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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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The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out. Jonas Salk (1914-1995)

These authors were born on the 21st of November:
Troy Aikman (21 November 1966-)
Jim Bishop (21 November 1907-26 July 1987)
Bjork (21 November 1965-)
Steven Curtis Chapman (21 November 1962-)
Barry Cornwall (21 November 1787-)
Marilyn French (21 November 1929-)
Coleman Hawkins (21 November 1904-19 May 1969)
Goldie Hawn (21 November 1945-)
Cherry Jones (21 November 1956-)
Ken Griffey Jr. (21 November 1969-)
Abe Lemons (21 November 1922-2 September 2002)
Rene Magritte (21 November 1898-15 August 1967)
Jena Malone (21 November 1984-)
Richard Marcinko (21 November 1940-)
Cedric Maxwell (21 November 1955-)
Desire-Joseph Mercier (21 November 1851-23 January 1926)
Juliet Mills (21 November 1941-)
Sir Harold Nicolson (21 November 1886-1 May 1968)
Eleanor Powell (21 November 1912-)
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (21 November 1863-12 May 1944)
Harold Ramis (21 November 1944-)
Nicollette Sheridan (21 November 1963-)
Miles Simon (21 November 1975-)
Liza Tarbuck (21 November 1964-)
Marlo Thomas (21 November 1937-)
Christine Vachon (21 November 1962-)
François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (21 November 1694-30 May 1778)

These authors died on the 21st of November:
Robert Benchley (September 15th 1889-21 November 1945)
Luis Cernuda (September 21st 1902-21 November 1963)
Quentin Crisp (December 25th 1908-21 November 1999)
Harold S. Geneen (June 3rd 1910-21 November 1997)
Ellen Glasgow (April 22nd 1873-21 November 1945)

Idag firar vi Helga Olga!

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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.

Please contribute to the collection, there are lots of things that can be done. Maybe you'll find some spelling errorrs or facts that are just plain wrong. Maybe you know something that's not in the collection - have you got any quotations or proverbs to share? Write your comments in the textbox to the left!

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We apologize for all the misleading facts that are in this collection. However hard we try, there's no possibility on earth that we can guarantee the accuracy of the information here.

Enjoy, and have a noise day! / Pex Tufvesson

This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.

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