Nordic cultures

The Last Equality Study Showed a Grimmer Perspective on Equality

Victor Karandashev
 

Many modern societies have made great strides in promoting social equality. Some nations promote equality more than others. In Western and northern European countries, social equality has advanced quickly. The U.S. equality movement is slower. Voters and policymakers often oppose equality legislation. […]

These Experiments Show Why Equality Is Bad or Looks Bad

Victor Karandashev
 

Many modern societies have made great strides toward implementing social policies and practices that promote social equality. However, cultural values of equality spread more rapidly in some nations than in others. Significant progress toward social equality, for example, has occurred relatively quickly […]

These Experiments Show Hidden Reasons Why Privileged Social Classes Can Be Against Equality

Victor Karandashev
 

The social policies and practices of social equality have progressed significantly in many contemporary societies. People in some countries, such as Scandinavia and other North European countries, adopted equality cultural values more quickly and easily than in others. However, in the United […]

Free Scandinavian Love

Victor Karandashev
 

For many Scandinavians, love is a free relationship between independent individuals. Their national cultural ideas and policies of freedom, independence, and equality in interpersonal relations encourage their culture of love. The free Scandinavian love in the countries of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and […]

Free Scandinavian Marriages and Free Families

Victor Karandashev
 

Marriages and families in Scandinavian countries are the free unions of independent individuals. “Open unions” are widely accepted in those societies. Men and women in both certified and uncertified marriages have equal rights and responsibilities. Do Marriages still Exist in Scandinavian Countries? […]

How Different Are the Irish and Scandinavian Styles of Interpersonal Interactions?

Victor Karandashev
 

Irish and Scandinavian cultures have something in common between them, as well as with other Western cultures. Yet, people differ in their styles of interpersonal interaction and emotionality. Scholars who study cultures and compare them have looked at Western and Eastern societies […]

How Do Nordic People Experience and Express Emotions?

Victor Karandashev
 

The Nordic countries comprise Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and some other regional territories. The countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are called Scandinavian societies because of their cultural similarities. So, these Scandinavian countries are parts of the Nordic region. The term […]

What Makes the Nordic Cultures so Unique?

Victor Karandashev
 

The Nordic countries represent a cultural region in Northern Europe, which includes the countries of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and some other territories. The terms “Nordic” and “Scandinavian” have been used interchangeably. Technically, these two notions overlap. Scandinavian cultures, considered in […]