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Happy countries Denmark, Sweden, Norway

http://www.flickr.com/photos/giuseppemilo/10657582176/  Denmark was the country which ranked number one happiest country in 2012 .   and  here is the 2014's list of happiest countries in the world.  http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45jgim/1-norway/ The top happiest country in the world is now Norway .   1. Norway  2. Denmark  3. Sweden  4. Australia  5. New Zealand  6. Canada  7. Finland  8. Netherlands  9. Switzerland  10. Ireland  I was curious about the culture of these countries around Northern Europe which often ranked high.  My image of Sweden is that is a freedom loving country, high taxes, but education and hospitals, medical care, are free.  People sound easy going, not much care for competition.   About Norway , my image is that of a beautiful exotic country, but there is no sun about half the time in a year, so there are many people who get depression and high suicide percentage. So I was wondering why