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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The music was born on the pianos of the front parlor of the brothels. Harry Shearer (1943-)

These authors were born on the 27th of April:
Anouk Aimee (27 April 1932-)
Ludwig Bemelmans (27 April 1898-)
Judy Carne (27 April 1939-)
Larry Elder (27 April 1952-)
General Ulysses S. Grant (27 April 1822-23 July 1885)
Rogers Hornsby (27 April 1896-5 January 1963)
Kitty Kelly (27 April 1902-)
Coretta Scott King (27 April 1927-)
Jack Klugman (27 April 1922-)
Chuck Knox (27 April 1932-)
Kate Pierson (27 April 1948-)
Arthur Somers Roche (27 April 1883-)
Rebecca Ryan (27 April 1991-)
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820-8 December 1903)
August Wilson (27 April 1945-2 October 2005)

These authors died on the 27th of April:
Carlos Castaneda (December 25th 1925-27 April 1998)
Carlos Casteneda (December 25th 1925-27 April 1998)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25th 1803-27 April 1882)
Maud Gonne (December 20th 1865-27 April 1953)
Antonio Gramsci (January 23rd 1891-27 April 1937)
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-27 April 1521)
Edward R. Murrow (April 25th 1908-27 April 1965)
Kwame Nkrumah (September 21st 1909-27 April 1972)

Idag firar vi Engelbrekt!

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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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