Norway football squad dons Viking gear ahead of 2026 World Cup

The Norway national football team, qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 1998, released a series of team photographs in which players are dressed as Viking warriors. Stars Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard appear in full Viking costume, posed on a fjord beside a traditional longship, the images quickly spreading across social media.

The Viking theme extended to supporters, who performed coordinated chants and rowing gestures at a warm‑up match against Sweden, which Norway won 3‑1. The creative presentation has earned praise online and reinforced Norway’s profile as a potential dark‑horse contender in the tournament, which begins next week.

The team’s lineup also features other key attackers such as Alexander Sörloth and Antonio Nusaf, while Norway faces a challenging group containing France, Senegal and Iraq at the World Cup.