“In detective fiction and cooking, in art, architecture and design, the new Nordic way has won over fans and followers everywhere, as figures such as the late Swedish crime novelist Stieg Larsson, Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, Danish chef René Redzepi and Oslo architecture firm Snøhetta have risen to top of their fields. … What unites the vast expanse of Europe’s northern edge in such a wide range of disciplines?”