Similar research shows that employees in Nordic countries are more motivated by corporate and team goals.
The Nordic countries have by and large avoided the worst aspects of the Eurozone crisis.
In the Nordic countries and much of Europe, however, the beast remains well fed.
The Nordic countries, together with Ireland, have a combined population of close to 30 million.
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He said that while the age in England was "10 years... in Nordic countries it's 15 years".
Britain and the Nordic countries have led the way in Europe in liberalising gas and electricity markets.
Neither of these tinctures, though, provides the social protection enjoyed by the Nordic countries and the Netherlands.
All sides deny that (and Norway, like the other Nordic countries, is generally an enthusiast for enlargement).
Luck has played a part: Estonia has been pulled up by recovery in Germany and the Nordic countries.
"The Nordic countries get dark earlier in the day, and everyone has candles lit in the windows, " Jensen says.
New Zealand and the Nordic countries are particularly keen on getting women back to work and children into kindergartens.
Notably, customers in the UK, Ireland and Nordic countries did not experience issues.
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The clash may also hurt the foreign-policy efforts of Nordic countries more broadly.
Over 20 cities in the Nordic countries have 4G with speeds up to ten times higher than in turbo 3G.
The UK was lagging at least two years behind the Nordic countries in its use of the internet, he added.
Strong community health care and good coverage by public health programmes help to explain why Nordic countries rank so highly.
Though Norwegian families have been disintegrating a bit more slowly than in other Nordic countries, the trends are the same.
As the Nordic countries' identities change, will they be able to hold on to their old tolerant, rich and happy dream?
Despite the clear differences between the five countries, there are good reasons for the Nordic countries to want to co-operate more closely.
Along with healthy acceptance in the U.K., Netflix will benefit from its expansion in Nordic countries of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway.
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Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said that all of the Nordic countries agreed that all of the applicants should be allowed in.
As well as PC World and The Link in the UK, the group owns Elkjop in the Nordic countries, and UniEuro in Italy.
France and most of the Nordic countries have embraced such policies and been rewarded with a rise in fertility close to replacement level.
But Mr. Barth Eide said that, days ahead of the meeting, the Nordic countries are unclear on the views of Canada, the U.S. and Russia.
Many of the Nordic countries have hit the 20% threshold already.
As the figure below shows, more people said that going to work for themselves was possible than actually wanted to do so in the Nordic countries.
As the Nordic countries' population ages, there will be many more openings for foreigners in medicine, the caring professions and other jobs, especially in the public sector.
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Following its launch in Canada towards the end of 2010, the company expanded to Latin America, the U.K., Ireland and Nordic countries of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway.
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Though social democrats, who invented the Scandinavian model, are still in power in four Nordic countries (as part of a five-party coalition in Finland), their hold is tenuous.
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