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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

It’s been a close run in the ‘most characterful tree of the week’ category but here are my contenders. Which gets your vote?

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

What a night. An honour to join the line up at @headlinebooks.bsky.social new fiction showcase with Maggie O’Farrell, Victoria Hislop, Chloe Benjamin, Bobby Palmer and the one and only Mel Giedroyc! Laura Clark = out July 30th

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 09/09/2025

Wildfire ( @wildfirebooks.bsky.social ) to publish author and journalist Helen Russell's ( @mshelenrussell.bsky.social ) new novel, Laura Clark Is Away from Her Desk. Publication is set for late July 2026 👇 #BookSky

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I still haven’t totally figured out what Bluesky is for but in case it’s this: can anyone tell me what’s happening here?!

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

‘Sometimes, sad things just…happen. Sometimes, people die. People leave. Systems fail. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people - who may well have been manifesting their hearts out.’ The M-word and why I don’t like it on @substack open.substack.com/pub/mshelenr...

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Sunshine, Sadness & Spectral Queens: Big Feelings at Hampton Court Palace

There’s something surreal about discussing Danish parenting and feeling sad in the shadow of an English royal palace said to be haunted by Catherine Howard...

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Joining the Joyfulness Stage at Hampton Court Palace Feel Good Festival on 18th May to talk living Danishly & 📖 How to Raise a Viking 📖 @4thestatebooks.bsky.social See you there? #feelgoodfestival #hamptoncourtpalace #hamptoncourtfestivals #howtoraiseaviking #livingdanishly

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

On going back, being with old friends, finding home (& gout) mshelenrussell.substack.com/p/back-to-th...

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Reged Ahmad @regedahmad.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I loved talking to @mshelenrussell.bsky.social about her former life in Denmark and the lessons we can all take away from it. As winter approaches in Australia there are definitely more opportunities for hygge, to say the least! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @australia.theguardian.com

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Live like a Dane: lessons from one of the happiest places on Earth - podcast

Helen Russell talks to Reged Ahmad about her decade living like a Dane

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Thanks @theguardian.com - HOW TO RAISE A VIKING (where the Nordics get it right) is out now in paperback, published by @4thestatebooks.bsky.social Photographer of dreams = @emliben.bsky.social

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 15/02/2025

Please share :)

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SignificantØtter @significant0tter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This was a good read. My leap year starts in two weeks. I think I’m ready. Or not. It’s okay either way. @mshelenrussell.bsky.social

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The paperback is here! HOW TO RAISE A VIKING - how the Nordic countries manage to make their future humans happier, healthier and more resilient (plus the ideas we can steal to put to use wherever we are) is out in paperback 13.02.25 ♥️ 💪 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇮🇸 🇸🇪 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/how-...

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Hope Christmas was kind to you - I got to eat A LOT of sprouts, cry at Neil the Baby’s guitar solo AND write a thing about How to Raise a Viking and parenting in the UK after a decade of living Danishly inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

It’s my first Xmas back in the UK, navigating the delights of the placeholder ‘Big Christmas Shop’. Reckon I nailed it? (“What’s for lunch, Mum?” “Ummm…courgettes à la BluTack?”)

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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"The most important contributor to our psychological wellbeing is the strength of our relationships, and hygge tends to encourage more close and intimate time with loved ones" ~ @markrwilliamson.bsky.social www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/health/he... @mshelenrussell.bsky.social

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What to do when the weather’s grey and gloomy? Winter like a Viking

Dull days and dark evenings filling you with dread? The Scandinavians know a thing or two about surviving winter – and we can learn a lot from their approach

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

After living in Europe for 12 years, getting my hands on English language magazines is AN EVENT. And would you believe it, I'm even in a couple this month - Good Housekeeping (on surviving winter like a Scandinavian) and Psychologies (on hygge and happy Vikings). That + coffee = good Wednesday

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Easy to wrap! An escape from the inlaws! Why books are the perfect gift. My latest is available for Christmas orders now. It’s the book I needed 10 years ago, with the advice and wisdom I’m using to parent like a Viking back in the UK www.amazon.co.uk/HOW-RAISE-VI... @4thestatebooks.bsky.social

How to Raise a Viking - The Secrets of Parenting the World's Happiest Children, why Nordic children grow up happier, healthier and more independent, by Helen Russell

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Helen Russell @mshelenrussell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Find someone who looks at you the way I look at gammeldags juleboller… (‘olden days Christmas bun’ in Danish). New Christmas Substack here mshelenrussell.substack.com/p/what-ive-l... #livingdanishly

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