@@b.lukiii we have much more success than Norway in sports having a small population,earning much less and spending even less on sports. Yet we have the best tennis player of all time,best basketball player today,best waterpolo team that won 3 golds back to back,not even mentioning our volleyball male,female teams.
I am Norwegian, track and field athlete in my youth. I spent a year in the US as a 16 year old, and entered my high school team. The first day my coach was in my face, yelled I needed to "prove myself, here we build you up from the ground up". That whole jargon was SO foreign to me coming from Norway. I just wanted to run and compete, not to be yelled at. Lost motivation pretty quickly, and didn't start competing again till i got back home. That joy of movement and autonomy is invaluable here.
I'm sorry that happened to you, Im also norwegian thats not common at least not in my experience. I did handball and gymnastics and all my trainers were kind and supportive, if they'd yelled at me I'd have dropped them like a hot potato
To get 93% of your children to participate in, enjoy and get the positive mental and fysical effects of sports, is a bigger victory than any records or medals. That’s the real story here.
The fact is however that "The Norwegian System" hasn't produced many if any top athletes. Ødegaard, Haaland, Ingebrigtsen and most others who've succeeded are the result of parents who pursued the extreme - going 'against' the system. Young athletes who have come to understand that the Norwegian model doesn't suffice at all. I think that's the system's greatest strength. It forces anyone with ambitions to go their own way.
@@janottestad5154a good point. Those are bad example of that the Norwegian system works. The Norwegian system is good to get more people getting active though.
@Busola29 prije 0 sekundi EASY ANSWER ... DOPING Norway has a contract with WADA (probably paid a lot, Americans don't have to pay...) so that athletes can use banned drugs against ASTHMA because like everyone has ASTHMA... Illogical, but completely normal for WADA... Today sports is not sports this is epidemic of chemistry! It's better that they abolish doping testing, it makes no sense, we saw it all on the example of Sinner
One of the biggest factors for us norwegians is the culture and appreciation for the outdoors. Children walk alone to school even from first grade, they have organized activities where anyone are welcome to parttake. Families regularly go skiing together in the winter, regardless of talent or the sports aspects of it, but just as a part of the culture; every Easter, most financially stable households (especially with children) drive up in the mountains to go ski or at least stay at cabins in the mountains. There's a common saying in Norway that says (translated): _"Norwegians ar born with skis on their feet."_ So skiing is a cultural thing engrained in the population, which we take a lot of pride in, but also get a lot of enjoyment out of. Norwegian children spend a lot of time in activity outside of sports, and in school no subject is graded with performance grades before 8th grade, only formative assements like pointing out what was incorrect and how to improve and focus more on etc. This will no doubt have an effect on motivation and prevent unhealthy competitiveness. So in Physical Education (called "kroppsøving" or simply "gym") the children learn how to play lots of different sports, getting to try out the activities, learning the rules and so forth, without it being performance driven (mostly). There is some performance stuff, but mostly to reflect on self improvement, and from 8th grade and up there are of course more tests and with grades as I mentioned. Norway is a safe place to go outdoors and play unsupervised from a young age; children helping other children if someone gets hurt etc. and the crime rate is so low it's practically a non-issue, so no real risk of kidnapping etc. I remember going ice skating and playing hockey with some friends on a lake in the woods atop of a hill not far from where we lived at like barely 12 years old. I fell through the ice, but got help from the other kids around me to get up on land, as there were obviously no adults there. They were only contacted afterwards, as my phone was dead, having been submerged through my pockets. I believe the winter clothes I had on was so good that for the 30-45 secs I spent partially submerged up to my shoulders, I didn't even get wet down to my skin underneith. Only got wet on my feet, and around my forearms. Speaking to how real quality winter clothes makes for a really good experience plalying outside in the cold for extended periods of time as well. Extra little fun fact when it comes to the motivation to become the best; we don't have to look further than to Sweden, since as long as the nowegians are better than the swedes, we are good enough! The classic _"Norway VS Sweden"_ brotherly rivalry which has a big impact on competitiveness in athletes from a young age (which goes both ways, also for the swedes of course).
I went to norway recently.. outside of oslo, norwegians really do live quite a not luxurious life.. they don't flash their wealth but they spend a lot of time doing outdoor activities
Also, Norwegians tend to think flashy people are cringe and that they are trying to overcompensate. Imagine how everyone in other cultures find loud and boastful people as embarassing. In Norway, being flashy evokes the same sensation of secondhand embarassment on people. Seems like being fit and reasonable and logical is what matters.
Enter a Norwegian home, and you'll see a lot of fancy stuff. My home is my castle is the mantra. It's not a show-off culture at all, but it doesn't mean that they don't have money. They do.
@@kingfish0074 ja fyf, the only people who flex their Wealth are teenagers who just by designer clothes to look cool, im in vg1 and half of them are into designer clothes and saying how rich they are
Thats BS, as a norwegian, when i go to work i only hear people talk about flashy things they recently bought like new expensive cars, boats or clothes. Or i see people wearing $1k+ shoes, purses, belts and jackets EVERYWHERE. Norwegians have a very unique clothing "Style", a lot of the "normal" clothes you see norwegians wearing dont look like expensive "brand" stuff, but many guys you see at a busstop around the age of 20-30 wears a $1k-$2k jacket, which is not even considered premium / fancy, its literally standard in any and every city in Norway.
