The Nordics are appalling for being picky. I've just checked and despite hundreds of stamps in my 3 year old passport which I'll have to renew soon, I've spent 23 days in Schengen in the last 180. They're welcome to count if they like.

The EU gets way too much of a pass because of Brexit (the "it's all your fault for leaving the EU..." idea). The passport control is atrocious - literally using 19th Century techniques, and the saga with EES and ETIAS would be amusing if it wasn't such a pain in the neck - the technology that's in place is going to be obsolete soon and in comparison to some of even the poorer SE Asia countries is laughable. Actually, outside a few predictable bottlenecks - AMS, BRU, MAD, it's usually not that bad, but given there are attitude issues with the staff that waste everyone's time, it's really very poor. The UK does this better in all aspects, I don't honestly care if it's to save money (that's usually the goal of automation anyway) the system works well.

And yes I know they have 28 different systems to reconcile, but keeping a record of in and out isn't all that complex a proposition.