{"id":746475,"date":"2026-07-06T13:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/746475\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:05:08","slug":"norways-crown-prince-joins-thousands-of-fans-in-oslo-to-celebrate-historic-world-cup-win-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/746475\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway\u2019s crown prince joins thousands of fans in Oslo to celebrate historic World Cup win | Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Incredible scenes played out across Norway after their history-making 2-1 victory over Brazil on Sunday<\/a>. Outside the royal palace in Oslo, Norway\u2019s Crown Prince Haakon joined a sea of thousands of fans seated on the ground for the football team\u2019s trademark row after the national team secured their best placing at a World Cup. They will meet England in the quarter-finals on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Over 100,000 fans are estimated to have hit the streets of the capital, while thousands of others took part in jubilant celebrations in towns and cities across the country. One fan dressed in Norwegian colours was seen crowdsurfing in an inflatable boat.<\/p>\n

Norway\u2019s star man, Erling Haaland, who scored both goals against Brazil in the contest at New York New Jersey Stadium, summed up the national sentiment. \u201cIt\u2019s the sickest night,\u201d he told broadcaster NRK. \u201cYes, maybe in Norwegian history.\u201d The Manchester City striker also outlined his hope that his country will learn from Brazil. \u201cWe must cultivate the same pride in playing for Norway<\/a>,\u201d Haaland said, adding that he wants all young children who start playing the sport in Norway to want to play for their national team.<\/p>\n

St\u00e5le Solbakken, the national team head coach, said he is concerned for the state of Norwegians\u2019 health amid all the celebrating. \u201cIt was Erling who said it last time, that Norway has changed forever. Now there will be another week of partying,\u201d he told NRK. \u201cThen there will be a Saturday game. So I fear for people\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n

Widespread football and Haaland mania will also be a welcome distraction for both the Norwegian government and the royal family after being engulfed in headlines over the crown princess Mette Marit, who recently had a lung transplant, and diplomats\u2019 alleged relations with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, not to mention Marit\u2019s son Marius Borg H\u00f8iby\u2019s recent rape conviction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Karl-Petter L\u00f8ken, secretary general of the Norwegian football association, was ecstatic. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t get any better than this,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is incredible for all of Norway and for everyone who loves Norwegian football.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s performance has gained admiration \u2013 and even support \u2013 from neighbouring rivals Sweden after their team went out to France last week. Writing in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, one commentator said: \u201cThere are matches, there are wins \u2013 and there are also monuments.\u201d The team, he added, had \u201craised a new Norwegian national monument\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Incredible scenes played out across Norway after their history-making 2-1 victory over Brazil on Sunday. Outside the royal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-746475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}