In Norway even the nerds are athletes. Back in junior high we would get together in the weekend and nerd out with computers and board games, but we`d also get outside and climb a proper mountain from foot to summit (in mid winter, Norwegian winter!) and be back in time for supper and another game of D&D. Now that was 30 years ago, but the old gang still sometimes join up at the cabin for a bit of the same.
Well, you guys had the best javelin thrower for a while. Julius Yego was a BEAST. Javelin has historically been dominated by countries like Norway, Finland and Germany, so it was cool to see Kenyan beating the rest of the world in that event.
I'm a sports idiot and love to watch our Norwegian athletes do well. Although if we had to choose between over 90% of ours kids finding joy in doing sport and international success I wouldn't mind if we never won a medal again!
100% As a father of 2 children doing sports and being in the game myself for decades now ( 😱) I can confirm a few things. First off, Norwegians are not rich. Norway is. That is a vital factor of "rich Norway". Secondly, the sports system in Norway has had so many huge flaws to it, that nobody managed to achieve anything except those with 100% dedicated parents with the right network. (Similar to being a part of a billionaire club. You are either part of it or not. You do not apply for it.) Many people's conclusion, which I find to be the best for any human: enjoy sport and stay healthy and happy. That's it.
fun story about when an asian crosscountry skiier trained with the norwegian team. He was surprised there wasnt a typical pressure at the workouts, but pure joy of the sport that made it fun. If you deeply like what you do, you will get better.
I was born in Norway but grew up in Sweden, speak only Swedish, and is a Swedish citizen. When it's time for the Winter Olympics, however, I am all Norwegian. 😁
The Olympiatoppen team coordinates most of the elite activities in Norwegian athletic sports. This opens for benefits between and across each branch of sport. If the rowing team are developing a new insight to an aspect of their sport, for example a way to train endurance, this knowledge is fast transferred to other endurance sports. And since Norway is relatively small these connections appear on all levels. From associations down the athletes themselves.
Out of 20 people in my class, only 3 have never been in any kinds of sport, and yet we participate in a number of sports in both our physical activity classes and gym classes. You cannot escape sports in this country, I swear💀
It is because hockey is not popular at all. You can argue the same for cycling and Sweden. Why does not Sweden or Finland have any cyclist as Norway and especially Denmark?
Norway has a much stronger outdoor culture than our neighbours I think. They're usually better than us in indoor sports. "Most" Norwegians grow up with huge focus on hiking, skiing and other outdoor family activities. Our parents wants us out, with them. Out in the nature. So we don't have the same number of indoor sports arenas per capita like they do.
@@youdontknow4264 Hockey is popular in Norway, based on it being the second most watched league in team sports, and the rink capacity is overloaded. The problem is that it's mainly based in eastern Norway, and there are not enough rinks to develop the required talent. Look at the new rinks in the north and south, they are full of players, and Narvik has developed a real fan base in a very short period in time. The potential is there, but the will to finance it isn't.
When talking about countries with small populations doing well in sports we should talk about Iceland, who have been able to do a lot with much less. Also the Faroe Islands are doing incredibly well in handball at the moment.
Not to be rude but iceland has basically done nothing compared to Norway, that has the most winter olympic medals, the greatest chess player ever, the currently best footballer, and are strong in handball
Iceland and Faroe Islands is in a way Norwegians, as those islands was populated mainly from Norway. Faroe Islands is part of Kingdom of Denmark, so not an independent state. There is a county in Norway called Trøndelag, less than 500,000 people live there and there is a massive bias in winter sports from this area. If Trøndelag been a country, it would place in top 5 on the all time Winter Olympic medal table. Fun fact, back when Iceland and Faroe Islands was populated, Trøndelag was power centre, home to Earls of Lade and several Kings had their seats there, if sailing Norway-Iceland, shortest path is basically to start from Trøndelag. :)
Foss has not been dominating, and I hold him as a top ten tempo rider, which was enough when he rode the ride of his life in the olympics. His descending was the best of the best, and he actually won taking one of the turns so hard that he had to bend the upperbody away to avoid crashing in a curve-fence. Norway is not dominating on bikes as we speak, but Jørgen Nordhagen might be coming. Slovenia is the bikers number one country now.
Is that still so? I'm not trying to downgrade him, but I know recently he has lost some plays even against a woman and a 10 yo child and he constantly backs out or forfeits some tournaments. So, if you adjust all his plays(not only his records), is he still so dominant? I'm not shutting on him, just asking. Because even he has records for most wins, or best plays or whatever, he also has some very poor ones that are kinda balancing the things.
@@MihailParshin I have been following and have been a chess player with a fide rating of 1867 for 5 years. I know players background and their personality on the board. So, please if you don't follow or don't know about the sport then please don't contradict other comment.
@@MihailParshin yeah he has been beat by weaker players, but thats in Blitz, where players have less time and the result is more random. Classical chess, which is the most prestige way of playing, is where Magnus truly dominates.
Something too add up, when we had winter sports competition at the elementary school 1-7 grade everyone got the 1th place. That could also have some kinda effect bringing some motivation for the children too start doing some kinda sport. And i'm agreed with the idea that there are just given massive negative effect with pointing out the losing team. Everyone should be included and just having a fun day.
The same thing is here in Finland as every child can play for their local team if they want to and the goal is to keep them as long as possible playing. Here are the local growth clubs and if a child is very good, he will probaply transfer to some bigger club which has a team in the finnish top divisions (now i am talking about football). One problem also is that sports don’t have much money here. Here only ice hockey games and skiing events have many watchers in the stands. The only thing compared to Norway is that we have no money and we just are fucking shit in every other sport than ice hockey and some other winter sports i guess.
