lugnet före stormen

Swedish

Noun

lugnet före stormen n

  1. (idiomatic) the calm before the storm
    • 1907, Hjalmar Söderberg, “Oskicket”, in Det mörknar öfver vägen‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 27 May 2025, page 111:
      Allting [var] lugnt och fridfullt [...]. Men det var lugnet före stormen.
      Everything was calm and peaceful. But it was the calm before the storm.

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