Nordic Happiness Summit 2026
For the second edition of Nordic Happiness Summit, we headed to Stockholm, Sweden. The city that sits at the heart of one of the world’s happiest regions, hosting a conversation about what happiness is really built on.
Nordic Happiness Summit 2026 was held across two iconic venues in Stockholm: Berns Hotel and the Stockholm City Hall. Around 500 people joined us; researchers, business leaders, students, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and curious people who’d heard enough about Nordic happiness to want to dig a little bit deeper.
The speakers reflected the range of the program. Part of the program explored what growth means when wellbeing is the measure of success. Another part of the program looked at the complicated and fascinating relationship between technology and how we feel. The program also asked what thriving at work really looks like when you stop treating it as a perk and start treating is as a design principle.
Nordic Happiness Summit 2026 made one thing clear: the conversation has legs. And it’s only getting more interesting from here.
Happiness Impact Award
In 2026, the first ever Happiness Impact Award was held at Nordic Happiness Summit. The question that was asked in the research was: “How much do Sweden’s largest companies contribute to people’s happiness and wellbeing?”
We scientifically measured how much and in what way 57 major companies and brands impacted people’s happiness and wellbeing on a national scale. More than 6,000 individuals across Sweden were surveyed.
At Nordic Happiness Summit 2026 we showed the science proving how everyone benefits from the happiness impact: people, business, and society.
Below, you can find a list of all the companies that were part of the study, and the bolded ones were the winners of 2026.
Aftonbladet
Apotek Hjärtat
Apoteket
Apple
Arla
Astra Zeneca
Betsson
Circle K
Clas Ohlson
Cloetta
Coop
Dagens Nyheter
Elgiganten
Eon
Expressen
Folksam
Fortum
Google
H&M
Handelsbanken
ICA
If
IKEA
Klarna
Kronfågel
Länsförsäkringar
MAX Hamburgare
McDonald’s
Microsoft
Nordea
OK-Q8
PostNord
Pressbyrån
SAS
Scan
SEB
SJ
Skandia
Spotify
SvD
Svenska Spel
Sveriges Radio
SVT
Swedbank
Systembolaget
Tele2
Telenor
Telia
Toyota
Trygg-Hansa
TUI
TV4
Vattenfall
Viaplay
Volkswagen
Volvo
Willys