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Just curious but how different are swedish and norwegian? Like if you speak one can you understand the other?

Norwegian, Swedish & Danish are all very similar. For the most part we can all understand each other without much effort, at least enough to get by. I think the main difference is pronouncing and small spelling changes.

Example:

English: Hello

Norwegian: Hei (pronounced like English “Hi”)

Swedish: Hej (pronounced like English “Hey”)

Danish: Hej (pronounced like English “Hi” same as Norwegian even though it is spelled the Swedish way)

Personally I think Norwegian is the nicest but I’m definitely biased 😅🇳🇴

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enjoy your holiday, friend!!!

can I ask, were you originally a fan of tuva's or did you find her through alex?😁

Thank you! Well, I’m a millennial so True Blood was an obsession of mine for many years. . . 😅

But I have also grown up with many of Tuva’s projects since the 90’s so I’ve always known her and liked her work. She was more public in the 90’s but I think possibly after her stalker situation she retreated a lot so there wasn’t much to talk about by the time that social media became popular.

So yes, I knew her before Alex but I was an actual fan of Alex first.

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Thank you for all your work translating articles!! This might be asking wayyy to much but if you happen to be like super bored one day would you consider translating some of Alidas interviews? I feel like people project on her so much but we dont actually know that much about her

Uffta! I don’t mind translating some of Alida’s but to be honest Bill’s fan scare me a bit more than Alex’s 😅

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love your page! hopefully people are being nice to you cuz some fans can be nasty

Thank you very much! Yes, most people have been super kind more than I imagined when I started posting. There have been a couple comments/messages that were not as kind but I just delete and ignore them. I don’t think that Tuva would ever see my page, but her daughters are teenagers and I know that I would be super upset if I saw a lot strangers saying nasty things about my mom, so I try to respect that energy.

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Hei! I will have more translations for everyone this weekend but for now I am enjoying being on my holiday. Thank you everyone, you’re all so kind 🤍☺️🥹

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𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐁 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐒-𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐘 as 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐈

The White Princess. Season 1, Episode 10.

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𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐁 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐒-𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐘 as 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐈

The White Princess. Season 1, Episode 2.

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could you also translate old swedish interviews of alex?(love your page btw)

Thank you so very much! ☺️

And of course! Are there any specifically you’d like to read? I can translate them at random like I have been doing mostly with Tuva but if you have some that you’d like I will prioritize them!

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are you able to hear what they are talking abotu in this?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMBJZ3Uintc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Hmm. . . it's a bit difficult for me and I cannot hear Lily clear enough but I believe Alex said:

"Det bästa man kan göra är att försöka vänja sig vid det." = The best thing you can do is try to get used to it.

I am assuming Lily mentioned being nervous based on the context but again, I cannot hear her clearly enough.

If anyone has better ears, please me know! 😊

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TRANSLATED: Tuva Novotny on Guilt and Shame in Relationships (6 May 2022)

Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT

Per anonymous request I translated this radio interview with P1 Culture but I did skipped over the introduction and the part where they play a preview of Diorama for time.

[. . . INTRODUCTION . . .]

Interviewer: Hello Tuva Novotny!

TN: Hello hello!

Interviewer: You are the director of this movie Diorama which is a kind of an investigation of monogamy you could say. How did this idea come to you? That you wanted to make a movie about monogamy?

TN: First of all, I want to become a little wiser about what I thought was so damn difficult, like so many others. I read an article with the then mayor of Copenhagen who talked quite openly about his open relationship structure. It was like wow! Exciting. Different. Then a few years ago I thought, ‘why is it so damn different?’. There are probably many people who live ways we don't talk about. And then I start to think about how. What are the stigmas and norms we live under in the definition of monogamy? And can we start to lift the lid because maybe it's the definition itself that makes it difficult? Maybe it doesn't have to be that way. But like I said, I'm a geek, I read and get reports about what happens chemically, biologically in the body, in a relationship and can you adjust it? And then I thought I'm going to make a film about that and so on. So it ended up being a film. But really, it was just my own high-spirited pleasure.

Interviewer: But what was that like? What was it that you wanted to look at more closely?

TN: Well, but it was precisely that stigma, I think, that I experienced, for example, if you mention a separation, it is colored by some kind of negative thing, or just even feeling attraction to someone other than your partner, which is completely natural and normal. But instead of it being a natural topic of conversation, it is something extremely tabooed, which I think can lead to guilt and shame, questions in the relationship and so on. That is what interested me. What can you remove from the stigma and taboo from the relationship in order to still maybe hope for that lifelong relationship?

