanderborg Municipality
Per Gullestrup (1955-) - director at Clipper Projects
Mike Tollin (1955-) - American film director
Jean-François Dobelle (1956-) - French ambassador
Mike Shipley (1956-2013) - Australian record producer
Mike Shirley (1956-2013) - Australian record producer
Jonathan Alter (1957-) - American journalist
Ronnie Courtney (1957-) - American basketball player-coach
Alfredo Griffin (1957-) - Dominican Republic baseball player
Steve Hardy (1957-2025) - Canadian swimmer
Anne McManus (1957-2025) - Scottish screenwriter (1957–2025)
Peter Mueller (1957-) - Swiss alpine skier
Ephraim Serrette (1957-) - Track and field athlete
Bruno Bonnell (1958-) - French businessman
Tim Mooney (1958-2012) - Drummer, engineer, and producer (1958-2012)
Luc Rouban (1958-) - sociologist and social researcher
Lai Ching-te (1959-) - President of Taiwan
Brian Higgins (1959-) - U.S. Representative from New York
Robyn Maher (1959-) - Bodybuilding coach
John Roe (1959-2018) - British mathematician
Sonja Edvardsen (1960-2025) - Labour Party mayor
John Peder Egenæs (1960-) - Secretary General of Amnesty International in Norway
Micael Johansson (1960-) - CEO of Saab
Bettina Kashefi (1960-) - Chief Economist at Svenskt Näringsliv
Huw Rees (1960-) - British judge
Ellis Short (1960-) - American businessman
Linda Barker (1961-)
Christopher Dodd (1961-) - British judge
Margrethe Geelmuyden (1961-) - campaign leader for "Aksjon Vern Husebyskogen"
Ken Gold (1961-) - American roboticist, professor, artist, writer and inventor (born 1961)
Ken Goldberg (1961-) - American roboticist, professor, artist, writer and inventor (born 1961)
Odin Johannessen (1961-) - Director of the Business Security Council
Dan Monson (1961-) - American basketball coach
Ib Thomsen (1961-) - media policy spokesperson for Frp
Cameron Watson (1961-) - actor
David Baker (1962-) - American biochemist and computational biologist (born 1962)
Casey Nicholaw (1962-) - American theatre director and choreographer
Sandra Pupatello (1962-) - Canadian politician
Christer Björklund (1963-) - director of Dalarnas museum
Kristina Hansen (1963-) - State Secretary
Kristina Sigurdsdottir Hansen (1963-) - State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
Elisabeth Shue (1963-) - American actress
Lisa Shue (1963-) - American actress
Elizabeth Shue (1963-) - American actress
Dave Brundage (1964-) - Minor league baseball player, manager
Chris Dyson (1964-) - English architect
Stefan Jonsson (1964-) - chair of the health and social care committee
Knut Storberget (1964-) - Minister of Justice
Marie Strömberg (1964-) - cybersecurity and IT governance advisor at PwC
Gido Vermeulen (1964-) - national team coach
Simon West (1964-2026) - Danish keyboard player and composer
Espen Ytreberg (1964-) - Head of the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo
Vladimir Gel'man (1965-) - professor of political science
Vladimir Gelman (1965-) - Russia scholar at the University of Helsinki
Jurgen Kohler (1965-) - German footballer
Alex Mashinsky (1965-) - founder and CEO of Celsius
Steve Scalise (1965-) - American politician (born 1965)
Steven Sinofsky (1965-) - American businessman, former Microsoft engineer
Mikael Åsell (1965-) - head of office for the Riksdag's Committee on Finance
Kjetil Karlsen (1966-) - prison doctor
Ulrik Langen (1966-) - professor of history at the University of Copenhagen
Niall Quinn (1966-) - Irish association football player and manager
Ken Willis (1966-) - American football player (born 1966)
Kennet Andersson (1967-) - Helsingborg police internal command
Loveleen Rihel Brenna (1967-) - Norwegian writer
Loveleen Brenna (1967-) - leader of the Women's Panel in the Ministry of Children, Equality and Inclusion
Tomas Häyry (1967-) - City Manager of Vasa
