tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post9223360432337851725..comments2024-03-28T20:56:34.131+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: A Norse, A Norse, My Kingdom For... Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-70913919225253363292018-05-26T00:26:29.675+01:002018-05-26T00:26:29.675+01:00Yes that is true! There was Ingmar Bergman too.Yes that is true! There was Ingmar Bergman too.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-86726326171153803582018-05-25T22:41:28.620+01:002018-05-25T22:41:28.620+01:00A friend and I are fans of Icelandic dramas and au...A friend and I are fans of Icelandic dramas and authors - and they too are quite dark! But we laugh because one author in particular has killed off more people in her books than I think have been murdered in all of Iceland in the last century and a half! :-) I think they get all the anger out in their literature!<br />I actually rather like the Swedish concept of Lagom (hope I've spelled that correctly) - as I understand it it is contentment based on things being "enough". You aren't always striving for more or stressing about someone getting ahead of you - if you have enough of whatever) then you can be content.Margie from Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103835021764804099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-88086035475986656282018-05-25T21:20:27.041+01:002018-05-25T21:20:27.041+01:00Maybe they hadn't quite discovered their hygge...Maybe they hadn't quite discovered their hygge back in the 50s and that's why the suicide rates were high?<br /><br />Thank you for the book review. I shall look for it in the library.Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-74969427255829775792018-05-25T20:51:52.955+01:002018-05-25T20:51:52.955+01:00Thanks for this correction Philip - it seems that ...Thanks for this correction Philip - it seems that they DID have high suicide rates back in the 50s, but the figures have changed since then [even though the idea persists] But you must agree that they DO have some rather bleak crime dramas on TV - just compare their The Bridge, The Killing and Wallander with our Midsomer Murders or Rosemary and Thyme!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-75380446424290561342018-05-25T08:18:45.597+01:002018-05-25T08:18:45.597+01:00It’s not actually correct that Scandinavian countr...It’s not actually correct that Scandinavian countries have relatively high suicide rates; compared to other OCED countries they are at the lower end, including Norway which has a lower rate than Sweden and Denmark. They frequently appear at the top of happiness surveys and they have relatively lower rates of violent crime and recidivism. I’m sure the concept of hygge (thanks for clarifying the pronunciation!) has something to with it but their social and family policies along with lower rates of inequality also play a role.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.com