Interviewer: You take help from various researchers who participate in the films that talk about dopamine, and thrill-seeking genes. That's how you formulate it in the film. How did you choose to turn to these researchers when it came to talking about monogamy?

TN: I have used myself just like in my first film, Blindspot, and I have used help from other professional groups who know more about the topic that I am interested in and I will start discussing. Biology and biological monogamy I probably need some help to turn to. Partly then genetic researchers, neuropsychologists and so on and so on to both become wiser in the script work but also of course proofreading. And can you say that if we adjusted our oxytocin levels a little, maybe more people would maintain the attraction in the relationship, for example. Yes, you can say that. Great, then I will. I think it is quite nice that there are a lot of these almost clinical explanations for all that hard work. So for me it is a comfort to say, yes, it was just the dopamine and I did nothing wrong maybe.

Interviewer: It wasn't the relationship?

TN: No, no.

Interviewer: In the film, Frida and Björn portray this couple, the different phases that exist in a relationship, and we'll listen to what it sounds like when Björn, in revenge for Frida wanting to divorce,  with a bicycle helmet on his head deliberately drives their car into a house.

[. . . PREVIEW . . .]

Interviewer: David Dencik and Pia Tjelta playing Björn and Frida here. A little estranged. “I don't want anything from you,” says Björn. Divorce implications.

TN: Yes.

Interviewer: There are lions, there are chickens and then there are voles who also go through different things emotionally in their relationships. This thing about comparing people and animals, what does it add to a story about monogamy and the relationship between two people?

TN: I would like to say that it arose as a bonus, because a lot of the research that exists on monogamy with field voles. There are fantastic studies, including The Forest Swimtest, where they investigate exactly what happens after a separation in the brain. And it turns out that field voles, who have experienced a separation, let themselves sink when they are placed in water, while field voles who live in a relationship, they swim for life. And when I discovered that there was so much fantastic research in that area, it was quite easy to use those animals in the portrayal in the film as well.

Interviewer: Is it true that you want to de-dramatize divorce?

TN: Yes, but not just divorce. I think the whole relationship. It doesn’t have to be so dramatic. It's quite normal to lose your mind for a while and you know that after that period it will be a bit boring, and that's okay too. And if you feel like leaving, that’s okay, but wait a bit and see if it doesn't happen then a new phase will de-dramatize the whole relationship.

Interviewer: Why do you want to do that?

TN: I think it was a little hard for me to understand why it had to be so complicated and so difficult. But I also see around me that it concerns so many people. The different phases of the relationship affect you so much.

Interviewer: But why then, after you made this film, why do you think we form a couple?

TN: Yes, there I lean towards this pedalism thesis that it is about us standing up and starting to pick food from the trees and then it was easier to be two than more, because then one had to guard the other while they picked the food that didn't come for a few years and so on. It is quite simple. It is this way that I believe is quite fundamental in what we fill it with. That is what I am interested in discussing. Why must it be the Christian normative marriage structures said a few hundred years ago? Or can we actually fill it with anything? I think so.

Interviewer: Thank you so much for coming to P1 Culture and for your film Diorama. It's in theaters now.

TN: Thank you!

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"The Legend of Tarzan" European Premiere in London - July 2016

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One week ago - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway in Sydney.

“I'm looking forward to starting my studies at the University of Sydney. It will be exciting to become a student, and I'm looking forward to gaining new perspectives on both European and international politics. I'm sure that I will learn a lot, says the princess who is in Australia and ready to start studies at the University of Sydney.”

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"The Legend of Tarzan" European Premiere in London - July 2016

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Preikestolen aka Pulpit Rock, Norway

Every time I see a pic of this, I think about those obvious cracks.

And fear, this is going to make the news in the worst way someday.

A 604 meter rock slide to the fjord below.

Yeah...no...nope.

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When Scarlett Johansson joined the Marvel universe all the way back in 2010, she did not have the ability that current actresses in the franchise have now and that is the ability to be seen as a valuable member of the team as opposed to an accessory.

My girl was being sexualised at every single interview, being asked if she wore underwear under her black widow suit and even being groped by interviewers. Natasha’s background was only slightly explored and her fighting style consisted of wrapping her legs around men’s heads in order to further appeal the male audience.

Yelena has the story arc she has and the ability to grow as a character because Scarlett fought for her to when she was producing the Black Widow movie. It makes me so upset that she knew she would never get the superhero experience that the men around her had, so she put aside her own spotlight in order to give Florence the standing that she couldn’t have.