One thing with Norwegians not mention is that the Norwegians in generall has a lot of freetime and most use time in physical activities. Just to give a picture. I lived in spain. The city was at around 500 000 population with 15 gyms. I live now in a Norwegian city with 15 000 in population with the same amount of gyms.
its not the freetime, but we have culture of doing activities. its why you cant even walk, a long the road, in rather desolate places without meeting joggers and cyclists. If you look at graphs over average worktime, the only western country really sticking out is USA. They work the most with the least benefits
What should be mentions is how all this started. In 1988, olympic at Calgary, was a disaster for Norway. We got ZERO gold medals. We didnt success in any of winter sport, and we are a winter sport nations. Its internation known that norwegian are born with ski on their feet-) Result of this, we made "olympiatoppen" where resourser and knowlegde where combined. This gave result fast, with 4 gold medals next olympic. Another thing, Norwegian loves when we win in non-snow events. Example is, we have Chess on national TV... I thinks we are the only country in the world that have this.
I'm a soccer coach for young kids, including my daughter. We are required to let everyone on the team play the same amount of minutes during a match. We also change who is the goalkeeper, and who plays in the different positions. And as the video says, there are no tables or knock out, everyone who participates in a cup gets a medal. Naturally some kids will be better than other, faster, stronger, more interested etc. But, it's not the same ones over the course of a season, not to mention over several years. Kids develop at different paces, and their development ebbs and flows. It's crucial I think to not leave anyone behind, because suddenly they will be the leaders. One more thing that I think is very important: I know that no matter what, most likely none of the players I train (or even none of the players in my city) will be world stars. BUT, they will have learned teamwork, and helping each other, and cooperation, and lifting each other up. That's skills which are useful no matter where you end up in life.
i respect this and envy their youth program as an american in his 40s i will admit atleast in my youth the sport culture is very biased towards those who have more money more than anything second is raw talent.
I saw a video of a historian with focus on genetics and culture, and he said what separates Norwegian athletes from others is the culture of healthy competition within the team. The athletes would share their knowledge with their teammates and tell them what they need to do in order to beat them. I think a lot of it comes from the culture of sharing knowledge with each other rather than keeping it a secret. In the end, everyone benefits from it and have a healthy competition among themselves. Also the mentality of the best victory being the next one, not being complacent with current success.
Blumentfelt is fantastic and worth mentioning, he is also connected to the Marius Bakken coaching tradion via the coach Olav Aleksander Bu. Interesting if Bu can elevate Norweging cycling soon. He has been assigned to coaching for UNO-X
I just need to point out, that the money spend isn’t the reason why they are better than so many other counties, the money of the citizens is though. There are barely any poor families in Norway, so all the great sports stars they have right now all grew up wealthy or at least not poor, because the people of Norway are one of t he richest in the world(even top 3 I think) that is not the case in Ireland or any Eastern European countries for example. That gives the young kids the advantage of investing their whole time into sports without having to worry about money. The reagiere better health care and equipment from their parents. That is a massive advantage and a massive reason why they are so good right now
There are many poor families in Norway. That the country is rich is not the same as ordinary people being rich because the money is put into funds, as was mentioned in the video. Norwegian families live quite soberly, and it is common for the children to have to save for things they want, possibly get them as gifts for Christmas or birthdays. Flashing money and wealth is not well regarded in Norway. The children do not work because there is a general rule that young people under the age of 15 are not allowed to work. From the age of 13 you can do light work, but the parents must approve. The parents may agree that you work a few hours a week if it does not interfere with your schoolwork or leisure activities for the simple reason that children are supposed to be children, and not work away their childhood, and I didn't have to either when I was young, even though I grew up in a fairly poor family. My parents had to be very creative to support a large group of children with only one income.
@ Norway has the 4th highest income in the world on average per citizen(about 114.000 dollars) obv there are poor families in Norway but they are the exception not the normality. So as a matter of facts parents still have better possibilities to support their children’s career. That has nothing to do with the fact that kids to get everything they ask for. I live in Germany and my parents make a decent amount, I still need to save money if I want to buy something I want to enjoy. For supporting my career etc. that is different. And in that regard children living in Norway are, on average, way better of than someone from Brazil or Montenegro. That is facts
@VaJoRo You cannot look at income level alone. You have to look at the level of expenditure, and Norway is a very expensive country to live in. Germany? Danes travel to Germany to shop cheaply, Swedes travel to Denmark to shop cheaply and Norwegians travel to Sweden to shop cheaply. And btw - You cannot compare Norway to countries where people can live outside under a bush all year round.
@@ahkkariq7406 Yes, but Norwegian purchasing power even when prices of things are taken into account is greater still. And even better if you avoid the things that are heavily taxed, like alcohol. If you are clever and selective, you will be FAR better off in Norway compared to Germany.
@@ahkkariq7406 obv yes, but Norway is not that much more expensive that it equals it out. Plus it’s about as expensive as living in the US or australia
Warholm and Ingebritsen have set a new ceiling for training endurance, its unbelivable. Skiing isnt even a point to discuss given norways results, while we produce top players in football we sadly have a severe lack in top coaches, but generally Norwegians are resilient and dedicated with good economical funding.
I know, we only had a Solskjær managing the biggest football club in the world. Seriously underachieving for a country of 5.5 million people. Look at China and India and how many managers they have.
