HELSINKI, KOMPAS.com – Finland is known as a country where food tastes bland and winters there are long and extreme.
Finnish people are usually quiet, tend to be melancholy, and don’t like the spotlight of many people.
However, who would have thought that this country, which is also famous for its Nokia mobile phones, has been crowned four times in a row the happiest country in the world?
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Yes, success is repeated Finland is the happiest country in the world help them change their global reputation, and improve tourism and business.
Launch the news AFP on Saturday (20/3/2021), here are the keys to Finland being the happiest country in the world.
Helsinki, Finland.-1. World class public facilities, full trust in the government
Finland has advantages in world-class public facilities, low crime rates, moderate social inequality, and high trust in government.
“The basics are very good here. Nobody lives on the streets, we do have unemployment but health services are functioning, mostly like that,” said Ritta Matilainen, a flower seller, to AFP.
Finland’s long, dark winters have been blamed for high alcohol addiction and suicide rates.
However, over the past 10 years public health facilities have helped greatly reduce the number of cases by more than half.
Also read: Successfully Handling Covid-19, Finland Becomes the Happiest Country
Pine forest illustration.-2. Be natural, both in food and in the scenery
Its bland Finnish cuisine and its usual appearance have been derided as something Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had to endure while in office and visiting there, as well as Jacques Chirac when he was in charge of France.
However, restaurateurs and goods manufacturers are now praising the simplicity and natural ingredients of Finnish cuisine.
According to them, this is the key to this northern European country towards prosperity.
Another key to Finnish happiness is to get outside and be able to immediately enjoy the forest, thousands of lakes, traditional hot springs and saunas.
Also read: Looking at life in Finland, the happiest country in the world
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Smile illustration-Finland has also appointed a “happiness ambassador” who is tasked with showing visitors the secrets of well-being there.
In early 2020 tourism to Lapland in northern Finland hit record highs, and attracted more direct investment projects than any other region in the Nordic.
Then when the pandemic closed the tourism sector, destination managers offered virtual tours so that foreign tourists could enjoy Finland’s clean nature from afar.
“Even though people nowadays can’t travel, you can dream of Finland and the bliss of a true relationship with nature, where you can truly relax,” Paavo Virkkunen, head of the Finnish Promotion Service in Business Finland, told AFP.
Also read: Easy Ways to be Happy Like a Finnish Citizen
Laughing illustration-3. Society is low in stress, but …
The dominance of Finland in the last four years as the happiest country in the world has also left one problem.
Joel Willans, a longtime Finnish resident, said a low-stress society has actually lowered Finnish tolerance when something goes wrong.
Willans is a British digital marketer and creator of the social media page Very Finnish Problems, which has been living in Finland since the early 2000s.
“They could be very disadvantaged,” he said. “Their bubble of happiness gets punctured easily when things don’t go perfectly.”
Also read: Sharing with Others Makes Happiness Greater
Illustration of Indonesia, red and white flag-4. Where is Indonesia positioned?
Annual report entitled World Happiness Report which crowned Finland the happiest country in the world, was released on Friday (19/3/2021).
The researchers are behind World Happiness Report used Gallup’s analytical method and asked people in 149 countries to rate their own happiness.
In compiling the report, the researchers also considered other indicators such as the GDP, social support, personal freedom, and the level of corruption of each country.
These indicators have been averaged over the past three years from 2018 to 2020.
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List of the happiest countries in the World Happiness Report released on Friday (19/3/2021).-After Finland, the happiest countries in the world were Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands, respectively.
Indonesia is ranked 82nd on the list. Meanwhile, Afghanistan is at the bottom of the list and has been named the unhappy country in the world this year.
The researchers also compared the 2021 data with previous year’s averages to measure the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a result, they found a significantly higher frequency of negative emotions in more than a third of the countries.
Also read: Corona Virus Detection Dogs at Finnish Airports, How Does It Work?
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Finland has advantages in world-class public facilities, low crime rates, moderate social inequality, and high trust in government.
“The basics are very good here. Nobody lives on the streets, we do have unemployment but health services are functioning, mostly like that,” said Ritta Matilainen, a flower seller, to AFP.
Finland’s long, dark winters have been blamed for high alcohol addiction and suicide rates.
However, over the past 10 years public health facilities have helped greatly reduce the number of cases by more than half.
Also read: Successfully Handling Covid-19, Finland Becomes the Happiest Country
Pine forest illustration.-2. Be natural, both in food and in the scenery
Its bland Finnish cuisine and its usual appearance have been derided as something Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had to endure while in office and visiting there, as well as Jacques Chirac when he was in charge of France.
