Denmark has a culture in which happiness is about the ability to value (worth ship) a cosy break with a nice cup of coffee: i.e. the small things in life. When

Denmark has a culture in which happiness is about the ability to value (worth ship) a cosy break with a nice cup of coffee: i.e. the small things in life. When your criteria of happiness is a nice cup of coffee, it is way easier to rate your life as happy than if the criteria is to earn a pile of money, a McMansion, a SUV and having both kids to college. It becomes possible to have a mediocre life (even semi-bad) and still think of yourself as happy.