Danes, Swedes Finns and Norwegians are among the happiest people in Europe, according to new research. And happiest of all in the Nordic nations is the older rock 'n' roll generation in their 60s and 70s.

With Friday marking the International Day of Happiness, the EU's statistics agency has released fresh figures showing just how satisfied Europeans are with their lives.

It probably come as little surprise that Nordic nations, which have consistently been high up in happiness lists for decades now, came out among the top in the new survey.

The Eurostat study asked people across the EU to rate their life satisfaction on a scale of zero to ten, with zero indicating “not satisfied at all” and ten meaning “fully satisfied”.

Swedes, Danes and Finns across all age groups gave an average answer of 8.0, which was good enough to put Sweden in a four-way tie for first place with Denmark, Finland and Switzerland.

Interestingly, while the study found that throughout the EU young people tend to be more satisfied with life than elderly respondents, that trend is reversed both in Sweden and Denmark.

People aged 25-34 are the unhappiest in Sweden, rating their life satisfaction at a mere 7.8, whereas their older counterparts in the age bracket 65-74 ranked it a whopping 8.3, just behind Denmark at 8.6 and Switzerland at 8.4.

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