Soccer-Norwegian parliament gets behind World Cup team with fans' Viking rowing display

Norway's parliament briefly interrupted a session to recreate the Viking rowing gesture popularised by the country's World Cup fans, showcasing national unity and support for the team.

World Cup ​fever has spread ​as far as ‌the Norwegian ​parliament, where elected representatives performed a recreation of Viking rowing that ‌has been made famous by the country's soccer fans attending the tournament across the Atlantic.

Before, during and after ‌Norway's 4-1 win over Iraq in Boston, the ‌country's red-clad fans, many of them wearing Viking helmets, were pictured rowing in unison in bars, on public transport and ⁠even ​on escalators ⁠around the stadium as they embraced the heritage of their ⁠seafaring Scandinavian forefathers. Thursday's parliamentary session was briefly interrupted when the ​speaker suggested that the members repeat the fans' ⁠rowing action to show the nation's support for the ongoing ⁠campaign, ​and the parliamentarians responded enthusiastically in a cross-party display of unity.

Norway's next World Cup Group ⁠I outing is against Senegal on June 22, where they ⁠will ⁠be hoping to plunder another victory that will see them through to the knockout ‌stage.