nöden har ingen lag

== Swedish == === Etymology === nöden (“the distress (definite is often idiomatic when referring to concepts)”) +‎ har (“has”) +‎ ingen (“no”) +‎ lag (“law”) === Proverb === nöden har ingen lag necessity knows no law, desperate times call for desperate measures === References === “nöd”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)