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Aug 2 A nine-study 2004 paper developed an entitlement scale Scandinavia Standard
Aug 2 The belief that living near the sea makes people happier is more than a holiday feeling Lachlan Brown
Aug 2 When Denmark retired its old NemID login system in 2023, official figures showed only 31,000 people were still using… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 2 Iceland shortened the working week without reducing pay, while Gothenburg’s six-hour care trial cost about 12 million… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 2 Study after study finds that morning people report being happier than night owls, but the reason may be less about the… Lachlan Brown
Aug 2 Psychology says the loneliest people in a room are often the most socially skilled because they learned early to… Brendan Brown
Aug 2 Psychology says the reason most people never change their lives isn't fear of failure Brendan Brown
Aug 2 Psychology says the most dangerous form of loneliness isn't being alone Brendan Brown
Aug 2 Psychology says the 1960s and 70s accidentally produced one of the most emotionally durable generations in modern… Brendan Brown
Aug 2 Aksel Sandemose's 1933 satire coined ten rules against pretending to be better than everyone else, and a 2018 Norwegian… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 1 Psychology says people who are liked by almost everyone but close to almost no one aren’t mysterious or emotionally… Lachlan Brown
Aug 1 Most people brace for happiness to fade as they age, but for decades the large surveys showed the reverse in later life Lachlan Brown
Aug 1 People who hate small talk usually judge it as failed conversation, but the anthropologist who named it a century ago… Lachlan Brown
Aug 1 If you are the kind of introvert who quietly dreads small talk, Finland is one of the few places where that reads as… Lachlan Brown
Aug 1 The country that has topped the World Happiness Report for nine years running is Finland, which is not part of… Lachlan Brown
Aug 1 A 2025 Swedish cohort study of 2,722 young adults found perceived friend support predicted lower anxiety specifically… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 1 A 2022 Finnish study validating the Sisu Scale found that pushing through discomfort splits into two separate traits… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 1 A 2005 study of 49 cultures in the journal Science found perceptions of national character rarely match measured… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 1 A 2019 randomized trial of 33 sedentary older adults found eight weeks of Nordic walking with poles improved balance… Scandinavia Standard
Jul 31 Psychology says people who are described as "so easy to talk to" but rarely get invited anywhere aren't being overlooked Lachlan Brown