Well, technically, there are few reasons for Danes to be unhappy. High salaries, low workloads, free healthcare and education, somewhat efficient government ser

Well, technically, there are few reasons for Danes to be unhappy. High salaries, low workloads, free healthcare and education, somewhat efficient government services and low bureaucratic load. I spent there about 6 months, so I don't exactly know. But there's some dystopian feeling about all this. All Danes have social security numbers which are deeply integrated into all government services; all information (including healthcare, bank accounts, childcare services etc.) are accessible online by it (using MFA). To "fit in" and not being heroic is the general theme of Danish culture, something that they teach their children. "See these identical Lego blocks? They are essentially the same, and don't do much on their own, but you can build different things from them, to be fit for different purposes. This is how society works." — a Dane might explain. Lego is Danish invention; it is an acronym for "play well together". No wonder quite a few people are depressed there.