@@iShriek not my point, but ok. My point was more that if we had better coaches, we'd be more successfull in both club and international... which we arent, especially in concideration of the talents we have produced. And bringing in other countries for comparison doesnt strengthen ourselves, it just ooints out other nations that arent successfull either
We have top footballplayers, but only 5 or 6 that is good enough for the really big teams. In football there are 11 players on the field, and the big countries like Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Brasil, Argentina and England has more than 11 topclassplayers. In Norway we dont have a single defensive player good enough to play for Liverpool or Real Madrid.
Actually, the work day is 7.5 hours a day, but if lunch isn't considered a part as your job (it could be a part of your job if you can be expected to drop everything to go and do something even during your lunch break) then it adds up to 8 hours if you have a 30 minute lunch break, if not then the lunch break is a part of those 7.5 hours (i.e. a paid lunch break.)
Last week we had snow here on the west coast, and the whole family took the "mountain lift"/Fløybanen up to the top to run down on a toboggan. The whole mountain was full of other families out on the same errand. Good Fun.
A video idea I think you need to do is how has the NHL fallen behind the MLS? It sucks. My favourite sport is no longer seen as a top 4 sports league in North America.
Im norwegian, I grew up being introduced into all sorts of sport alongside my peers really young, I did everything from handball to karate to gymnastics because it was fun, we also had chess tournaments in school, this was just norm growing up, almost all my peers did some type of sport too. In fact where I'm from our gym has open friday where kids can come and play around and its just a nice thing in general
If you look at the game "Osu" country leaderboard, Norway is ranked 28 despite having 5x less players than some other countries. This really applies to every (e)sport it seems
I'm a Norwegian with a relatively small social circle and even I know several national champions and even a couple world champions in various sports, most of them quite niche.
Through my life I have tried: - Football (not American football, regular football.) It wasn't really my thing. - Floorball ("Innebandy" in Norway.) I ended up disliking the sport, and my coach wasn't that great. The tipping point was when I ended up sitting on the bench an entire game. - Competitive shooting (though I never competed, I just went to the practice things once a week.) I ended up not going there anymore as I prioritized it less and less.
Completely irrelevant and false argument to bring in village sized micronations. Steinkjer in Norway has half the population of Liechtenstein, and has way way more medals.
@@fredrikz As a Norwegian, I’m incredibly proud of our Olympic achievements, but I feel it’s important to clarify a factual inaccuracy. The reason I’m bringing this up is that the video refers to Norway as the best Olympic nation per capita, which simply isn’t correct. Liechtenstein holds that title with 263 medals per million people, compared to Norway’s 74. Per capita comparisons are a recognized way of measuring success relative to population size, and dismissing Liechtenstein’s achievements as irrelevant because of its small size misses the point. Liechtenstein is a sovereign nation competing on equal terms, and their success is extraordinary given their limited population and resources. Comparing this to a Norwegian town like Steinkjer is completely off-base, as a town is not an independent entity competing on the world stage. Acknowledging this fact doesn’t diminish Norway’s greatness or total medal count - it simply recognizes that, on a per capita basis, Liechtenstein comes out ahead. Facts are facts, and celebrating the achievements of smaller nations doesn’t take anything away from our pride in Norway’s incredible Olympic success.
Back in the eigthies handball was a womensport in Norway. Men usually played football. Norway has always had good female handball, and that quality trickled down to the men.
My mom also works with something called Friluftslivets år 2025 ( The Year of Outdoor Recreation). Friluftslivets år 2025 celebrates outdoor life in Norway with events all year, starting with "Hele Norge båler"(All of Norway Bonfires) on January 18th. It aims to inspire everyone to enjoy nature, break barriers, and promote community and mental health through outdoor activities.
Whats impressive is that medal tally for the Olympic games, 1. USA 2. CHINA 3. JAPAN 4. AUSTRALIA Australia with almost 100 million less than japan, 1 billion less than china and over 300 million less than USA manages to compete with those 3
Not trying to hate, but they won nearly all of them in Swimming. So it would be more accurte to say that Australia can compete with these countries in Swimming. The crazy fact about the Norwegians is that they are good at everything. (Coming from an salty Austrian, that can't stand the Norwegians beating us in skiing nowadays :) )
@@tutorialon6522 I was going to answer the same. Australia is great at swimming, they are US's biggest rivals in that sport. The Norwegians are great at many sports and I don't know anything about winter sports because I am Portuguese and we suck at that.
Norway isn't that small, btw. We don't have a lot of citizens, and our country is very narrow, but it is very long. From Lindesnes to Nordkap it's about 1700 km (or about 1056 mi) We also have the second longest coastline in the world, only beaten by Canada.
Everyone does sport. It’s so ingrained into the culture. We have to be active, the climate is harsh so it makes hiking and other outdoor activities more difficult and I guess makes us fitter. We also enjoy lots of protein and milk. This is what makes us stong
Norway is better than several countries in moving, running, skiing and playing in the woods. Because we are among the countries that have "allemannsretten". Everybody has the right to run in all forests regardless of who that is the owner, if we behave properly. And there are very few dangers in the Norwegian woods. The tradition of training is also good. When I was a teenager back in 1976 a package that was considered fine for orientering-runners was 1 day strenght, two days long and easy, one day intervals (but harder than the Ingebriktsen-intervals) and one or two days competing. But I dont remember doing intervals and much strenght in the competingseason. This package was very similar to modern principles that is about training all heartratezones. We also had a lot of non-registered training commuting with the bike everywhere, and playing football with other kids. Sometimes I biked for 40 minutes to get to a trainingrace, and then ran orientering for 40 minutes, and biked home again. That is translated to 1-5 heartratezones first a 40 minute zone 1 or 2, then 40 minutes zone 2,3,4 and 5 then 40 minutes in zone 1 or 2. This youthactivity buildt my a huge heart which is capable of beating 5,5 x faster than resting heart rate at the age of 62.
