The Nordic Secret: A European Story of Beauty and Freedom

by Lene Rachel Andersen

Overview

Surveys show that the Nordic countries have strong democracies, are among the best for business and startups, score high on human capital, have the most liveable cities, happiest peoples, strong economies, and much more...

How did the Nordics get there?

And what is Rosa Parks doing on the cover?

The Nordic Secret first came out in 2017 and has inspired people around the globe.

Discover how Denmark, Norway, and Sweden went from dirt poor agricultural societies in 1850 to wealthy, modern nations by 1920. Go on an amazing journey together with pastors, poets, common people, some Danish royals, and the so-called schoolmen as they lifted Scandinavia from the bottom. The heroes of this transformation: a stubborn school teacher and some young farmhands.

As new technologies and globalization are revamping our societies, what can we learn from the past and from the Nordics, and how they transformed during industrialization? And how can we approach human flourishing and meaning-making in times of great change?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788793791190
Publisher:	Nordic Bildung
Publication date:	01/30/2024
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	530
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.44(d)

About the Author

Lene Rachel Andersen is a full member of the Club of Rome, President of the Copenhagen based think tank Nordic Bildung, and co-founder of the Global Bildung Network.She is an economist, author, futurist, philosopher and bildung activist. After studying business economy for three years, she worked as a substitute teacher before she studied theology and wrote entertainment for Danish television until becoming a fulltime writer with a focus on technological development, big history, and the future of humanity.Since 2005, Lene Rachel Andersen has written 20 books and received two Danish democracy awards: Ebbe Kløvedal-Reich Democracy Baton (2007) and Døssing Prisen, the Danish librarians' democracy prize (2012).