«Cool, right?». Norway’s defender, David Møller Wolfe, comments on the hair and makeup that the Scandinavian nation’s federation arranged for a photoshoot, ahead of the World Cup, for its players. What was it? Dressing up as Vikings and subsequent shots on an Oslo beach. So here they are, Leo Østigård, Antonio Nusa, Kristian Thorstvedt, Erling Braut Haaland, Alexander Sørloth and company showing off among spears, wooden shields, furs, swords, and axes. Italy’s “executioners” play with tradition before leaving for North America, much like their ancestors did. But someone, evidently, looked at those shots and videos, which show the behind-the-scenes of the set, so much that they saw something strange. In fact, they saw Nazism. Are they not Vidkun Quisling’s grandchildren? Do they not have Knut Hamsun’s books in their satchels?
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Let’s try to get serious, a difficult task. VG journalist, Hans Petter Sjøli, a few weeks ago asked to «eliminate Vikings from football» because someone reported the song Vikingblod, by artist Petter Katastrofe, recorded with the help of Norwegian national team fans. In a comment in the newspaper Morgenbladet, Markus Slettholm believes that Viking aesthetics «are not only crude, but also chauvinistic and exclusive». Another one who has all the credentials to be a wokist. Meanwhile, Jane Haug Skjoldli on Klassekampen doesn’t even spare the jerseys. «Hypermasculine and far-right uniforms». Adding that they have the «typical» signs «of neo-Nazi and fascist symbolic language». The words of Hanna Geiran, national head of cultural heritage, were not enough to quell the controversy. She praised the jerseys, trying to defuse the diatribe, because they draw inspiration from the Urnes carvings. Nothing, the dispute continues.
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There are also those who defend the choice and argue that it is no longer possible to leave the Viking heritage in the hands of the far-right. Currently, there are no reactions to Haaland’s social media post where, with his blonde hair, he brandishes a sword and shield, writing, as the text accompanying the photo, «Viking blood». If you recall, among the myriad of absurdities said, in 2021 we were criticized by French commentators because we didn’t have strong black players of international caliber. They wrote that we looked like the Ku Klux Klan, and we won the Euros. Now, thinking about it, it might be time to bet our chips on Norway. Heaven forbid the Vikings make us turn a corner this summer without the Azzurri on the World Cup fields.
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