Tagged With "Danes"

The idea that the Danes, and other Scandinavians, are the happiest people has always puzzled me. A Canadian friend, who lived in Denmark for decades, described them as the most depressed people, with the social problems that come with such conditions. It makes me wonder if the criteria for such lists & studies have little to do with conditions "on the ground".

I do know that the further north people live, the less daylight they have in the winter, the higher the rate of depression. For example, Alaska has a high winter suicide rate at least in part because it is so gloomy there half of the year. The same, I would think, is true of the Nordic folks. My perception of these sorts of lists is that they represent things that "should make you happy", much like our friends, the Eloi. What are some of the things that make me happy? An evening with good...

  What is happiness?  How does one measure it?  How does one compare it?  Is striving and working hard to a goal you attain something that makes you happy, despite the pain for the gain?  Or does living in mom and dad's...

Judy Barford goes underground to inspect a legendary figure in regional Denmark.

Very interesting!