GlobalHappiness

04/04/2014

Happiest nation in the world according to Instagram? And the winner is ... Of course - Brazil! Sweden scored nr 100. Well, we did at least beat Saudi Arabia...

Frequency and size of smiles were analyzed for the ranking.

05/01/2014

Well,nyou cannot expect everyone to like you...

My account of not being able to ask citizens in Bahrain about their view on happiness created a lot of interest in social media. For me, never before being involved in the Bahrain issue, it was quite interesting to learn more about how the “truth” is presented in social media channels. For example,...

28/12/2013

Can you be happy in Bahrain? Here is the account from todays visit which took me as far as to the airport of before beeing deported.

Over the last years I have been travelling all over the world, going to countries where I have not yet been before and asking people about what it is in their lives that’s makes them happy. The aim is to visit and meet people in 50 countries where I hade not yet been, in addition to the about 100 co...

20/02/2013

http://global.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=194616&contentlan=3&culture=sv-FI

Istället för att använda bruttonationalprodukten som mätare undersöks i Bhutan hur lyckliga invånarna är. Bruttonationallyckan integreras också i läroplanen för Bhutans grundutbildning.

16/01/2013

Soon off again. Anyone who has been in Suriname or British Guyana who could shed some light on two quite remote countries?

31/12/2012

Burma in March. Another great moment from 2012.

31/12/2012

Yes, more pictures to be taken next year (Bratislava, upcoming city in the little part of the world called Europe)

31/12/2012

Coolest cafe visit during 2012? possibly. Esfahan, Iran.

31/12/2012

The revolution is still cool! Happiness in Tunisia

31/12/2012

Playing the pachinko. Is this what makes you happy in Tokyo?

05/11/2012

Now I know what makes people in Brunei happy

04/11/2012

Tomorrow - time for a new land - Brunei!

07/10/2012

Here for dure is something that makes people in Kyrgyzstan happy!

06/10/2012

Now I know what makes Peppe in Kyrgyzstan happy!

24/09/2012

Next week - on the way to Kyrgyzstan! Tell me who I should meet!

14/07/2012

Things that makes you happy! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/opinion/sunday/bruni-in-urban-parks-our-newly-lush-life.html?_r=2&smid=tw-share

In New York and other cities, there’s a verdure that defies the dark times.

24/06/2012

Tomorrow, time for a new (but quite small) country - Andorra!

04/06/2012

A moment of happiness in Yaoundé?

29/05/2012

Yaoundé - feels like a cool place! Wonder if they are happy?

28/05/2012

This is Villagio in Quatar, the mall where 13 children died today. it was part of my Global happiness project, but now, not even the absurdity of the place can make you happy.

28/05/2012

Tomorrow - Cameroon!

20/05/2012

http://globalhappiness.se/photo/could-journey-be-told-through-receipts

24/04/2012

Updating has been a bit slow (due to excess in traveling), but now, more should be on the way

22/02/2012

Can you be happy in Hebron?

02/02/2012

Global Happiness will be part of the international Pecha-Kucha, Berns Stockholm, February 7th. Be there! http://www.formmagazine.com/en/international_pechakucha.aspx

International Pechakucha

30/01/2012

On the Happiness trail in Nepal!

29/01/2012

Is Qatar the most boring country in the world? Today I hope to find the answer!

28/01/2012

Working like a dog? No, not really..

This is not really "working as a dog", but happiness? Yes, indeed, and a lazy afternoon with drums in the background at the beach of Toubab Dialao in Senegal.

23/01/2012

Tomorrow Nepal!

12/01/2012

Today its two years since the earthquake in Haiti that killed about 300 000 persons. What is happiness in Haiti today? Meet Desulme Junior, street painter.

I meet Desulme Junior just by chance in the area Boutilier, high up in the hills above the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. Desulme is one of several local painters, selling their work to the (mostly) development assistance workers that have flooded Haiti after the devastating earthquake in January 2...

10/01/2012

Can a human rights activist in Belarus be happy? Meet Slava!

I meet Slava in a club in the outskirts of Minsk. It is the day after the Pride festival, the first I many years. The manifestation could not take place in central Minsk and in the end it the participants where few (many more did not dare). Despite all, Slava faces the future with optimism: Belarus ...

08/01/2012

Crossing the language barrier in Belgrade!

Bajs is Serbian slang for bicycle, but in Swedish the meaning is slightly different… Slobodan Katic is a bicycle enthusiast, his shop can be found in a small cobble stone street in Zemun, the old Hungarian part of the capital Belgrade. His goal is to give everyone the virus of bicycling and turn Bel...

16/12/2011

Now, time to travel again! New countries, more happiness? Off to Senegal on Sunday!