Sharing information is important for other people to support the sport. Norway winning too much is a problem. We need to make sure that there is viable competition.
this makes so much sense to the point of making me want to cry lol. WHY CAN'T EVERY COUNTRY BE LIKE THIS!? (yes yes money power capitalism communism etc) but a man can only dream!
Im from norway, 14 years old and i know for a fact i will be The UFC champion in a couple of years. I don’t see any way i don’t unless i get unlucky and get an injury or get cancer or something i know i shouldn’t think like that but its always a possibility
I think the next generation will be judged that way, the former Yugoslav nations always did well in sports when they were united so it wasnt surprising when they split to have each smaller country do well however a lot was set up from the old regimes and people who were trained in them. this upcoming generation will be new
@@rashedulkabir6227Novak Djokovic maybe? Or you are pissed and biased that it should be Nadal or Federer? For basketball I can't say, I don't follow it,but for tennis that is the undisputed No1 forever.
Good to see they devote so much to sport, even if those 93% of people down all become professional athletes they will be sport and health inclined for life
First of all, Norway is not tiny. It is medium to large in land area. But they investing a lot in sport infrastructure and sport culture. Also, they have a lot of money. Why we wonder how they are doing good in sports?
Not to take away from their hard work or success, but a unique aspect of the Ingebrigtsen brothers training was having a father who pushed them very hard. Said father is now taken to court (note: innocent until proven otherwise) for abuse, accused by his own three sons.
Magnus is indeed dominant, but even as a Norwegian I find it absolutely ridiculous that chess is even considered a sport. Sport requres athleticism. I'm sure among the top 100 chess players in the world there are a few that's overweight or even obese. How many top 100 tennis players are obese? Football? Skiing? Its a board game ffs. E-"sport" is not sport for the same reasons per se, and have nothing in the regular Olympics to do either.
@@torfinnfuglestad2003 You are confusing sports with athleticism. Sports is just a spirit of competition. Athelticism is moving your body in rigorous ways. We don't have two words to differentiate it in Norwegian, but that doesn't make it less true.
Ealing Haaland not being pushed to play football by his parents is wrong. His father was Alfe Haaland who also played for city we was very much pushed and trained relentlessly to play football. I'm sure he also did other sports but he played a lot of football.
Actually, "idrettsglede" just means "joy of sport", it's "idrettsgleden" that means "the joy of sport." Though, you did get very close to how it is pronounced in Norway.
Recuerdo cuando España dominaba en todos los grandes deportes (y en algunos lo sigue haciendo): Fútbol, Tenis, Baloncesto, Formula 1, Motociclismo, Balonmano...No he visto que Noruega sea buena o domine en ninguno de estos.
Yeah Norway is bigger than UK, Poland or Germany in geographical size, but the population size is just above 5.5 million, so the population is relatively small
Ireland has a lot of good athletes for it’s size so the criticism there is unjust. Our rugby team is one of fhe the best in the world at present. We have MacIlroy and Lowry in men’s golf, Leona Maguire in women’s golf. We have Katie Taylor and Kellie Harrington who are massive names in women’s boxing. MacGregor was once great befit we lost all respect for him. Our national football team has historically performed far better than Norway and other countries with similar populations except for Croatia. Our best athletes however are engaged in our national games of Hurling and Gaelic football. For our size, we are an insanely talented country who arguably overachieves regularly across all sports and who has multiple thriving national sports which is what the majority of people on the island are engaged in. A video on Ireland in this context could be cool.
@ 1/4 final in 1990, 1/4 final in 2002 World Cup, 1/4 final in 2016 euros. For a nation of 5 million people of which only a small portion actually play football due to the prominence of our national Gaelic games and rugby, id say that’s pretty good no? Far better than that of Norway and other similar sized nations with the exception of Croatia. Ireland is a sporting powerhouse. Simple as.
@@okklidokklialso, check the medal table from the 2024 Olympics mate. For all of Norway’s “superior athletes”, they ousted Ireland by a singular medal. Norway finished with a total of 8 and were 18th in the overall medal table whereas Ireland finished with 7 and were 19th
@@conorquinn8369 What a weird post. Ireland is not a sporting powerhouse and does not even reach the ankles of Norway. You are the only competing nation in a sport that only you do, so how no wonder you are a powerhouse in that sport! You are also the worst country in the world at that sport!. Then you do well in a Rugby that only 10 countries somewhat seriously, and five of these are small nations. You also take golf extremely seriously and have two great golfers. Norway does not take it seriously, but still has Hovland who over the last couple of years has been better than both. Suzann Pettersen was ranked 2 in the world not that many years ago. When it comes to football Ireland is a non-entity on club level. Whenever Norwegian clubs meet Irish clubs that nobody has heard of it's a walkover. Norway's club ranking is 12th in Europe, ahead of likes of Greece, Scotland and Switzerland. Where's Ireland? Sandwiched between Moldova and Iceland! Then let's talk about national teams. Your best ever FIFA ranking was 6th in 1993. This was your golden age in football. But at that time Norway was second, just after Brazil. In 1995 Norway was also ranked number 2. So your cherrypicking of sports and boasting about something you are proud of backfired spectacularly. In 1998 Norway beat Brazil in the World Cup group stages and was narrowly knocked out by Italy in 1/8 final. Norway is currently ranked just 43, but still much better than Ireland in 60th, trailing behind mighty Uzbekistan and one place ahead of Congo. What a POWERHOUSE! While our team isn't play well together, Norway at least have the biggest football star in the world in Haaland, and other world class players like Ødegaard. And you? Nobody has ever heard of a single of your players! On the women's side? Norway has the runner-up in Ballon d'Or this year. Irish players? Nowhere to be seen. Olympics? Over the last 10 years Norway has won 114 medals and Ireland 6. But of course, Ireland is a POWERHOUSE!
