Borgen and the Lion's Den, Denmark's happiness paradox, plus free potatoes

Reality TV stars turn to politics, a boost to mental health services, and why work is getting complicated - welcome to your Nordic week

The dog’s eating it, cars are skid in it and the rest of us are sliding like Bambi. Ahh snow season! It’s been another icy night with temperatures below -10 degrees C. The mini-Vikings have started every day with a snowball fight and ended every day with protestations of frostbite and tears (inevitably). Geoff, the snowman, has withstood it all with gre…