Thanks for the reply! The article you cite doesn’t seem to offer any argument beside Denmark’s high score on the Economic Freedom Index: A thoroughly discredited Index, designed to fabricate a ficticous correlation between “economic freedom” and prosperity.

You may want to check out my full critique of this index: https://medium.com/@erlendkulanderkvitrud/the-economic-freedom-index-is-a-steaming-pile-of-neoliberal-bullshit-a35205855e29