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EPISODE · Jan 24, 2024

Nordic Norm? The ‘Just Enough’ Life

from Why We Wrote This · host The Christian Science Monitor

Sweden is, of course, more complex than the Utopian collective that some have long considered it to be. That’s not to say that its societal emphasis on better living doesn’t persist. Writer Erika Page reported from around Sweden on the aspirational concept of “lagom” – essentially, a life kept in balance. She tells host Clay Collins about the reporting, and what it showed about a Scandinavian concept that reflects a universal yearning.

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