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Evidence-minded writing on rest, health, and the Nordic approach to a good life.
- 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
- Aug 12, 2026 In Sweden the word lagom means roughly enough, and children absorb it so early that many Swedish adults describe… By The Balance
- Aug 12, 2026 A Finnish study followed 3,543 people into retirement and found life became easier, not dramatically happier, while… By Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
- Aug 12, 2026 Substack now has millions of active publications, and only about 100,000 of them earn any money at all By Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
- Aug 12, 2026 The parents who raised their children to be independent often discover in their seventies that independence was so… By The Balance
- Aug 12, 2026 Psychology says people who can't stop scrolling aren't chasing entertainment By The Balance
- Aug 12, 2026 Psychology suggests you can tell someone is truly confident if they let others be right about small things, because… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 12, 2026 The Swinging Sixties were real and also, to a striking degree, a magazine invention By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 12, 2026 A Nordic Council review found loneliness was relatively low overall but reached 31% among people over 80, showing why a… By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 12, 2026 In 2012, David Raichlen put ten humans, eight dogs, and eight ferrets on treadmills and found that only the humans and… By The Balance
- Aug 12, 2026 The proof that a partner is a keeper is quieter than the romance-film version By Scandinavia Standard