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Evidence-minded writing on rest, health, and the Nordic approach to a good life.
- Aug 14, 2026 The idea that people without close friends betray it through off-putting habits gets both the cause and the tone wrong By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 14, 2026 Quote by Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld By Mal James
- Aug 13, 2026 Hans Christian Andersen: "To travel is to live" By Mal James
- Aug 13, 2026 Thought of the day from Finnish composer Jean Sibelius By Mal James
- Aug 13, 2026 The phrases said to expose someone's poor emotional intelligence share one real feature, they invalidate other people's… By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 13, 2026 The art of hygge is sold as the secret to Danish happiness, but the research points elsewhere By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 13, 2026 People who arrive fifteen minutes early to everything aren't anxious, they've usually decided that the small buffer… By Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
- Aug 13, 2026 The reason many people feel happier after they retire is not simply having more free time By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 13, 2026 Study after study on nostalgia agrees it isn't the season itself that undoes people every summer By Nato Lagidze
- Aug 13, 2026 The phrases people watch for to spot a self-centred person, the constant I and me, are a poor tell By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 13, 2026 "Back to the Future" was rejected over 40 times by studios who thought it was too wholesome, and a Universal executive… By Brendan Brown
- Aug 13, 2026 One of the richest men on Earth drove a fifteen-year-old Volvo and flew economy — IKEA's Ingvar Kamprad, whose creed ran By Mal James
- Aug 13, 2026 The genre of things boomers do that prove they are out of touch rests on two shaky ideas By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 13, 2026 Thought of the day from Danish author Hans Christian Andersen By Mal James
- Aug 12, 2026 One in four Americans ate every meal alone in 2023, up 53% in just two decades By The Balance
- Aug 12, 2026 A growing share of travelers now rank a destination's coffee scene above its nightlife or its landmarks, and the reason… By Nato Lagidze