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Jamesblonde2 · 06/06/2026 18:04

ScreamingBeans · 06/06/2026 17:55

They look fabulous.

I think Norwegian men should be forced to wear this sort of clothing all the time really.

And I agree, I very much doubt there is much outrage about this and if so the outrage should be ignored. I really don't know why the media feels that the professionally outraged should be given so much attention. So what if people are outraged. Why is their outrage anyone else's problem? It's just clickbait.

I think men would probably like the ladies to dress as Viking ladies all the time too.
I do agree, very masculine.

rolloverbeethoven · 06/06/2026 18:07

Probably Parisian can-can dancers would be more popular.

MariaMagdalenaa · 06/06/2026 20:03

I think 2 journalists in Norway wrote something critical about this… storm in a tea cup.

BellsoftheCarols · 06/06/2026 20:31

Ooooh lala Haalalaland 😍

Beanosaurus · 06/06/2026 20:42

I love it, it's made me want to rewatch my favourite series Vikings again

Kbcdtyijgd · 06/06/2026 21:44

Beanosaurus · 06/06/2026 20:42

I love it, it's made me want to rewatch my favourite series Vikings again

Vikings is incredible !

Norwegian football team- Viking photoshoot - problematic?
CovenOfCheeses · 06/06/2026 21:52

canuckup · 05/06/2026 16:35

I personally don't think it's that bad??

https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15876347/Norway-World-Cup-photoshoot-Viking-Erling-Haaland.html

Obviously nothing excuses the pillaging all those years ago, etc etc

What, they single-handedly created the largest slave trade at the time. They raped, pillaged and enslaved most of the Irish population and large parts of the Anglo-Saxons of England. We need to get them to pay us reparations to make up for their historical misdeeds. Entire social housing estates in the North East are still paying the social price of their historical trauma.

baorhausfrau · 06/06/2026 21:59

Kbcdtyijgd · 06/06/2026 21:44

Vikings is incredible !

He looks like one of my sons. So, I have never seen the appeal

HumbleHun · 07/06/2026 01:50

They can come raid my village anyday ☺️

SparklyLeader · 07/06/2026 03:54

Vikings are neo-nazis? That's new. I must have missed the memo.

CarbonArtist · 07/06/2026 05:52

As a descendant of the Anglo-Saxons their forefathers raped, pillaged and murdered, I think they look incredibly cool. They are just having a bit of fun - it’s been 1000 years so let bygones be bygones ffs!

SemiRetiredLoveGoddeess · 07/06/2026 06:03

Fooshufflewickjbannanapants · 05/06/2026 16:39

Ffs

Most definitely.

SemiRetiredLoveGoddeess · 07/06/2026 06:12

Do Wokeism and
Being offended on somebody else's behalf ever get a day off!.
Haaland is one one of the best fooiballers in the workd.

King of the Vikings and Vakhallah.
Cant wait to see him play

MariaMagdalenaa · 07/06/2026 06:36

SemiRetiredLoveGoddeess · 07/06/2026 06:12

Do Wokeism and
Being offended on somebody else's behalf ever get a day off!.
Haaland is one one of the best fooiballers in the workd.

King of the Vikings and Vakhallah.
Cant wait to see him play

I would not say it’s wokeism. The criticism comes from inside Norway and the context is that 1) Viking symbolism is usually associated with right wing extremism and 2) Vikings of course being part of our culture is not something we celebrate or showcase internationally. It’s a bit like the Brits celebrating their empire. In bad taste.

That is the background for the criticism.

Lararoft · 07/06/2026 07:03

I saw the pictures and thought ooh they look fit!

Cailleach1 · 07/06/2026 09:39

CovenOfCheeses · 06/06/2026 21:52

What, they single-handedly created the largest slave trade at the time. They raped, pillaged and enslaved most of the Irish population and large parts of the Anglo-Saxons of England. We need to get them to pay us reparations to make up for their historical misdeeds. Entire social housing estates in the North East are still paying the social price of their historical trauma.

Well, I think that may have been somewhat resolved by the Normans so greatly depleting the incumbent population who were there nigh on a millennium ago. Normans got rid of many of the people who were victims of their Norse relatives by going up and simply reducing that population with their ‘Harrying of the North’.

Also, this grievance issue may extend to Iceland now. They reckon many of the female ‘settlers’ were of Irish and Scottish stock. Not voluntarily, I’d suspect. To the extend that even today the majority of the maternal DNA is still of that origin. Irish and Scottish ancestry carried on the male line is only about 20%. Now some may have been because of intermarriage, but we do know they had thralls.

They also traded, it must be said. Whether or not it was on the proceeds of acquisitions from these sort of shopping centres called Monasteries, I don’t know.

In turn, so back estuarine towns and cities in Ireland were established and settled by the Vikings. All the better to carry out raids. Dublin, Wicklow, Arklow, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Limerick. Strangford and Carlingford Loughs in NI were also Viking bases.

Reckon they’ll still say ‘you don’t need to thank us’.

PiIIock · 07/06/2026 10:07

canuckup · 05/06/2026 16:35

I personally don't think it's that bad??

https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15876347/Norway-World-Cup-photoshoot-Viking-Erling-Haaland.html

Obviously nothing excuses the pillaging all those years ago, etc etc

Don’t be ridiculous op, you can just say you don’t agree with the outrage, no need to dance around it. Nobody would care if they were dressed as pirates or romans so why would anyone care about this.

LeedsLoiner · 07/06/2026 10:10

MissFancyDay · 05/06/2026 17:10

That's very Thor-tfull of you

You should be so Loki

thebabessavedme · 07/06/2026 10:32

That picture is the ONLY thing of interest about football to me😂 ( I seem to have gone all hot!)

NotmeMother · 07/06/2026 10:48

I voted you are being unreasonable if you find it objectionable. Lighten up and enjoy the fun ffs!

Tryanalogue · 07/06/2026 11:25

SparklyLeader · 07/06/2026 03:54

Vikings are neo-nazis? That's new. I must have missed the memo.

They must be oldo-nazis.

Cardisncocktails · 07/06/2026 17:24

canuckup · 05/06/2026 16:35

I personally don't think it's that bad??

https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15876347/Norway-World-Cup-photoshoot-Viking-Erling-Haaland.html

Obviously nothing excuses the pillaging all those years ago, etc etc

Personally I think they look a bit ridiculous, like a bad group of re-enactors tbh lol. But whatever floats their boat... (slight pun intended)

Griever · 07/06/2026 17:28

BellsoftheCarols · 06/06/2026 20:31

Ooooh lala Haalalaland 😍

Is that the bloke who looks like Kerry Katona?

Createausername1970 · 07/06/2026 17:33

I haven't read the entire thread. Has anyone complimented the one on the end for having a very nice horn?

Ohcrap082024 · 07/06/2026 18:40

Createausername1970 · 07/06/2026 17:33

I haven't read the entire thread. Has anyone complimented the one on the end for having a very nice horn?

If you are referring to the one with short hair, blue cape and rather large horn…that’s the rather lovely Martin Odegaard. Captain of both Norway and (more importantly to me) Arsenal.