{"id":9955,"date":"2026-07-06T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/chaos-norway-armys-world-cup-video-goes-viral\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:00:26","slug":"chaos-norway-armys-world-cup-video-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/chaos-norway-armys-world-cup-video-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos! Norway Army&#8217;s World Cup video goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Norway&#8217;s army honored the victory over Brazil and the qualification to the World Cup quarter-finals in the traditional way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Norway eliminated Brazil 2-1 in the Round of 16 of the World Cup, thanks to two goals by <strong>Erling Haaland<\/strong> in the second half. The celebrations in the country lasted all night.<\/p>\n<p>In Oslo, approximately 100,000 people filled central squares and avenues, creating an atmosphere of unprecedented enthusiasm. The celebrations reached all the way to the palace, where Crown Prince <strong>Haakon<\/strong> appeared to greet the crowd and share in the joy of the great victory.<\/p>\n<h2>The Army&#8217;s Participation<\/h2>\n<p>The biggest surprise, however, came from the Norwegian Army. The armed forces released a video that immediately went viral, with soldiers from all branches performing the famous <em>&#8220;Viking salute&#8221;<\/em>. Seated as if in a long boat, they pulled imaginary oars with absolute synchronization, paying tribute to their nation&#8217;s historic heritage.<\/p>\n<p>This video, released amid the intensity of the victory, shows how deeply rooted national identity remains even in moments of mass celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Norway advanced in this way to the next phase of the tournament, leaving behind a strong Brazil. The Vikings continue their journey with confidence, while the image of soldiers honoring tradition gave the whole world yet another reason to talk about this historic qualification.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0645\u0646\u062a\u062e\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0631\u0648\u064a\u062c \u064a\u0637\u064a\u062d \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0632\u064a\u0644 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0637\u0648\u0644\u0629\u060c \u0648\u0627\u062d\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0644\u0627\u064b \u0628\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0631\u060c \u0646\u0634\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u064a\u0634 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0631\u0648\u064a\u062c\u064a \u0645\u0642\u0637\u0639 \u0641\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0648 \u064a\u0648\u062b\u0642 \u062a\u062d\u064a\u062a\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0647\u064a\u0631\u0629 &#8216;\u062a\u062d\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0627\u064a\u0643\u0646\u062c&#8217; \u0641\u064a \u0623\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0621 \u0645\u0644\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u0627\u0633. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GEsoMEWnAV\">pic.twitter.com\/GEsoMEWnAV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0645\u0648\u0633\u0643\u0648 | &#x1f1f7;&#x1f1fa; MOSCOW NEWS (@M0SC0W0) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/M0SC0W0\/status\/2074002202138443927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As <em>Newsbomb<\/em> reports in its publication, such moments show the unity of a people when the national team achieves something great.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nfg-meta\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden;font-size:0;height:0;overflow:hidden;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">nfg-origin:gr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norway&#8217;s army released a viral video of soldiers performing the &#8220;Viking salute&#8221; to celebrate the national team&#8217;s 2-1 World Cup victory over Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":9954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[3820,8840,490,8842,8841,2447,8843,5996],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-9955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-brazil","tag-erling-haaland","tag-norway","tag-norwegian-army","tag-oslo","tag-sports","tag-viking-salute","tag-world-cup","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9955"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=9955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}