However, restaurateurs and goods manufacturers are now praising the simplicity and natural ingredients of Finnish cuisine.
According to them, this is the key to this northern European country towards prosperity.
Another key to Finnish happiness is to get outside and be able to immediately enjoy the forest, thousands of lakes, traditional hot springs and saunas.
Also read: Looking at life in Finland, the happiest country in the world
photo" data-photolink="http://www.kompas.com/global/image/2021/03/21/124936170/ini-cara-finlandia-jadi-negara-paling-bahagia-sedunia-bisakah-indonesia?page=4" style=" max-width: 100% ; width:750px "> Smile illustration-Finland has also appointed a “happiness ambassador” who is tasked with showing visitors the secrets of well-being there.
In early 2020 tourism to Lapland in northern Finland hit record highs, and attracted more direct investment projects than any other region in the Nordic.
Then when the pandemic closed the tourism sector, destination managers offered virtual tours so that foreign tourists could enjoy Finland’s clean nature from afar.
“Even though people nowadays can’t travel, you can dream of Finland and the bliss of a true relationship with nature, where you can truly relax,” Paavo Virkkunen, head of the Finnish Promotion Service in Business Finland, told AFP.
Also read: Easy Ways to be Happy Like a Finnish Citizen
Laughing illustration-3. Society is low in stress, but …
The dominance of Finland in the last four years as the happiest country in the world has also left one problem.
Joel Willans, a longtime Finnish resident, said a low-stress society has actually lowered Finnish tolerance when something goes wrong.
Willans is a British digital marketer and creator of the social media page Very Finnish Problems, which has been living in Finland since the early 2000s.
“They could be very disadvantaged,” he said. “Their bubble of happiness gets punctured easily when things don’t go perfectly.”
Also read: Sharing with Others Makes Happiness Greater
Illustration of Indonesia, red and white flag-4. Where is Indonesia positioned?
Annual report entitled World Happiness Report which crowned Finland the happiest country in the world, was released on Friday (19/3/2021).
The researchers are behind World Happiness Report used Gallup’s analytical method and asked people in 149 countries to rate their own happiness.
In compiling the report, the researchers also considered other indicators such as the GDP, social support, personal freedom, and the level of corruption of each country.
These indicators have been averaged over the past three years from 2018 to 2020.
photo" data-photolink="http://www.kompas.com/global/image/2021/03/21/124936170/ini-cara-finlandia-jadi-negara-paling-bahagia-sedunia-bisakah-indonesia?page=7" style=" max-width: 100% ; width:750px "> List of the happiest countries in the World Happiness Report released on Friday (19/3/2021).-After Finland, the happiest countries in the world were Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands, respectively.
Indonesia is ranked 82nd on the list. Meanwhile, Afghanistan is at the bottom of the list and has been named the unhappy country in the world this year.
The researchers also compared the 2021 data with previous year’s averages to measure the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a result, they found a significantly higher frequency of negative emotions in more than a third of the countries.
Also read: Corona Virus Detection Dogs at Finnish Airports, How Does It Work?
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Pine forest illustration.-2. Be natural, both in food and in the scenery
Its bland Finnish cuisine and its usual appearance have been derided as something Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had to endure while in office and visiting there, as well as Jacques Chirac when he was in charge of France.
However, restaurateurs and goods manufacturers are now praising the simplicity and natural ingredients of Finnish cuisine.
According to them, this is the key to this northern European country towards prosperity.
Another key to Finnish happiness is to get outside and be able to immediately enjoy the forest, thousands of lakes, traditional hot springs and saunas.
Also read: Looking at life in Finland, the happiest country in the world
Smile illustration-Finland has also appointed a “happiness ambassador” who is tasked with showing visitors the secrets of well-being there.
In early 2020 tourism to Lapland in northern Finland hit record highs, and attracted more direct investment projects than any other region in the Nordic.
Then when the pandemic closed the tourism sector, destination managers offered virtual tours so that foreign tourists could enjoy Finland’s clean nature from afar.
“Even though people nowadays can’t travel, you can dream of Finland and the bliss of a true relationship with nature, where you can truly relax,” Paavo Virkkunen, head of the Finnish Promotion Service in Business Finland, told AFP.
Also read: Easy Ways to be Happy Like a Finnish Citizen
Laughing illustration-3. Society is low in stress, but …
The dominance of Finland in the last four years as the happiest country in the world has also left one problem.
