The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest
taxes. 'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in
the world. Finns have the largest per capita gun ownership after
the US and Yemen. 54 per cent of Icelanders believe in elves.
Norway is the richest country on earth. 5 per cent of Danish men
have had sex with an animal. Michael Booth has lived among the
Scandinavians, on and off, for over ten years, perplexed by their
many strange paradoxes and character traits and equally bemused by
the unquestioning enthusiasm for all things Nordic and hygge that
has engulfed the rest of the world. He leaves his adopted home of
Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic
countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of
their success and, most intriguing of all, what they think of each
other. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges
of a region plagued by taboos, characterised by suffocating
parochialism and populated by extremists of various shades. 'The
next Bill Bryson.' New York Times Winner of the Best Narrative
Travel Book Award from the British Guild of Travel Writers
General
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