Secure
We travel around the world, but we carry our Scandinavian values with us like a peacefully built-in oasis. We are confident in our conviction that what is necessary for a good life will also be around tomorrow.
Feeling secure is vibrant village communities in a frozen landscape with all the unwritten agreements that link the individuals living here together. That the communities are well-functioning, are human and open to continued improvement. Being able to influence without threatening this lifestyle.
People leaving the continent, travelling to Scandinavia comes to a different world. It is a world where people of three nationalities understand each other’s spoken language and body language with ease. An area where the occasional somewhat more leisurely Scandinavian tempo is a recognisable and appreciated trait.
The Scandinavian countries are like siblings who have developed differently and matured into individuals with unique personal appear-ances. Despite friendly bickering from time to time, the family members have always resembled each other and respected each other.
The common cornerstones are confidence in government institutions, the feeling of putting high value on common cause , the desire to live in safe and secure conditions and the resistance to accept large differences between different groups’ living conditions.
The Scandinavian way of building a habitable and good society is to continuously balance various competing interests. We have learned to be steadfast on this chosen course.