Not just in Scandinavia, but in most Western European countries atheism is the default setting. Unless you state otherwise, people will assume you are an atheist.
Seeing the crusade many religious Americans hold against atheism is incredibly… not just scary, but incredibly misguided. Holland and Germany, Norway and Denmark, have been atheistic countries for decades now. And nothing bad has happened. These countries score higher on several happiness meters. They have a lower rate of crime, poverty, abortions and teenage pregnancy then the USA does. People are spiritually aware, with or without (a kind of) God, and feel connected to their community.
Watching people feel all moral for wanting to “keep their kids away from atheists destroying their faith”… To me, it is as absurd as when they would claim that you can’t be a moral happy person and have brown eyes. Or red hair. Or like country music. Or eat spaghetti.
:: shakes head::
I have also quoted often on these boards the statistics on teenage pregnancies and abortions:
The TLDR version is: "Religiously inspired abstinism does not reduce teenage sex and pregnancies. You know what does? Freely available sex-education that demystifies and de-emphasises teenage sex. As well as freely available birth control paired with factual information on how to use it.