Not only 16 is too much, in those rich countries even 40 hours per week is kinda 'much'. I have heart and read that a lot of people in Germany, Netherland, France and the other 'West' are working something like 37-38 hours per week or some even at around 20-25(like a part-timers). So even 8h/day is 'too much' for them, let alone 16.
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@@b.lukiii we have much more success than Norway in sports having a small population,earning much less and spending even less on sports.
Yet we have the best tennis player of all time,best basketball player today,best waterpolo team that won 3 golds back to back,not even mentioning our volleyball male,female teams.
I am Norwegian, track and field athlete in my youth. I spent a year in the US as a 16 year old, and entered my high school team. The first day my coach was in my face, yelled I needed to "prove myself, here we build you up from the ground up". That whole jargon was SO foreign to me coming from Norway. I just wanted to run and compete, not to be yelled at. Lost motivation pretty quickly, and didn't start competing again till i got back home. That joy of movement and autonomy is invaluable here.
Why not just say it as it is: US people are not as smart as Norwegians 🤪
I am Norwegian to!
@@kulilaser To do what?
I'm sorry that happened to you, Im also norwegian thats not common at least not in my experience. I did handball and gymnastics and all my trainers were kind and supportive, if they'd yelled at me I'd have dropped them like a hot potato
To get 93% of your children to participate in, enjoy and get the positive mental and fysical effects of sports, is a bigger victory than any records or medals. That’s the real story here.
The fact is however that "The Norwegian System" hasn't produced many if any top athletes. Ødegaard, Haaland, Ingebrigtsen and most others who've succeeded are the result of parents who pursued the extreme - going 'against' the system. Young athletes who have come to understand that the Norwegian model doesn't suffice at all. I think that's the system's greatest strength. It forces anyone with ambitions to go their own way.
@@janottestad5154 Skjønner ikke hva du babbler om for å være ærlig. Er det ikke et faktum at nordmenn er overrepresentert blant toppidrettsutøvere?
@@janottestad5154a good point. Those are bad example of that the Norwegian system works. The Norwegian system is good to get more people getting active though.
@Busola29
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EASY ANSWER ...
DOPING
Norway has a contract with WADA (probably paid a lot, Americans don't have to pay...) so that athletes can use banned drugs against ASTHMA because like everyone has ASTHMA... Illogical, but completely normal for WADA... Today sports is not sports this is epidemic of chemistry!
It's better that they abolish doping testing, it makes no sense, we saw it all on the example of Sinner
@@janottestad5154 dont think the parents of håland and ødegaard went as extreme as papa ingebrigtsen
One of the biggest factors for us norwegians is the culture and appreciation for the outdoors. Children walk alone to school even from first grade, they have organized activities where anyone are welcome to parttake. Families regularly go skiing together in the winter, regardless of talent or the sports aspects of it, but just as a part of the culture; every Easter, most financially stable households (especially with children) drive up in the mountains to go ski or at least stay at cabins in the mountains.
There's a common saying in Norway that says (translated): _"Norwegians ar born with skis on their feet."_
So skiing is a cultural thing engrained in the population, which we take a lot of pride in, but also get a lot of enjoyment out of.
Norwegian children spend a lot of time in activity outside of sports, and in school no subject is graded with performance grades before 8th grade, only formative assements like pointing out what was incorrect and how to improve and focus more on etc. This will no doubt have an effect on motivation and prevent unhealthy competitiveness. So in Physical Education (called "kroppsøving" or simply "gym") the children learn how to play lots of different sports, getting to try out the activities, learning the rules and so forth, without it being performance driven (mostly). There is some performance stuff, but mostly to reflect on self improvement, and from 8th grade and up there are of course more tests and with grades as I mentioned.
Norway is a safe place to go outdoors and play unsupervised from a young age; children helping other children if someone gets hurt etc. and the crime rate is so low it's practically a non-issue, so no real risk of kidnapping etc.
I remember going ice skating and playing hockey with some friends on a lake in the woods atop of a hill not far from where we lived at like barely 12 years old. I fell through the ice, but got help from the other kids around me to get up on land, as there were obviously no adults there. They were only contacted afterwards, as my phone was dead, having been submerged through my pockets.
I believe the winter clothes I had on was so good that for the 30-45 secs I spent partially submerged up to my shoulders, I didn't even get wet down to my skin underneith. Only got wet on my feet, and around my forearms. Speaking to how real quality winter clothes makes for a really good experience plalying outside in the cold for extended periods of time as well.
Extra little fun fact when it comes to the motivation to become the best; we don't have to look further than to Sweden, since as long as the nowegians are better than the swedes, we are good enough!
The classic _"Norway VS Sweden"_ brotherly rivalry which has a big impact on competitiveness in athletes from a young age (which goes both ways, also for the swedes of course).
Are you still eating Whale meat, if so you're savages.
