Northern lights and summer soccer: all about the Norwegian top flight

Soccer 101

TSS

Sports, Soccer

4.9 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We continue to look at domestic soccer in the countries that have qualified for the 2026 World Cup, and this week it's our friends in the north: Norway. How has the Norwegian top flight evolved over the decades, why doesn't have the awesome name it used to have, a club that could never lose, and much much more! Plus, we ponder just how many goals Haaland could score if he took his talents to the south beach... of Oslo.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Soccer 101. That's my Norwegian, because I think that's how you say hello in Norwegian.
0:20.5	My name is Taylor Rockwell, and I am excited think that's how you say hello in Norwegian. My name is
0:20.9	Taylor Rockwell, and I am excited to be here with you this week to discuss football in Norway,
0:26.9	Graham Ruthven. This is your favorite league to watch on FIFA Plus? Yes, you've got,
0:31.0	you've got all of them at your disposal, but I understand the Norwegian League is tippy tap.
0:36.0	I would, if I could, Taylor, watch the Norwegian League.
0:38.4	It seems quite good.
0:39.6	First of all, was that accent taken from Frozen?
0:43.4	No.
0:44.6	Big summer blowout, yeah?
0:46.0	Yeah, a little bit.
0:47.5	Was it the shop owner that I was doing there?
0:49.2	Yeah, kind of.
0:50.7	And again, I have family who are Norwegian.
0:53.5	I apologize to them if they're listening. It's one of my... And again, I have family who are Norwegian. I apologize to them if they're listening.
0:55.4	It's one of my least favorite things about...
0:59.0	I love Epcot, but the Norwegian pavilion, Epcot, has been taken over by Frozen,
1:04.2	which is a fictional kingdom of Arndale, not Norway.
1:08.0	What was there before?
1:10.1	Just like, well, before was Malmström, which was the Norwegian troll ride, and now it's
1:15.5	the Frozen ride.
1:16.8	And Norway, Frozen is not based in Norway.
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