Norway has qualified for the World Cup in soccer only four times (1938, 1994, 1998, and now 2026). In each of those previous events, Norway did not achieve what it has done this year. To qualify this year, it created what amounted to Norwegian hysteria that the Norwegian soccer (fotball) team reached the 2026 World Cup quarterfinals by knocking off perennial favorite Brazil. During their drive to the crown, a national phenomenon called the Viking Row was birthed. It seemed th