Introduction

• The Scandinavians/Nordic countries are ranked the happiest in the world surprising the British-Danish author.
• Denmark has influential TV shows, culture, and architecture. Sweden has pop music, H&M, and Ikea. Finland has Eurovision and mobile phones. Norway has oil.
• Why do people still long for a house in Spain or France, instead of Aalborg or Trondheim?
• We can't really name any famous Scandinavians but we can for other nations.
• The British culture is similar to the Scandinavian one due to their shared history, culture, and language.
• Scandinavia refers to the original Viking lands: Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Iceland and Finland included in these countries is Nordic.

Denmark

Happiness

• Midsummer's Eve was hijacked by the church and renamed Sankt Hans.