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I always identified myself as non-Swedish. I was never discriminated against, because I looked Swedish and speak without an accent. But I had an outsider's perspective.

— Joel Kinnaman

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My friends who are not from Sweden tell me that I'm more reserved or maybe more ... I guess the opposite of what a Latin American would be. Maybe because Scandinavians are more careful with their words and I guess it takes a lot to become a friend of a Swede.

— Robyn

I speak Swedish mainly with my kids' friends.

— Greg Poehler

For me, at least, much of the German I see and hear sounds stranger than Swedish, a language of which I unfortunately understand very little.

— Heinrich Boll

People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.

— Avicii

Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in both places and I love them both equally. It's funny because the Swedes claim me as their Swedish pride and the Canadians call me their Canadian girl. I'll take it all.

— Malin Akerman

I speak Swedish, it's my first language. Of course, growing up with Latin American parents from Argentina, I also have some other influences from other cultures. But Sweden is where I feel the most at home.

— Jose Gonzalez

I'm a real Swede! In fact, I'm a quarter Finnish.

— Alicia Vikander

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

— Maya Lin

✗Opposing Perspectives

Whenever I travel anywhere, I'm constantly asked if I'm Swedish. It's the burden of most Norwegians. The Swedes have just got a better publicity agent, I think.

— Christopher Heyerdahl

I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.

— Lasse Hallstrom