U.N. survey concludes with the happy Finnish

If you want to be happy, move to Finland.

The Nordic country renowned as the Land of the Midnight Sun is No. 1 in the World Happiness Report released Wednesday by the United Nations.

Finland boasts long, dark winters and short summers bathed in almost continuous light. It came in fifth place last year.

“The Finns definitely fall into the contentment range of the scale,” Eric Weiner wrote in his 2008 book The Geography of Bliss, adding this wasn’t the “American idea of overflowing with joy.”

“Northern European countries, where the emotional range is more modulated — in the sense that they’re humming along at fairly high levels but don’t have the (emotional) peaks and valleys that other European countries have — score higher (on happiness),” he said, according to the BBC.

Following Finland in the top 10 are Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden and Australia.

The report, released before the United Nations’ World Happiness Day on March 20, ranked 156 countries on six variables — income, life expectancy, freedom, social support, trust and generosity. The report included surveys of 117 nations based on the happiness of immigrants there. Finland came out on top in both categories.

The same countries over the past two years have been in the top 10 spots.

The USA nabbed the 18th spot, down four places from last year. Top factors for the American decline in happiness include weakened social support networks, government and business corruption and a declining confidence in public institutions.