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I've become more and more inclined in my work to discover what sort of emotions I like to portray. And I think my favourite emotion is melancholy and some sort of bittersweet darkness, which I think is a very Swedish thing actually. I totally think there is a Scandinavian melancholy. I don't think you can say exactly why, I suppose it is about light or weather conditions or something like that. Melancholy is a great feeling and if you feel a little bit it's very easy to dial it up by putting on a piece of music or whatever it is you do. You'll find Swedes -- maybe not as much as the Finns -- thriving in melancholy.

[Talking about growing up in Stockholm's suburbs] I've never been a frustrated person because I learned at a very young age that the frustration I had inside of me had to do with creativity and the ability to transform that into action. I realized very early my restlessness had to be channelled into things I could do. I played in bands very very young. I painted, I did photography, all kinds of things. I was never frustrated. We did lots of little projects, we had fun. I never had the feeling of being trapped in a suburb.