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I went to norway recently.. outside of oslo, norwegians really do live quite a not luxurious life.. they don't flash their wealth but they spend a lot of time doing outdoor activities
Also, Norwegians tend to think flashy people are cringe and that they are trying to overcompensate. Imagine how everyone in other cultures find loud and boastful people as embarassing. In Norway, being flashy evokes the same sensation of secondhand embarassment on people. Seems like being fit and reasonable and logical is what matters.
Enter a Norwegian home, and you'll see a lot of fancy stuff. My home is my castle is the mantra. It's not a show-off culture at all, but it doesn't mean that they don't have money. They do.
as an nordic man my self who dosent live in oslo or bærum, we all hate the flashy ppl from there, no oen likes them at all from the south to the north
@@kingfish0074 ja fyf, the only people who flex their Wealth are teenagers who just by designer clothes to look cool, im in vg1 and half of them are into designer clothes and saying how rich they are
Thats BS, as a norwegian, when i go to work i only hear people talk about flashy things they recently bought like new expensive cars, boats or clothes. Or i see people wearing $1k+ shoes, purses, belts and jackets EVERYWHERE.
Norwegians have a very unique clothing "Style", a lot of the "normal" clothes you see norwegians wearing dont look like expensive "brand" stuff, but many guys you see at a busstop around the age of 20-30 wears a $1k-$2k jacket, which is not even considered premium / fancy, its literally standard in any and every city in Norway.
In Norway even the nerds are athletes. Back in junior high we would get together in the weekend and nerd out with computers and board games, but we`d also get outside and climb a proper mountain from foot to summit (in mid winter, Norwegian winter!) and be back in time for supper and another game of D&D. Now that was 30 years ago, but the old gang still sometimes join up at the cabin for a bit of the same.
D&D is satanic
Go to Latin Mass.
There even beating the Kenyans in running😂😂. As a Kenyan Warlhom and Ingebritsen also shock me
Well, you guys had the best javelin thrower for a while. Julius Yego was a BEAST. Javelin has historically been dominated by countries like Norway, Finland and Germany, so it was cool to see Kenyan beating the rest of the world in that event.
@CarlFredrik-uo1cu truly was but he's washed😂 he's a cop now
yeah amazing from usa , warholm was amazing, though i wish long distance should have more competitions , every year
I'm a sports idiot and love to watch our Norwegian athletes do well. Although if we had to choose between over 90% of ours kids finding joy in doing sport and international success I wouldn't mind if we never won a medal again!
100%
As a father of 2 children doing sports and being in the game myself for decades now ( 😱) I can confirm a few things.
First off, Norwegians are not rich. Norway is. That is a vital factor of "rich Norway".
Secondly, the sports system in Norway has had so many huge flaws to it, that nobody managed to achieve anything except those with 100% dedicated parents with the right network. (Similar to being a part of a billionaire club. You are either part of it or not. You do not apply for it.)
Many people's conclusion, which I find to be the best for any human: enjoy sport and stay healthy and happy.
That's it.
fun story about when an asian crosscountry skiier trained with the norwegian team. He was surprised there wasnt a typical pressure at the workouts, but pure joy of the sport that made it fun. If you deeply like what you do, you will get better.
Yes!
Magnus might be the most dominant player in any sport.
Bolt is a step above.
No. Kasparov is still possibly better, comparatively.
Compare that with Bolt, or Ali. Not to Magnus isn't in that list though
chess ain't a sport bratan , I will dies on that hill , it's though asf but it's not a sport
@@nananou1687 no. magnus >>> kasparov
@@carlito6038 If he is number 1 for the next 7 years, then yes
I was born in Norway but grew up in Sweden, speak only Swedish, and is a Swedish citizen. When it's time for the Winter Olympics, however, I am all Norwegian. 😁
Det er bra! Riktig valg😁
As a Norwegian i have tried many sports i have tried:football(soccer), cricket, wrestling, Thai boxing and now im doing bjj.
Samme. Du trener ikke på en av frontlineklubbene?
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The Olympiatoppen team coordinates most of the elite activities in Norwegian athletic sports. This opens for benefits between and across each branch of sport. If the rowing team are developing a new insight to an aspect of their sport, for example a way to train endurance, this knowledge is fast transferred to other endurance sports. And since Norway is relatively small these connections appear on all levels. From associations down the athletes themselves.
As a norwegian I enjoyed watching this.
2:26 says Norway and shows a picture from Geneva in Switzerland lol
@@michael_bolognese Where In the Video?
@@runefredriksen933602:26
Ah, thats why I couldnt guess. Thought maybe Drammen for 2 seconds, but obviously not.
Who cares....
He said "Norway is a very rich country" and possibly referred to Switzerland because most people think of Switzerland as being rich ig🤷🏻♂️
This is why a small popultion based country like norway excel in sports and the world's most populated country (india) struggle in every sport.
I am from Serbia, and we have the best basketball player in the world and best tennis player of all time, which is insane for such a small country
Bhai, leave it. Our people suck at these. As much as I love to see things go better, It's not happening anytime soon
Well cultural change has to happen@@bharatavarsha17000
@@bharatavarsha17000 luck is bullshit its just passion,culture, facilities
Except cricket
Out of 20 people in my class, only 3 have never been in any kinds of sport, and yet we participate in a number of sports in both our physical activity classes and gym classes.
You cannot escape sports in this country, I swear💀
It’s ironic Norway doesn’t produce hockey players like its neighbors Sweden and Finland. Mats Zucarello is the only well known player
Hockey is not a popular sport in Norway. When i was child i didnt know anybody that played hockey
It is because hockey is not popular at all. You can argue the same for cycling and Sweden. Why does not Sweden or Finland have any cyclist as Norway and especially Denmark?
