Danes get a new king, Swedish preppers and international adoption

Casual coronation and the big chill: it's your Nordic week

It is breathtakingly cold. Despite all the layers (I mean ALL) I’m still shivering and being outside at the moment hurts my actual face. With the news that the UK is staring down the snow-cannon of an Arctic onslaught and temperatures of -15C, my first response was: -15? Pfft. In the Nordic countries, we’ve been gripped by a big freeze for a fortnight n…