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03-16-2016, 05:18 PM
Sorry, Disneyland: Denmark is actually the happiest place on Earth
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark, perhaps better k**wn for its fictional, suicide-agonizing prince Hamlet and fierce marauding Vikings than being a nation of the happiest people, has just won that very accolade. Again.
Even U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have singled out the small Scandinavian country as an example of a happy, well-oiled society. On Wednesday, the United Nations made it official (http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2016/): It found Danes to be the happiest people on Earth in a study of 156 countries.
SEE ALSO: Fairytale nation? How Denmark compares to the United States (http://mashable.com/2015/10/15/denmark-united-states/)
Knud Christensen, a 39-year-old social worker, k**ws one reason why his compatriots are laid-back — they feel secure in a country with few natural disasters, little corruption and a near absence of drastic events. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/denmark-is-soooooo-happy/)
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark, perhaps better k**wn for its fictional, suicide-agonizing prince Hamlet and fierce marauding Vikings than being a nation of the happiest people, has just won that very accolade. Again.
Even U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have singled out the small Scandinavian country as an example of a happy, well-oiled society. On Wednesday, the United Nations made it official (http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2016/): It found Danes to be the happiest people on Earth in a study of 156 countries.
SEE ALSO: Fairytale nation? How Denmark compares to the United States (http://mashable.com/2015/10/15/denmark-united-states/)
Knud Christensen, a 39-year-old social worker, k**ws one reason why his compatriots are laid-back — they feel secure in a country with few natural disasters, little corruption and a near absence of drastic events. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/16/denmark-is-soooooo-happy/)
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