Heyneke Meyer (1967-) - South African rugby union coach
Randi A. Skum (1967-) - chair of the Sami Parliament's control committee
Glen Thomas (1967-) - English footballer (born 1967)
Rune Tønnessen (1967-) - son of a cabin owner
Tom Brislin (1968-) - American musician
Evan Eichler (1968-) - American Genome Sciences researcher
Bjarne Goldbæk (1968-) - football agent
Anna Libak (1968-) - foreign editor
Curt Miller (1968-) - American basketball coach
Mel Robbins (1968-) - motivational speaker and podcast star
Kevin Carey (1970-) - American higher education researcher, author, and journalist
Rawdna Carita Eira (1970-) - author
Fredrik Ekblom (1970-) - driver
Todd Howard (1970-) - American video game designer, director, and producer (born 1970)
Amy Jo Johnson (1970-) - American actress
Greg Pankewicz (1970-) - Canadian ice hockey player
Michelle Griffith-Robinson (1971-) - life coach and former Olympian
Alan Stubbs (1971-) - English footballer (born 1971)
Steve Gould (1972-) - Canadian curler
Andreas Jakobsson (1972-) - journalist and author
Alexa Loo (1972-) - Canadian snowboarder
Mark Schwarz (1972-) - Australian association football player
Mark Schwarzer (1972-) - Australian association football player
Rikke Dal Støttrup (1972-) - editor-in-chief of ALT for Damerne
Trud Berg (1973-) - communications manager at Nova Sea
Sam Dixon (1973-) - Australian record producer, songwriter, musician
Ioan Gruffudd (1973-) - Welsh actor (born 1973)
Helena Helmersson (1973-) - CEO of Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)
Rebecca Lobo (1973-) - American basketball player (born 1973)
Geert-Jelle de Vries (1974-) - former Heerenveen player
Dmitry Guberniev (1974-) - Russian TV commentator
Dmitrij Gubernijev (1974-) - biathlon commentator on Russian TV
Tebucky Jones (1974-) - American football safety (born 1974)
Kenny Jonsson (1974-) - ice hockey player
Kenny Jönsson (1974-) - coach
Claus Lynge (1974-) - sound designer
Rickard Noberius (1974-) - national team doctor
Jeremy Sisto (1974-) - American actor
Oliver Bjerrehuus (1975-) - fashion model
Patrick Keeler (1975-) - American musician
Peter Pellegrini (1975-) - presidential candidate and former prime minister
Steve Slade (1975-) - English footballer (born 1975)
Freddy Garcia (1976-) - baseball player
Lady Victoria Hervey (1976-) - noblewoman; British socialite
Victoria Hervey (1976-) - socialite
Per-Erik Lyrén (1976-) - project manager and scientific lead for the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
Jack Santora (1976-) - Italian baseball player
Lady Victoria (1976-) - socialite
Lindsay Alcock (1977-) - skeleton racer
Danny Briere (1977-) - Canadian ice hockey player
Jill Carroll (1977-) - American former journalist (born 1977)
Peter Rahbæk Juel (1977-) - Mayor (S) of Odense Municipality
Jostein Olsen (1977-) - shift supervisor for avalanche forecasting
Jostein Olseng (1977-) - external manager
Correll Buckhalter (1978-) - player of American football
Lena Gunnarsson (1978-) - PhD in gender studies at Örebro University and Lund University
Carolina Gynning (1978-) - Swedish model, writer and television personality
Ricky Hatton (1978-2025) - British professional boxer (1978–2025)
Benjamin Maiyo (1978-) - Kenyan distance runner
Denis Petukhov (1978-) - ice dancer
Mike Briggs (1979-) - rugby league footballer
Torkel Stångberg (1979-) - representative for Vapstens lappby
Makan Afshinnejad (1980-) - Press Manager at Attendo
Stephen Carson (1980-) - Northern Irish footballer (born 1980)
Moa Gammel (1980-) - director
Moa Gammel Ginsburg (1980-) - actor
Tonje Hansen (1980-) - leader of the coordination group for the investigation work in Helse Nord RHF
Kenneth Lowe (1980-) - American basketball player (born 1980)
Jochen Stutzky (1980-) - reporter for DAZN
