Pining for the fjords

What is it about the Nordic countries that makes them so prone to melancholy, suicide, alcoholism and Socialist idiocy? The leader of the minority Socialist partner in Norway's coalition government is pushing for a national boycott of Israeli goods. Reminds me of the time, many years ago, when I bought a packet of imported biscuits for the office tea-club, and one of my lefty colleagues pounced on the initials SA after the manufacturer's name. In high dudgeon, she refused to consume anything produced by the apartheid regime of South Africa, blah blah, until I pointed out to her that this actually meant 'Societe Anonyme', like '& Co.' or 'Ltd'.