Joel Willans, a longtime Finnish resident, said a low-stress society has actually lowered Finnish tolerance when something goes wrong.
Willans is a British digital marketer and creator of the social media page Very Finnish Problems, which has been living in Finland since the early 2000s.
“They could be very disadvantaged,” he said. “Their bubble of happiness gets punctured easily when things don’t go perfectly.”
Also read: Sharing with Others Makes Happiness Greater
Illustration of Indonesia, red and white flag-4. Where is Indonesia positioned?
Annual report entitled World Happiness Report which crowned Finland the happiest country in the world, was released on Friday (19/3/2021).
The researchers are behind World Happiness Report used Gallup’s analytical method and asked people in 149 countries to rate their own happiness.
In compiling the report, the researchers also considered other indicators such as the GDP, social support, personal freedom, and the level of corruption of each country.
These indicators have been averaged over the past three years from 2018 to 2020.
photo" data-photolink="http://www.kompas.com/global/image/2021/03/21/124936170/ini-cara-finlandia-jadi-negara-paling-bahagia-sedunia-bisakah-indonesia?page=7" style=" max-width: 100% ; width:750px "> List of the happiest countries in the World Happiness Report released on Friday (19/3/2021).-After Finland, the happiest countries in the world were Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands, respectively.
Indonesia is ranked 82nd on the list. Meanwhile, Afghanistan is at the bottom of the list and has been named the unhappy country in the world this year.
The researchers also compared the 2021 data with previous year’s averages to measure the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a result, they found a significantly higher frequency of negative emotions in more than a third of the countries.
Also read: Corona Virus Detection Dogs at Finnish Airports, How Does It Work?
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Laughing illustration-3. Society is low in stress, but …
The dominance of Finland in the last four years as the happiest country in the world has also left one problem.
Joel Willans, a longtime Finnish resident, said a low-stress society has actually lowered Finnish tolerance when something goes wrong.
Willans is a British digital marketer and creator of the social media page Very Finnish Problems, which has been living in Finland since the early 2000s.
“They could be very disadvantaged,” he said. “Their bubble of happiness gets punctured easily when things don’t go perfectly.”
Also read: Sharing with Others Makes Happiness Greater
Illustration of Indonesia, red and white flag-4. Where is Indonesia positioned?
Annual report entitled World Happiness Report which crowned Finland the happiest country in the world, was released on Friday (19/3/2021).
The researchers are behind World Happiness Report used Gallup’s analytical method and asked people in 149 countries to rate their own happiness.
In compiling the report, the researchers also considered other indicators such as the GDP, social support, personal freedom, and the level of corruption of each country.
These indicators have been averaged over the past three years from 2018 to 2020.
photo" data-photolink="http://www.kompas.com/global/image/2021/03/21/124936170/ini-cara-finlandia-jadi-negara-paling-bahagia-sedunia-bisakah-indonesia?page=7" style=" max-width: 100% ; width:750px "> List of the happiest countries in the World Happiness Report released on Friday (19/3/2021).-After Finland, the happiest countries in the world were Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands, respectively.
Indonesia is ranked 82nd on the list. Meanwhile, Afghanistan is at the bottom of the list and has been named the unhappy country in the world this year.
The researchers also compared the 2021 data with previous year’s averages to measure the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a result, they found a significantly higher frequency of negative emotions in more than a third of the countries.
Also read: Corona Virus Detection Dogs at Finnish Airports, How Does It Work?
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Illustration of Indonesia, red and white flag-4. Where is Indonesia positioned?
Annual report entitled World Happiness Report which crowned Finland the happiest country in the world, was released on Friday (19/3/2021).
The researchers are behind World Happiness Report used Gallup’s analytical method and asked people in 149 countries to rate their own happiness.
In compiling the report, the researchers also considered other indicators such as the GDP, social support, personal freedom, and the level of corruption of each country.
These indicators have been averaged over the past three years from 2018 to 2020.
List of the happiest countries in the World Happiness Report released on Friday (19/3/2021).-After Finland, the happiest countries in the world were Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands, respectively.
Indonesia is ranked 82nd on the list. Meanwhile, Afghanistan is at the bottom of the list and has been named the unhappy country in the world this year.
The researchers also compared the 2021 data with previous year’s averages to measure the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a result, they found a significantly higher frequency of negative emotions in more than a third of the countries.
Also read: Corona Virus Detection Dogs at Finnish Airports, How Does It Work?
– .
