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Originally Posted by kozzm0

If being former feudal overlord of Norway and Finland means secondary, I guess Sweden is a secondary state... Norway got its independence just in time to win the race to the South Pole

It's amazing there's any countries at all in Scandinavia, what with all the freezing cold mountains and swamps. I think Amundsen was just tired of the place and was trying to get as far away from it as possible, and ended up at the South Pole.

I'm not Scandinavian but my great-grandfather was from Finland, and he too tried to get as far away from there as possible, but he ended up in Canada which was even worse, so he went to Minnesota which is the coldest, most miserable, swamp-infested place of all, and then he died. Sad story.

OK I'm done lampooning people's countries...

In danger of being arrogant I quote:

N: Norway is the world's best place to live
For the fourth year in a row, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has ranked Norway as having the highest standard of living in the world. The ranking is based largely on average levels of education and income, combined with expected length of lifetime.

The report measured standards of living in 177 countries around the world. Other Nordic countries are also ranked high, with Sweden in second place, Iceland in 7th place, Finland 13th and Denmark 17th.