The Danes are a happy people. Among the happiest in the world, according to a number of studies. Take a look at this 60 Minutes clip if you don’t believe. One reason for their sunshiny attitude is perhaps their affinity for leisure. Like long, legally-enforced vacations. Or something as simple as a weekday run. Enter, Facebook user and Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who in a request to his support base of some 12,000 on the network (he apparently has quite a bit of first-hand experience with the service), managed to find 100 of his followers to join in a 4-mile jog this Friday.
The occasion had by the prime minister and the people wasn’t without official purpose. It was “to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his leadership of the Danish Liberal Party, known as Venstre,” according to the BBC. Furthermore, it wasn’t the first that Mr Rasmussen connected with fellow Facebookers. He did so once before during the nation’s election campaign last November.