Norway tops global happiness report overtaking Denmark

 

March 23, 2017



HELSINKI (AP) – A global happiness report has made Norway's foreign minister, well, happy.

Norway jumped to top spot in the World Happiness Report despite the plummeting price of oil a key part of its economy but researchers said it's the “human things” that matter, such as a feeling of community which is strong in the Scandinavian country of 5 million.

Reacting to the news Monday, Foreign Minister Borge Brende tweeted: “A good start on a Monday mrn: Norway the world's happiest country in a new report that calls on nations to build social trust and equality.”

In the report on 155...



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