The author seems to have predicted an attack from liberalist Brits.
However, what the article describes is real and the Nordics run circles around most countries when it comes to work/life balance and gender equality. In sum quality of life for the wast majority is way higher than the average Brit or American. But I guess you are in the top 5% and care less about the 95%?
You are presuming quite a lot from my short post :)
And you've clearly didn't read that book if you think author claims quality of life in Scandinavia is low :)
I have skimmed the book and it presents a skewed picture and is selective about its 'facts'. And some of it is about how the economies are not 'sufficiently' libertarian, which is part of the point.