Summary: World’s happiest nations: 1. Finland 2. Denmark 3. Iceland | Borgen Season Four: Netflix Premiere | Finnair’s ‘Northern route diploma’ | ‘The way home’: surf in Northern Iceland | Whaling in Iceland | Bluetooth technology named after the Danish King | The longest reconstructed Viking ship in the world returns to water | The Greenlandic Association Football Championship | ‘Eliteserien’: Norwegian top tier baseball division | Faroe Islands Association football Premier League | The Nordic Podcast
World’s happiest nations: 1. Finland 2. Denmark 3. Iceland
Let’s see how the Nordic Countries fare in the World Happiness Report
Borgen Season Four: Netflix Premiere
Netflix has just announced that season four of Borgen (‘Power & Glory’ or ‘Riget, Magten og Æren’) is to premiere next month in the Nordic countries, and worldwide in June, starring once again Sidse Babett Knudsen as Birgitte Nyborg
Finnair’s ‘Northern route diploma’
If a Finnair Asian flight is operated over the North Pole, the passenger will be rewarded with a ‘Northern route diploma’, as it used to happen back in the 1980s
‘The way home’: surf in Northern Iceland
Follow renowned Icelandic surf filmmaker Elli Thor as he heads into the northern part of Iceland to reconnect with real life: the waves are actually really good
Iceland is among the few countries in the world to hunt whales commercially, and it announced in February its plan to end the practice from 2024
Bluetooth technology named after the Danish King
Bluetooth technology owes its name to the 10th-century Scandinavian king Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, who ruled as King of Denmark from c. 958 to c. 986
The Greenlandic Association Football Championship
Established in 1954, the Greenlandic Football Championship (Isikkamik Arsaalluni Pissartanngorniunneq), also known as the Coca-Cola GM Football Championship, is the premier football competition in Greenland.
The longest reconstructed Viking ship in the world returns to water
On April 9 the 30-meter-long Viking ship Havhingsten (‘the Sea Stallion’) will return to water after a long time at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde
‘Eliteserien’: Norwegian top tier baseball division
Eliteserien is the top tier league of baseball in Norway, and reigning champions are the ‘Oslo Pretenders’
Faroe Islands Association football Premier League
Founded in 1942, the Faroe Islands Premier League is the top tier of association football in the Faroe Islands: current champions are Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag (Faroese for Sports Club of Klaksvík)
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