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For the second year in a row, Finland grabbed the top spot as the happiest country in the world with its Nordic buddies close behind: Denmark was second, Norway third and Iceland fourth.

Canada? We weren’t too far behind the hygge-championing nations that focus on cozy living. We are the ninth happiest country in the world, says the UN World Happiness Report released Wednesday.

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The report ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be, according to their own evaluations of their lives.

Despite frigid winters that reach extremes of -50 C, a suicide rate (16.4 per 100,000) that exceeds the OECD average and falling birth rates (1.6 births per woman) — endorphins are coursing through the Finns.

But it might not be so surprising for a country that experiences 200 days of winter in the north.

The Finnish culture obviously contributes to their happiness.

There’s nothing quite like getting naked and steamy in a sauna with a fellow Finn. “It is a must at regular intervals,” Finland’s tourism site exhorts,“and if they go too long without sauna, they’ll start feeling incomplete.”