I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish.
My liking for Scandinavian crime fiction led me into exploring literary writers from the same countries.
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.
I love Sweden. The entire world should be like Sweden. They all like to drink and get naked, and the women are hot. I can't think of a better nation on the planet.
I think one thing with Sweden is that in some way the Swedish society is a very good society, almost perfect on the surface. That is something that makes the writers forced to see what is underneath the surface, because it's always something underneath the surface, of course.
I love the German and the Swiss people for their many fine traits of character. I love their language that is so exacting and yet so expressive.
Sweden was very nice. I did a lot of television. I wrote, directed and was in a lot of television there.
People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage.
Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of Swedish crime writers, many of whom are now available in English.
I've seen quite a bit of the world, but I really like Sweden and feel like I could live there some day.
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