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Henning Mankell

Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls.

Henning Mankell

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Henning Mankell is saying that Sweden remains a calm and safe place to live, contrary to exaggerated ideas held by some in Britain. He points out that these ideas wrongly portray Sweden as an ideal democracy populated by overly sexualized women, which he sees as a false stereotype.

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