COPENHAGEN – Denmark, perhaps better known for its fictional, suicide-agonizing prince Hamlet and fierce marauding Vikings than being a nation of the happiest people, has just won that very accolade. Again.
The United Nations has made it official: It found Danes to be the happiest people on Earth, in a study of 156 countries.
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Knud Christensen, a 39-year-old social worker, knows one reason why his compatriots are laid-back – they feel secure in a country with few natural disasters, little corruption and a near absence of drastic events.
“We have no worries,” Christensen said smiling, as he stood on a Copenhagen street near the capital’s City Hall. “And if we do worry, it’s about the weather. Will it rain today, or remain grey or will it be cold?”
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Canada was listed in sixth place, behind Switzerland in second spot, Iceland, Norway and Finland.
– With files from The Canadian Press
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