"Happy Nation" is a song recorded by Swedish group Ace of Base from their debut album with the same name (1992).

"Happy Nation" is a mid-tempo dance-pop song with strong influences from reggae fusion and euro house.

It was written by group members Jonas "Joker" Berggren and Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg and contains both English and Latin lyrics.

[8] It peaked within the top-5 also in Lithuania (3),[9] the Netherlands (5)[10] and in the group's native Sweden, where it hit number four and stayed within the Sverigetopplistan for a total of eight weeks.

[22] Andrew Balkin from Kingston Informer noted that "the Aces go downbeat" on "Happy Nation" and "Wheel of Fortune", adding further that both songs "have a soul/dance feel about them and wouldn't be out of place on the dance floor, or setting the mood in a smoky club.

[24] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton viewed it as "another piece of darkly brilliant dub reggae".

[1] Mario Tarradell from Miami Herald stated, "Just try to shake the irresistible hook of "All That She Wants" and "Happy Nation": you won't succeed.

"[26] A reviewer from People Magazine felt that the tune "prove Ace of Base to be more substantive than a mere ABBA clone.

[28] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update viewed it as a "rumbling Boney M-ish 0-95.9bpm lurcher".

[35] The video was later made available on Ace of Base's official YouTube channel in 2010 and had generated more than 149 million views as of July 2024.

During Joker's verse, he sings flanked on both sides by a candelabrum, with Linn's face and different ancient symbols and pictures moving in the background.

During the 6th series of Så mycket bättre in 2015, Niklas Strömstedt performed the song in Swedish as "Lyckolandet", with lyrics against racism and xenophobia.