Denmark and Norway share the rank as the world’s second safest countries in this year’s Global Peace Index (GPI).  The Nordic ranking reads thus:

  1. Denmark (global 2nd place) + Norway (global 2nd place)
  2. Iceland (global 4th place – from 1st last year)
  3. Sweden (global 6th place)
  4. Finland (global 9th place)

All in all as could be expected, even if Iceland was a bit of a surprise. Please see this for a complete listing.