A biography for Ulrika Jonssonhasn’t been written yet.
“As a woman, I have always felt the need to hold things I do to impossibly high standards.”
“Coming from Sweden, I've always grown up with images of older women around me.”
“I have never felt guilt, as such, when absent from my children due to work. Work is essential. I may not always have been keen to venture out so soon after shooting them out of my undercarriage but reason has dictated that to live, we must eat, and to eat I must work.”
“If kids aren't allowed to experience monotony and tedium, it's unlikely they will value the times they are entertained.”
“I love a masculine man. That's just me. It doesn't ever have to be at the expense of him being in touch with his feminine side.”
“I have been known to catastrophise some things when life's not going as I'd hoped or planned.”
“I had to learn during lockdown that kids make a mess and I have to stand by. And that was tough.”
“I don't see the end of relationships as failures. Some of them are experiences. Sometimes things falter through no fault of your own.”
“I'm trying to find a way to love my body. It's a bit wrinkly but that's how it is. In terrible lighting it can look alright.”
“I wonder how many people reflect on how their own and society's perception of perfection induces feelings of deficiency in those who don't fit the template of expectation. That life is trickier for those who don't fit the mould.”
“People who write off women over 40 are wrong to do so. This is when many women's lives truly start.”
“What I know so far: I'm a lioness of boundless proportions. I am fierce; I am loyal. Passion courses through my veins; fire scorches my heart and imagination canters like a wild horse through my buoyant, tangled mind.”
“Life gets busy and we choose the path of least resistance when it comes to bringing up our children.”
“But my weight has fluctuated over the years - in part due to four pregnancies, which ravaged my body. I never felt content with my body shape, as the 'norm' was always unattainable.”
“You don't have to be a tactile person to enjoy an embrace or a touch of the hand - it's basic human nature. It's a crucial part of how we function.”
“Many women are great at having a separate life that runs alongside motherhood because they've smartly worked out that they need to hold on to their identity as a woman, a friend, a colleague and a professional in order that they don't lose themselves.”
“I cling on to making connections with people I can physically meet. And the disposability of faces on an app which urges you to swipe left or right in a split second creates its own issues with our ability to see past purely the visual.”
“I'm a hedonist and a spontaneous person who believes in love. While it would feel strange getting married again, I can't ever rule it out for the future.”
“I've never in my life fought over a man.”
“I have always believed that giving children choice is a terrible idea. The more choice you give, the more they will run rings around you.”