I will not accept Natasha slander because Scarlett put everything she had into that character for a decade and had to go through so much just to be a part of that franchise.

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I Translated this Radio Interview with Tuva Novotny! (15 April 2024)

Photo: Helen Ling/Swedish Radio.

Please note: this one was a little bit difficult for me to translate than Alex's radio interviews because Tuva's speaking in press is very soft but quick and they spoke at the same time a lot, plus the interview is almost 20 minutes. She does talk briefly about the relationship with Alex and the house they bought in Sweden.

The actress talks about the security measures she has had to take because of stalkers and about being exposed because she is famous. At the same time, she says that she is not really a public figure. It is also about longing for family and just wanting good tomatoes.

Interviewer: She has been longing for her family and Sunday dinners in Sweden. Soon we may have Tuva Novotny on Swedish soil again. She cares about her private life. She knows exactly where the boundaries are and there is a reason for that. Among other things, we talk about her experiences of being exposed to stalkers. Tuva Novotny is the P4 Extra guest. My name is Titti Schultz and Tuva Novotny is here. Welcome! 

Tuva Novotny: Thank you! 

Interviewer: You have a new series and a lot of things that we will talk about. But I am mostly curious, is it true that you are moving home to Sweden after decades in Denmark? 

TN: I am trying. I have tried for a few years. It is going that way but I am still working on it. 

Interviewer: Okay, but is it now?

TN: No, not really. I think it is about age maybe. I miss my family. You know when I was young. . . shit, I was going to do my own thing. But I miss Sunday dinners and spontaneous coffees with all my siblings and my parents and old childhood friends. You know, it's like it appeared during the pandemic where we were totally isolated in Denmark, which was in a real lockdown. And then it became so clear that you got to spend time with your immediate family, and I didn't have that, anyone in Denmark. And then it became so clear that I missed them and needed them in everyday life.

Interviewer: How wonderful! You think that something like that is required, but I understand that the years go by and you want to reduce the distances. You mentioned childhood friends? How has it worked to keep in touch? Would you say you have lost many?

TN: Absolutely not. Quite the opposite. Stronger than ever. The young childhood or the lifelong friendships, by virtue of my work, it's always been the case that friendships have had to work on those premises, that you are home sporadically and then there is intense socializing or maybe traveling together and so on. So my friendships have always worked the same way, and therefore it’s been the same whether I have lived in Denmark or Prague or London. Or we are out traveling and come home at regular intervals. 

Interviewer: A wonderful life, it sounds like. Or stressful? 

TN: Yes, that's for sure. 

Interviewer: But how much differences? Danes and Swedes? Talking about the fact that we are quite similar but our mentality is a bit different. Our attitude to situations and life is a little different. To me, the Danes are just full of themselves. They say what you think at home. We're maybe a little different? 

TN: Yes, it was something that I found very uncomfortable when I was younger, that I experienced as anxiety. Now I can long for it. Now I feel polite but am a little kind. It is so incredibly brutal. And it can be wonderful in Denmark but I actually think it is okay to say sorry and apologize sometimes.

Interviewer: I myself never understand what the Danes say. I don't know if they insult me or not. 

TN: You can count on it being pure insult. 

Interviewer: Good to know! Since you're in a new series, Everything and Eva, I think it's an exciting topic. This is a topic that I've talked about with friends and acquaintances on several occasions, so it's pretty close to home. It's about a woman who decides to have a child herself via sperm donor. How would you describe Eva?

TN: Eva is a control freak of sorts, and I think that for her, having a child on her own is about trying to stay away from all the hard things in being alone and love and relationships, but also controlling her life and her five-year plan. Actually, all the wrong reasons. And that comes at a cost, you could say, for someone who tries to control their life. 

Interviewer: I also know that you've described her as a bit hysterical. 

TN: Yes, I try to avoid "hysterical" because historically it has a negative connotation when talking about women. But she absolutely is. She has an extremely high internal pressure and that means she doesn't have any grace for herself when things don't go as planned. I also want to just say for the record that I have met men who could be described as hysterical.

Interviewer: That's fair. Have you? I can really see this and have experienced people in this situation and what it does to you. It's really hope, despair, sadness, joy. There's a lot of that. Do you have people in your family who have come close to a situation like this in real life? 

TN: Having children on your own? Yes, it's quite common in Denmark and I have also met Swedes and Norwegians who travel to Denmark because the legislation has been so different. I've come across it quite a lot and didn't think much about it then or thematically in the Johanna Runevad series either, because it's part of everyday life. But it's clear now. I haven't gone into this project with that theme as some kind of, what should I say. . . I went into it with Johanna and as a whole with the character herself as a guiding light. So the theme is something that can be discussed if you want it to be because it's interesting. 

