To clarify, I did mean which is most conservative in the way Americans define the term. Pro-business economics, traditionalist social beliefs, emphasis on culturally conformity, maybe a tough "law-and-order" mentality, etc. Maybe that's vague, but I did mean a combination of all of those. That may be complicated, but it should make the question more debatable.
The problem is that while that combination is not meaningless outside USA, it's neither very meaningful, especially not as a short hand for conservatism. As example all Nordic countries value cultural conformity (Sweden most of all ironic), all of them are rather pro-business (but real pro-business, not Republican faux pro-business), traditionalist belief depend a lot on how you define them. Of course law and order as in long prison sentence we're all softies, while the Nordic states are very jealous about anybody threaten their monopoly of force.
I see your point. I should have clarified that I meant something like the Republican version "of pro-business". Yes, Scandinavia is pro-business, regardless of what American conservatives say.
Could it be said that Scandinavia shares some of the same conservatism (or whatever you call it) found in places such as Vermont and Minnesota (the latter of which has much Scandinavian influence)? People in such places tend to be conservative in many personal aspects (they actually
conserve money and resources, like simple design and fashion, make use of space, are not exuberant with their wealth, etc.), yet they may be more socially liberal and tolerant when it comes to others' private lives.
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