{"id":933499,"date":"2026-07-14T04:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/933499\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:23:16","slug":"haalands-norway-receive-heroes-welcome-in-oslo-after-world-cup-exit-world-cup-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/933499\/","title":{"rendered":"Haaland\u2019s Norway receive heroes\u2019 welcome in Oslo after World Cup exit | World Cup 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-label__link\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-label__image\" height=\"22.5\" width=\"222.75\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784002996_436_Post-Label-Image-Option-1-1780213226.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"World Cup 2026 post label\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\">A crowd of more than 100,000, an open-top bus parade and a royal reception welcomed back the Norwegian World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 13 Jul 202613 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p>More than \u200c\u200c100,000 fans flooded the streets of the Norwegian \u2060\u2060capital, Oslo, to give their football team a heroes\u2019 welcome, turning the heartbreak of their FIFA World Cup exit \u2060\u2060into a huge national celebration.<\/p>\n<p>A 2-1 extra-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/12\/bellingham-scores-twice-as-england-beat-norway-2-1-to-reach-world-cup-semis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defeat by England on Saturday<\/a> brought Norway\u2019s historic run to an end in \u2060\u2060the quarterfinals, shattering the Nordics\u2019 dreams of a semifinal berth. However, it did not stop the country from celebrating its heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Massive crowds under the Norwegian summer sun filled the grounds of the Royal \u200c\u200cPalace early on Monday afternoon, with an unofficial turnout estimated at more than 100,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>The Norway squad touched down to a traditional water cannon salute before commencing their homecoming parade in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The line of supporters quickly packed the palace square before stretching far down the main street, \u2060\u2060Karl Johans gate, as the squad first \u2060\u2060attended an audience with King Harald.<\/p>\n<p>The team then stepped out to greet the fans, with the Royal Guard standing at attention behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Striker Erling Haaland was \u2060\u2060noticeably absent from the final stage of the celebrations, having left early.<\/p>\n<p>His departure meant \u2060\u2060he missed joining his teammates on the \u2060\u2060palace steps for one last \u201cViking row\u201d with the tens of thousands of fans gathered below, which was led by Crown Prince Haakon on the drums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErling \u200c\u200cand Sander [Berge] had to catch their plane as our trip from the US was delayed four hours,\u201d coach Stale Solbakken said, \u200c\u200cas \u200c\u200cthe squad prepared to continue the celebrations in an open bus parade around Oslo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crowd of more than 100,000, an open-top bus parade and a royal reception welcomed back the Norwegian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":933500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[45],"tags":[440,1318,50,18242,221,1926,62,67,132,68,21490,105860],"class_list":["post-933499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-europe","tag-football","tag-news","tag-norway","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116916428366554538","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}