Interviewer: Would you say that it's a series with a message? Or that this just happens to be the plot? Do you understand what I mean? 

TN: Yes, and actually I would regret saying thematic because the theme is actually loneliness and the plot is that she has children on her own. So yes. Yes, the message is more about the existential choice of living alone or in a relationship. 

Interviewer: I think that as far as I know, this is something that you have gone through. Even though you are a private person, we have been involved anyway. But if we look at Diorama, that you directed yourself, it is about the norm of monogamy that is twisted and turned, pushed and pulled. And here you are, as Eva, having children on your own. 

TN: I always find that exploring norms is interesting. What are the themes? Johanna and I have a common fascination with how monogamy is structured and why and how and what we gravitate towards historically and blah blah blah. The role of women. Especially women. We probably have a common wonder about that whole theme, and it is something that Eva strongly opposes. She says that she absolutely does not need anyone in her life. And maybe you do. I would have said that. 

Interviewer: You've mentioned Joanna a couple of times. Who is Johanna? 

TN: Johanna Runevad is a screenwriter, director, good friend and incredibly talented person. 

Interviewer: Good, now everyone knows who she is! She seems lovely. 

TN: She's so lovely. She's so lovely. But choosing to have children yourself or not having any help, I'm too lazy for that.

Interviewer: I don't have any children at all. That's how I sound. I chose not to have children at all because I was lazy. 

TN: Really? 

Interviewer: That's what many people say, that you're very selfish.

TN: No! 

Interviewer: We're not going to start. We don't have children for selfish reasons, but let's not open that door. I've just deleted the last few emails after decades of questions about choosing your own path. But is that easy for you? Do you find it easy to make big choices in life? 

TN: Absolutely not. I tend to lean on a whole range of different strategies for making decisions. And I notice that if you're exhausted or weakened in some way, mentally or emotionally, it's harder to make decisions. And that's also part of Eva's journey in this series, that she makes a series of decisions that aren't that beneficial in the long run for either her or anyone close to her. I don't know about me. I'm probably pretty slow in making decisions. 

Interviewer: But you said you have strategies. I immediately want to take out a pen and paper and get some examples. 

TN: We were talking to some of your colleagues at P4 last Saturday and we went through these strategies. And the strategy is about thinking. Is this a decision that benefits me or more people? Is it a decision that benefits my group or a larger group? Is it a decision that benefits us in the short term or the long term? It's always good to go through it.

Interviewer: Which boxes should these cover? What effects does it have? But I think it might be good that you still feel that you yourself are not. That you are not just destroying yourself. 

TN: Yes, maybe. Exactly. 

Interviewer: I'm writing this down here so that you can see a certain need for control in Eva. As I said, how much need for control do you have? 

TN: I recognize it from my younger days, that I had some idea that I had expectations about how things would turn out. I don't know if it was a need for control. Now not so much, I would say. I think in life things very rarely turn out as you had planned, and with lowered expectations, there is perhaps less disappointment. That's what the fear of not being able to control is, fear or disappointment. I don't think I have much in common with anyone at all right now. 

Interviewer: Congratulations! But how does it end up with you when things don't go as you had planned? 

TN: I don't often think that it will go one way, because I don't know how it will go. It's years of therapy that I have learned from. But it is impossible to predict what will happen. It's worrying. No point in that. It's impossible to predict. It's very rare to predict how it's going to turn out. 

Interviewer: I love that attitude. You're not nearly as disappointed. 

TN: No.

Interviewer: I always assume that the boss wants to talk to me. Now I'm going to get a scolding. I've done something wrong. Now I've been convicted by the Review Board. Now it's over. And that's not it. It's just that I’m going to get a raise. 

TN: That’s never happened. 

Interviewer: But I don't need to be that disappointed anyway. You're something that you absolutely don't want to talk about. Your relationship, but it’s not a normal relationship. I'll probably go through it one by one and also over historical time. Buckle up. 

TN: Great.

Interviewer: There are quite a few of us who currently assume that you actually live together with Alexander Skarsgård. 

TN: You can assume that. 

Interviewer: At least we have a confirmed report there. But you really protect your privacy. Our paths crossed over the years a little here and there. But if I start from this point, how recognized do you feel you have become? 

