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In reply to the discussion: Why is Denmark the happiest country in the world? [View all]Diclotican
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Denmark, Sweden and Norway is rather full of the Protestant work ethic thank you - Denmark was Protestant before the 1520s - and in 1537 Norway also ended up as a Protestant country - courtesy of the Danish crow who dissolved the Catholic Church in 1537 - and took its land and riches to Copenhagen - most of the land who the Danish Crown managed to get his hands on - was later sold to rich people - but a large chunk of it have to this day been part of the State Owned property - that be the government who in one way or another own and operate the land as the property owner, even if some of it is rented out to others to be used.....
But Denmark, Sweden and Norway lack the Puritanism ideology - for the most part the ones who had that ideology emigrated to US as fast as it was possible for them to emigrate - and some of the first ones who emigrated to the US, in the early 1800s was people who was feeling they was prosecuted for their belief - and that they was in danger of being attacked by the officially protestantic Church..
Diclotican