These Scandinavian countries do have higher than average suicide rates...
https://worldpopulationreview.com/co...ate-by-countryIn 2019, Sweden had 14.7 suicides per 100,000 people. Historically, Sweden has had a high suicide rate, with the most suicides in the developed world during the 1960s. That may have been due, at least in part, to cultural attitudes regarding suicide and long, dark winters, particularly in the northern regions.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1293625/There are great differences in the suicide rates in the closely related Nordic countries. The suicide rates are higher in Finland, especially in males, and Denmark, especially in females, and lower in Norway and Iceland, with Sweden in a middle position.
So, they may be happy, but they've got issues too...
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