TN: Not that much actually. I've been very minor in the media, but also haven't done an awful lot of projects in recent years. I've lived in Denmark and I've worked a lot with directing and screenwriting, so I pretty much avoid it. In Denmark, the population has a completely different relationship to the Jante Act. That's number one. It's very rare for someone to say anything to someone, because you just don't do it. And it's very nice. I experience it more and more when I'm home in Sweden. But it's also nice at the same time. It's just fun if someone has seen something you've done and wants to point it out in a nice way. 

Interviewer: Exactly. Exactly. But living together with a person who is public even on an international level, actually a superstar in the eyes of many, and you yourself a famous face, have a great career and great experiences. I'm still curious. This may be a stupid question, but when you date as two such public people, you reflect on it at all: is it a good idea to take this further or will it be too troublesome for the two of us? 

TN: I steer clear of that completely if I can help it. I'll take away from what you said, being a public figure. I'm not a public figure. I have a job that is visible to some extent in public. But it's something that I struggle with a lot in my job. In my industry, you sometimes have stalkers. People who may not be feeling well, who contact you in various unpleasant ways, and as a result, I have sometimes had protected housing, protected names, even in Denmark. And it was a bit interesting recently, because I applied for it and it turns out that it has apparently become much more difficult to get in Sweden today. I don't know if it's because of gang crime or what but it makes me, and probably many in my industry worried, and yours too – journalists are certainly vulnerable in many ways too in certain respects. Living with a concern about not being able to live as privately as you want and also being able to be contacted by people who may not be feeling so well. It’s a problem. I strongly oppose this because that's not me. I choose my job. My acting profession and what we are doing now, talking about the series that's coming out and hoping that people see it. . . it has nothing to do with my private life and I'm going to keep it completely private because I need to for many reasons, including security reasons. 

Interviewer: It's a dramatic angle to this. Is it something that has happened to you that you've been hit with repeatedly during your career? 

TN: Yes, then it becomes quiet. I react to it because I think it is so incredibly unpleasant. When people can't tell the difference between a thing and a person. 

Interviewer: Have you ever considered leaving this job? 

TN: No, but on the other hand I continue to insist on the difference in definition between a public job and a public person. I understand that it also entails a certain personal responsibility in life and that can be discussed. Morality, ethics, blah blah blah. No need to go that far into it but I'm not a public figure. My job is public. I think that's an important distinction, to clarify that my private life is mine, as it were. 

Interviewer: Do you feel safe and secure now? That you're doing well? 

TN: Absolutely. 

Interviewer: Then I want to be very brief: you're not going to bake on TV and you're not going to dance on TV?

TN: You never know. 

Interviewer: Well, we’ll see! But it feels like you have a very easy time seeing what your limits are. 

TN: Yes, absolutely. I have an inner barometer that absolutely knows what I need to maintain my private life. 

Interviewer: Then I understand that a large public Instagram account still created headlines because a super luxurious place was acquired in the archipelago?

TN: Yes, my 27 square meter cottage. It's so fantastic that I can think about it. It's a 27 square meter croft from the 19th century. But it was unpleasant because there were statements from real estate agents who talked about where it was located. 

Interviewer: They didn't know the boundaries. 

TN: No, there's no thought about the fact that there's actually a security aspect to our lives too. So the 27 square meter croft. . . it's okay. I'm very happy with it as it is. It didn't become a luxury villa, no, but it was in the newspaper.

Interviewer: But how pissed off or how do you feel when you see that others have spoken out about you and what you and your family do?

TN: I live with a wonderfully understanding family and circle of friends who also help keep private things private. So of course it's sad when it's spoken out by people who don't really have anything to do with you. I think that's strange. 

Interviewer: But I understand that you will be growing things there? 

TN: I grow as much as I can on the balcony or in the apartment. We'll see how it goes. 

Interviewer: But are they things you eat or things you just look at?

TN: I really like growing things you can eat. 

Interviewer: Is it the prepper side? Or practical? How many people are saying that we should become self-sufficient? 

TN: I'm going to be a multi-prepper. Now I'm still in Denmark. Is it all okay? I don't understand anything going on. 

Interviewer: You've never stockpiled toilet paper? 

TN: No!

Interviewer: Then you're not Swedish anymore. 

TN: That concept doesn't exist in Denmark. We don't understand anything. No, God, no, I'm not going to prep like that. I just want good tomatoes.

Interviewer: Everything and Eva premieres at 9pm on Viaplay. I'm really glad you came here. 

TN: Thank you! How nice of you. 

Interviewer: Maybe we'll see each other more often if you land on Swedish soil. 

TN: We'll see. 

Interviewer: Tuva Novotny, thank you for everything! 

TN: Thank you very much!

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