“Michael Grønager, COO of Payward (which is the company behind Kraken), is located in Denmark, which also plays host to bitcoin payment processing firm BIPS. That country has its own exchange, Bitcoin Nordic, and the Danes are also organizing the pan-Nordic bitcoin conference, on 28th November. Even some politicians are serious about it; the Liberal Alliance party, which has nine parliamentary seats, is now accepting bitcoin donations. Sweden has the Safello exchange, along with Kapiton, and mining hardware firmKnC Miner is there. In Norway, Coincloud is hoping to launch a bitcoin-based cloud storage service, while bitcoin exchange JustCoin is running zero-fee transactions.”
http://www.coindesk.com/hunger-bitcoin-grows-scandinavia-regulatory-approach-evolves/