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"The Danes are famously the happiest people in the world, and hygge is a cornerstone of their way of life. Hygge (pronounce Hoo-ga) loosely translates as a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. You know hygge when you feel it. It is when you are cuddled up on the sofa with a loved one, or sharing comfort food with your closest friends. It is those crisp blue mornings when the light through your window is just right. It is about gratitude...
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"When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries. What is the secret to their success? Are happy Danes born, or made? Helen decides there is only one way to find out:...
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2017.
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English
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"The centuries-old Danish tradition of Hygge (pronounced "hue-gah") comes from a country voted to be the happiest on earth, and its special custom of emotional warmth, slowness, and appreciation, is becoming increasingly familiar to an international audience. To hygge means to enjoy the good things in life with good people"--
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Hygge Jem Publications
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"As cold winter gives way to summer, hygge moves outside. Put away the throws and the log fires in the lounge. Get outside with friends and family and use this book as inspiration to make every season peak hygge season. With ideas and activities to encourage you to think of hygge in the summertime, this little book will encourage you to keep the cozy happy Danish art of Hygge at the center of a life filled with balance and joy." --
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Publisher
Hygge Jem Publications
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"A Christmas Carol, published in December 1843, was Charles Dickens response to seeing the living and working conditions of the 19th Century poor. He wrote it in a bare six weeks, and published it six days before Christmas. That was 175 years ago. This short novel still has so much to offer the 21st century reader. Jo takes the original text and looks at it through the lens of hygge: themes of family, happiness, balance and fairness run through the...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Explores ten aspects of Danish life that afford them high levels of happiness and fulfillment, including trust, education, freedom, equal opportunities, realism, respect, work-life balance, relationship with money, modesty, and gender equality.
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Ebury Press
Pub. Date
[ 2016]
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English
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Hygge is a word that has been sifted to the surface in recent years but it's not a new concept. The Danes have enjoyed hygge for hundreds of years. They are measured as one of the happiest nations in the world. But at the heart of Danish life and at the core of hygge, is a quality that is less easy to quantify contentment. In Denmark, hygge is a significant presence in the backdrop of everyday life something habitual and ritualistic. Hygge is a quality...
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Hygge Jem Publications
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Cozy, Happy, Hygge. Who wouldn't want a life filled with gentle moments of joy and times when you feel cocooned in a loving and safe place? Usually we don't stop long enough to appreciate the power of peacefulness: our Lives go on from day to day, with work, children, housekeeping and a million other things occupying our brains. It's just never ending. This book can't promise to take any of the stress away from you, but it can give you a rhythm to...
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12 Stars Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Hygge, the Danish art of creating joy and coziness in life's everyday moments, has exploded in popularity amidst growing division and distrust around the world. But finding hygge in one's own life can be more complicated that it seems. This globe-trotting film presents a surprising, funny, and often philosophical collection of characters who share the meaning of hygge and how to find happiness." --
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Would you like to live a welcoming, harmonious lifestyle learning finally to be in balance with yourself and others? And would you like to achieve a quality of intimacy and comfortable conviviality that generates a feeling of well-being? If you want to have the opportunity to live a balanced and bright life in everyday personal areas, without letting chaos and stress take over, then keep reading...We spend our days, going, always going. Modern life...