While Southern Europe struggles to bring in foreign money for mergers and acquisitions, the Nordic region is on fire. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland have seen about $288 billion in deals since the financial meltdown began in 2007, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That puts the region, with a population of about 26 million, well ahead of countries such as Spain, which has about 47 million, and Italy, home to about 61 million.
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