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Fortune
Adam Gale

The Nordic approach to business builds empowerment, team spirit and engagement. But can you copy it?

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Nordic countries are known for being happy, with high incomes, robust welfare support and easy access to nature. Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden are in fact the world’s four happiest countries according to the latest UN-sponsored World Happiness Report, with Norway coming in 7th.  

It turns out, many people are happy at work there too. Nordic-headquartered businesses occupy ten spaces on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For – Europe list, despite their countries constituting under 4% of the continent’s population.  

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