Successes of GHO:
• 2012: The first Global happiness report sees the light of day. This report is published April 2 at the UN
Conference on Happiness.
• 2012: All UN member countries agree to establish an international day
dedicated to well-being and happiness
Examples of national successes:
• 2012, Sweden: GHO’s expert on happiness Filip Fors issues an independent
report to the Swedish Government Provisional Commission which highlights new
alternative welfare measures with attention to people’s happiness and
subjective well-being.
• 2009, Sweden: Sweden sees its first blog on happiness when GHO launches Lyckobloggen.se.
On this blog, many happiness experts spread the most recent research on how
people can improve their quality of life and that of others. The blog is
enjoying enormous success.
• 2008, UK: first debate on happiness in the British parliament, promoted by
the Liberal Democrats. This party had sent a delegation to the GHO Happiness
Conference in Sweden.
• 2007, Sweden: first Swedish parliamentary act aimed at bringing happiness
science into the political debate, a consequence of GHO’s strong lobbying of
Swedish parliamentarians.