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FinlandOverview: Finland shines with its high quality of life, beautiful nature, and strong community support. It's no wonder Finns are some of the happiest people on earth.
IcelandOverview: Iceland offers stunning landscapes and a tight-knit society, making it a joyful place to live. The natural beauty and close connections among people add to their happiness.
SwedenOverview: Sweden focuses on equality, sustainability, and a high standard of living. These values help create a happy and fulfilling environment for its people.
IsraelOverview: Israel is vibrant with its rich culture and diverse communities. This lively and inclusive atmosphere makes it one of the happiest countries.
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Even though Svalbard is its own country, many of the families within Svalbard follow the same structure and function as Norway, since the majority of the residents are Norwegian. Since this is the case, Norwegian is the official language used within the country. For Svalbard, families usually remain small as the parents within the household teach their children to grow independent and take responsibility for their own decisions and actions. The average age a child usually stays in the house is 19. After that, they either move out or attend university elsewhere since Svalbard doesn’t have a college [2].
Within these households, there is no patriarchy, and the parents are considered equal. This means that both men and women are expected to do the same kinds of jobs and work just as much as the other. They even earn the same amount of money and have shared responsibilities within the house and raising their children [1]. Men and women are free to marry who they please, but it isn’t uncommon within this culture to have children before they get married. They
look at marriage as a “trophy” of their accomplishments that they’ve achieved together. This means that the average marriage age is around 38 for men and women.
Recently, Svalbard has become a popular country for Thai people to immigrate. As of right now, around 200 Thai individuals. It has become a popular area to immigrate to because no visa or work permit is required to live there [4]. I would imagine if more Thai people moved up to Svalbard, their family structure and function may change. For example, Thai families are patriarchal. This means that the oldest living man within the household is in charge. Newlyweds
may also live with their parents until they begin having children. The men of Thai families usually follow their father within his line of work. The elderly within the family is also valued and respected because of their amount of wisdom [3]. I believe that if Thai immigration
continues to occur in Svalbard, their traditions may begin to slightly change.
Work Cited
Lebowitz, Shana. “Norwegians Prefer to Have Children before Saying ‘I Do.’” World Economic Forum, 2018, www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/one-of-the-happiestcountries-in-the-world-does-marriage-differently-from-most-everywhere-else/.
Scroope, Chara. “Thai Culture - Family.” Cultural Atlas, 2016, culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/thaiculture/thai-culture-family
Sokolickova, Zdenka. “The Golden Opportunity? Migration to Svalbard from Thailand and the Philippines.” Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 27 Sept. 2022, journalnjmr.org/articles/10.33134/njmr.488.
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Summary: As per an UN report, Finland has turned into the happiest country on earth overwhelming Norway. It was in the fifth spot a year ago. The World Happiness Report appraised the satisfaction levels of 156 nations in light of elements like future, social help and defilement. Dissimilar to earlier years, the report from the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network additionally assessed the joy of workers in 117 nations. It's seen that the vast majority of the Nordic nations incorporating Switzerland are close in their scores. Nordic nations are beating out everyone else in regions like sound future, social help, opportunity, trust, pay, liberality and trust.
There was a "essentially higher recurrence of negative emotions" in a little more than 33% of the nations, the report creators said, probably highlighting the impacts of the pandemic. In any case, things improved for 22 nations. A few Asian nations fared better compared to they had in last year's rankings, while China moved to 84th spot from 94th. "Overall, a decrease in prosperity when estimated by individuals' own assessment of their lives," John Helliwell, one of the report's creators, said in an explanation. "One potential clarification is that individuals see Covid-19 as a typical, outside danger influencing everyone and that this has created a more noteworthy feeling of fortitude and individual inclination."
Finland "positioned extremely high on the proportions of shared trust that have assisted with safeguarding lives and livelihoods during the pandemic", the creators said. The Nordic country of 5.5 million individuals has overseen much better than most of Europe during the pandemic, with a little more than 70,000 cases and 805 passings, as indicated by Johns Hopkins University.
What makes Finland the happiest country?
The Happiness Research Institute said "Gross domestic product per capita in Finland is lower than its adjoining Nordic nations and is a lot lower than that of the US. The Finns are great at changing over abundance into prosperity." According to Wiking, the public compensation is probably the most noteworthy charge and residents are on the side of that since it is a venture that covers significant parts of their life like medical services and instruction. Medical services and schooling are absolutely the primary regions that have an enormous impact on our prosperity.
The country is ranked as the most stable, safest and the best governed country in the world. Another important point to be noted about Finland, it is the least corrupt country in the world. The police of ‘the happiest country’ are also the world’s most trusted.
Finland has been ranked "the happiest country" in the world for the third year in a row and Helsinki claimed the top spot as the world's happiest city (Sustainable Development Solutions Network, a UN initiative). I believe we should take these types reports and indices (most liveable, best work life balance, best city, best quality of life, smartest city) with a grain of salt, however there is still so much to think and talk about in these analyses. Of course we should start with the word happy; maybe content is a better word. Helsinki has been doing great in literally each of these so being a happy city is no coincidence. Personally I mostly enjoyed the part in the report where they dispel the myths contradicting Finnish happiness; weather, being a small country, homogeneous society and suicide rates. The data from all over the world shows that weather has little to do with people's understanding of happiness, being a small country doesn't make it easier for people to be happy, ethnic diversity has nothing to do with reduced trust, and Finland's suicide rate is same as Germany, France, USA and most EU countries. From whichever perspective you look at things, it is obvious that Helsinki has been doing many things right. . . . #atamantourshelsinki #atamantours #walkingtours #privatetours #citytours #tourguide #helsinkiwalks #helsinki #finland🇫🇮 #visitfinland #visithelsinki #myhelsinki #helsinkiofficial #ourfinland #happiestcountry #happiestcity #mostliveablecity #smartestcity #sdsn #un #content #welfarestate #germany #france #usa #eu (at Helsinki) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHNSlf_gLIs/?igshid=khkyfadk5hal