Mikael Dorsin (1981-) - sports director
Micke Dorsin (1981-) - sporting director at RBK
Mikael Frank (1981-) - coach
Levon Aronian (1982-) - chess player
Levon Aronjan (1982-) - grandmaster
Tyler Blake (1982-) - player of American football
Alexander Lund Hansen (1982-) - goalkeeper
Yascha Mounk (1982-) - German-American political scientist and author
Bronagh Waugh (1982-) - Actress
Astrid Berg (1983-) - studio host in Presselogen
Evgenia Ilyinskaya (1983-) - volcanologist at the Icelandic Meteorological Office
Matt Myers (1983-) - basketball official (born 1983)
Sunette Viljoen (1983-) - javelin thrower and Olympic silver medalist
Grant Billmeier (1984-) - American basketball player and coach (born 1984)
Stine Jensine Nordnes (1984-) - municipal council representative (R)
Stian Sagvold (1984-) - leader of the workshop club
Jason Doyle (1985-) - speedway rider
Sylvia Fowles (1985-) - American basketball player (born 1985)
Louise Hazel (1985-) - Olympian
Bobby Madley (1985-) - former Premier League referee
Derrick Simmons (1985-) - college basketball player (2005–2008) Florida Atlantic
Sunny Singh (1985-) - Indian actor
Vera Douchevina (1986-) - Russian female tennis player
Cody Glenn (1986-) - American football linebacker
Melissa Baker (1987-) - American model
Michael Duty (1987-) - American basketball player (born 1987)
Michael O'Connor (1987-) - Northern Irish footballer (born 1987)
Eunice Olumide (1987-) - supermodel and activist
Jessica Rosencrantz (1987-) - Social Democrat
Ulrik Flo (1988-) - football player
Sophia Thomalla (1989-) - Karius' girlfriend
Carlena Britch (1990-) - dancer
Nazem Kadri (1990-) - player for Colorado Avalanche
Jasdeep Singh (1990-) - contestant on «Torpet»
Lawrence Okoye (1991-) - British athlete
Nikita Singh (1991-) - mother of Luis D. Ortiz's child
Kristin Julianne Vollstad (1991-) - kickboxer
Markus Bailey (1992-) - contestant on Maskorama (The Elk)
Youssef Toutouh (1992-) - football player
Julia Karlernäs (1993-) - football player in Como
Jake Guentzel (1994-) - ice hockey player for the Carolina Hurricanes
Scott Moss (1994-) - baseball player
Jake Bauer (1995-) - American baseball player
Braxton Berrios (1995-) - NFL wide receiver
Jessica Lunsford (1995-2005) - murder victim
Malin Skeie (1995-) - student
Rafferty Law (1996-) - rising actor
Curtis Terry (1996-) - American baseball player
Kasper Dolberg (1997-) - football player
Scottie Phillips (1997-) - American football player
Joel Rodriguez (1997-) - Spanish sailor
Lene Cecilia Sparrok (1997-) - actress
Anna Tång (1997-) - operations manager
Marte Berg (1998-) - home gardener
Angela Carini (1998-) - Italian boxer
Marte Berg Edseth (1998-) - cyclist
Amalie Andersen (1999-) - national team player
Patrick Callan (1999-) - American swimmer
Ilya Kuzniatsou (1999-) - interpreter and assistant
Charlie Cale (2000-) - Character in Poker Face
Addison Rae Easterling (2000-) - TikTok star
Jazz Jennings (2000-) - influencer, YouTuber, TV personality and LGBTQ activist
Addison Rae (2000-) - American pop star/TikTok star
Yasin Ayari (2003-) - football player
Bronny James (2004-) - newly recruited player for the Los Angeles Lakers, son of LeBron James
Yu Zidi (2012-) - swimmer

Idag firar vi Jenny Jennifer!

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Here you'll find proverbs in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian and a little happiness without soft-ice - in a collection that has been ongoing since the year 1990. It has been printed on paper four times, in the shape of the book "Språkets Kryddor". This book is now really sold out, and it won't be printed again.

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Enjoy, and have a noise day! / Pex Tufvesson

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