{"id":289871,"date":"2026-07-08T01:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289871\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:07:58","slug":"stale-solbakkens-daughter-turning-heads-during-world-cup-after-viral-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289871\/","title":{"rendered":"St\u00e5le Solbakken&#8217;s daughter turning heads during World Cup after viral moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norway\u2019s head coach St\u00e5le Solbakken warmed the hearts of many with his sweet embrace with wife, Anniken Solbakken, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/22\/sports\/erling-haaland-scores-twice-as-norway-defeats-senegal-in-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after the team\u2019s 3-2 win over Senegal<\/a> at New York New Jersey Stadium on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Fans wanted to know more about his family and since shone a spotlight on their daughter, 22-year-old Ida Solbakken.<\/p>\n<p>She reposted a video of her parents hugging in the stands after Norway qualified for the knockout rounds and wrote in Norwegian, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t get bigger than this.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>St\u00e5le Solbakken\u2019s daughter Ida. Instagram\/Ida Solbakken<\/p>\n<p>Ida works in the medical field, according to her Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>She appears to have a longterm boyfriend, Tannis, as seen in other<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4V2Rf4MUha\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> photos on her page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>St\u00e5le Solbakken\u2019s daughter Ida. Instagram\/Ida Solbakken<\/p>\n<p>Ida and her brother Markus, who plays for Danish club AGF (Aarhus Gymnastikforening), are close. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if the pair attended Norway\u2019s victory over Senegal.  <\/p>\n<p>Stale Solbakken, Head Coach of Norway, celebrates with his wife after the 3-2 win during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group I match against Senegal at New York New Jersey Stadium on June 22, 2026 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.   FIFA via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Ida sported a Norway polo in a photo on her Instagram Story, while Markus shared a snapshot of him wearing a Erling Haaland jersey. <\/p>\n<p>His post was set to the \u201cHaaland chant,\u201d which is the anthem honoring the Norway striker that\u2019s also a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/23\/sports\/norways-viking-row-takes-over-metlife-stadium-except-for-one-fan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cViking Row\u201d celebration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Every match of the FIFA World Cup will air on either FOX or FOX Sports 1. 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Shop <a data-nyp-link-source=\"trackonomics\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/nypost_01638_nypost?p=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2026%2F06%2F23%2Fsports%2Fstale-solbakkens-daughter-turning-heads-during-world-cup-after-viral-moment%2F&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fseatgeek.pxf.io%2Fc%2F2229206%2F1753574%2F20501%3FsubId1%3DNYPost-Content-Textlink-worldcupreusable%26u%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fseatgeek.com%2Ffifa-world-cup-tickets&amp;author=Jlemoncellinyp&amp;articleID=39763756&amp;event_type=click&amp;publishdate=june%2023%2C%202026&amp;linksource=web&amp;primarytag=world-cup-2026&amp;contentsubsection=world-cup-2026&amp;contentsection=sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup 2026 tickets on SeatGeek<\/a> and make sure to use promo code NYPOST10 for $10 off purchases over $250 at checkout if you\u2019re a first-time SeatGeek user.<\/p>\n<p>Solbakken was a talented midfielder and made 58 appearances for Norway. <\/p>\n<p>He retired from international football in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Stale Solbakken of Norway celebrates the victory during the World Cup match against Senegal at the New York\/New Jersey Stadium on June 22, 2026 in New Jersey. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>After that, an undetected heart defect caused a medical episode on the field, which ended his club career.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Norway\u2019s head coach St\u00e5le Solbakken warmed the hearts of many with his sweet embrace with wife, Anniken Solbakken,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,75537,400,319,2085,14771,33009],"class_list":["post-289871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-norway","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}