Weather has a major effect on the disposition of the people living in a region.

From what I recall, it's just a cultural thing.

Thanks for educating me early this morning!

What results in the Danes having such low expectations? Do you know? 

cryotosensei

Scandinavia is a very high trust and homogeneous society. That often makes people less angry about taxes.

econ

Income Taxes Don't Disincentivize Work

Undisciplined

1. Happiness literature is preposterous and extremely inconsistent.
2. When they dug into why the Danish scored so high, it was because they had very low expectations. That prevented them from feeling disappointment very often, which was part of the ranking process.

Scandinavia is a very high trust and homogeneous society. That often makes people less angry about taxes.