I wish people would stop saying Scandinavia as though it were a country. It is not and the differences between the countries in Scandinavia are substantial. For instance:
Oil and gas: Norway has lots, Denmark a little, Sweden none.
Mineral resources: Sweden has lots, Norway has some, Denmark almost none.
Forestry: Sweden has lots, Norway has some but it's uneconomic because of the terrain, Denmark very little (except Christmas trees).
Hydropower: Norway has lots (98% of electricity), Sweden has some, Denmark almost none.
Land area:Sweden twice the size of the UK, Norway 60% bigger than UK, Denmark half the size of the UK.
I can't speak for Sweden and Denmark but here in Norway whilst private institutions provide services (X-rays, MRI, etc.) under contract to the state, the hospitals are nonetheless public institutions (barring a few, and as far as I can tell not very successful, private hospitals).
What does seem to unite the three Scandinavian countries is a general belief that we really are in it all together. When a rich owner of a chain of supermarkets started making a noise about moving to Switzerland because he was fed up of paying high taxes he was immediately told to " off then" not just by us poor peasants (of course there aren't many genuinely poor here) but also by other seriously rich people. It wasn't long before he was back here.
I can't speak for Sweden and Denmark but here in Norway whilst private institutions provide services (X-rays, MRI, etc.) under contract to the state, the hospitals are nonetheless public institutions (barring a few, and as far as I can tell not very successful, private hospitals).
What does seem to unite the three Scandinavian countries is a general belief that we really are in it all together. When a rich owner of a chain of supermarkets started making a noise about moving to Switzerland because he was fed up of paying high taxes he was immediately told to " off then" not just by us poor peasants (of course there aren't many genuinely poor here) but also by other seriously rich people. It wasn't long before he was back here.