Center of the midnight sun?

• A. Sweden
• B. Norway
• C. Finland
• D. Denmark

Answer: (B)

The midnight sun occurs because the Earth’s axis is tilted, so regions inside the Arctic Circle experience continuous daylight for part of the summer. The key requirement is being at high latitudes—roughly 66.5 degrees north or higher—where the sun stays above the horizon for days or weeks around the solstice.

Among the given countries, Norway sits prominently above the Arctic Circle along much of its northern coast and includes famous spots like Nordkapp, where the midnight sun is a well-known feature. This makes Norway the strongest example of the phenomenon in the list. Sweden and Finland do reach far north enough to have the midnight sun in their Arctic regions as well, but the association is most iconic and widely recognized with Norway. Denmark doesn’t reach the Arctic latitudes on the mainland, so it doesn’t experience the midnight sun.