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Sources/further reading:
https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2020/the-nordic-exceptionalism-what-explains-why-the-nordic-countries-are-constantly-among-the-happiest-in-the-world/
https://taxfoundation.org/scandinavian-countries-taxes-2021/
https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/norway/sweden
https://nordicperspective.com/facts/nordic-vs-scandinavian
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/12/03/social-trust-in-advanced-economies-is-lower-among-young-people-and-those-with-less-education/
https://www.econstor.eu/dspace/bitstream/10419/44134/1/394929810.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of_coastline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway%E2%80%93Sweden_border
https://www.speedtest.net/global-index/sweden
https://www.speedtest.net/global-index/norway
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/sports/olympics/swedens-cross-country-skiing-success-rattles-norway.html
https://www.lovemoney.com/news/85476/norway-oil-reserves-norges-investment-fund-returns-strategy
https://slate.com/culture/2009/12/sweden-s-bizarre-tradition-of-watching-donald-duck-kalle-anka-cartoons-on-christmas-eve.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/1044330824/norway-electric-vehicle-car-sales-evs
https://sweden.se/culture/history/history-of-sweden
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/history-of-norway/
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So which is better? Sweden or Norway? As always, if you are actually FROM one of these two amazing countries, I want to hear from you. Thanks to my good friend Dan for looking over this script. Many of his ancestors came over from Norway to moved the Midwest in the 1800s.