Norway has a much stronger outdoor culture than our neighbours I think. They're usually better than us in indoor sports. "Most" Norwegians grow up with huge focus on hiking, skiing and other outdoor family activities. Our parents wants us out, with them. Out in the nature. So we don't have the same number of indoor sports arenas per capita like they do.
@@youdontknow4264 Hockey is popular in Norway, based on it being the second most watched league in team sports, and the rink capacity is overloaded. The problem is that it's mainly based in eastern Norway, and there are not enough rinks to develop the required talent. Look at the new rinks in the north and south, they are full of players, and Narvik has developed a real fan base in a very short period in time. The potential is there, but the will to finance it isn't.
Never forget Espen "Shampo" Knutsen. The only NHL player with a confirmed kill.
When talking about countries with small populations doing well in sports we should talk about Iceland, who have been able to do a lot with much less. Also the Faroe Islands are doing incredibly well in handball at the moment.
Not to be rude but iceland has basically done nothing compared to Norway, that has the most winter olympic medals, the greatest chess player ever, the currently best footballer, and are strong in handball
@@VelaniTheOne That is true, but Iceland has a population of about 300 000 - that is over 10x smaller than Norway.
@@VelaniTheOneand yet iceland has been in more major tournaments recently than norway. In football ikik, but still thats hilarious 😂
Iceland and Faroe Islands is in a way Norwegians, as those islands was populated mainly from Norway. Faroe Islands is part of Kingdom of Denmark, so not an independent state.
There is a county in Norway called Trøndelag, less than 500,000 people live there and there is a massive bias in winter sports from this area. If Trøndelag been a country, it would place in top 5 on the all time Winter Olympic medal table.
Fun fact, back when Iceland and Faroe Islands was populated, Trøndelag was power centre, home to Earls of Lade and several Kings had their seats there, if sailing Norway-Iceland, shortest path is basically to start from Trøndelag. :)
@@tor6372 Iceland is in no way Norwegians, if you follow your logic then everyone on earth is from Africa
Norway won the first ever world championships gold in athletics too (Grete Waitz in the marathon)
Tobias Foss somehow making that list is hilarious. He was indeed a WC but came out of nowhere.
Foss has not been dominating, and I hold him as a top ten tempo rider, which was enough when he rode the ride of his life in the olympics. His descending was the best of the best, and he actually won taking one of the turns so hard that he had to bend the upperbody away to avoid crashing in a curve-fence. Norway is not dominating on bikes as we speak, but Jørgen Nordhagen might be coming. Slovenia is the bikers number one country now.
7:46 another example is tennis’s world number 1, Jannik Sinner, used to compete in skiing
Magnus Carlsen is beyond no.1. He is a ultimate beast in chess. Even no.2 chess player is no where near Magnus Carlsen.
Is that still so? I'm not trying to downgrade him, but I know recently he has lost some plays even against a woman and a 10 yo child and he constantly backs out or forfeits some tournaments. So, if you adjust all his plays(not only his records), is he still so dominant? I'm not shutting on him, just asking. Because even he has records for most wins, or best plays or whatever, he also has some very poor ones that are kinda balancing the things.
@ give a name of any chess players who have dominated Fisher Random chess Championship and had stayed at top on this sport for over a decade ?.
@@sazanrai6210 I don't care a lot about chess. I don't even know 10 names of the current ones. Was just asking, not trash talking.
@@MihailParshin I have been following and have been a chess player with a fide rating of 1867 for 5 years. I know players background and their personality on the board. So, please if you don't follow or don't know about the sport then please don't contradict other comment.
@@MihailParshin yeah he has been beat by weaker players, but thats in Blitz, where players have less time and the result is more random.
Classical chess, which is the most prestige way of playing, is where Magnus truly dominates.
Something too add up, when we had winter sports competition at the elementary school 1-7 grade everyone got the 1th place. That could also have some kinda effect bringing some motivation for the children too start doing some kinda sport. And i'm agreed with the idea that there are just given massive negative effect with pointing out the losing team. Everyone should be included and just having a fun day.
The same thing is here in Finland as every child can play for their local team if they want to and the goal is to keep them as long as possible playing. Here are the local growth clubs and if a child is very good, he will probaply transfer to some bigger club which has a team in the finnish top divisions (now i am talking about football). One problem also is that sports don’t have much money here. Here only ice hockey games and skiing events have many watchers in the stands. The only thing compared to Norway is that we have no money and we just are fucking shit in every other sport than ice hockey and some other winter sports i guess.
One thing with Norwegians not mention is that the Norwegians in generall has a lot of freetime and most use time in physical activities. Just to give a picture. I lived in spain. The city was at around 500 000 population with 15 gyms.
I live now in a Norwegian city with 15 000 in population with the same amount of gyms.
But thats not for developing talents. It’s just a culture of physical exercise in cold snowy country
its not the freetime, but we have culture of doing activities. its why you cant even walk, a long the road, in rather desolate places without meeting joggers and cyclists. If you look at graphs over average worktime, the only western country really sticking out is USA. They work the most with the least benefits
@fredrikz the culture set a stage where exercise knowlagde are at a higher level than most places in the world. ofc it affect how talents develop
lmao there is no town in norway with 15k pop and 15 gyms l
In Kristiansund where I live its 25k people and about 15 or 16 gyms
this needs more attention, its insane
I’m from Norway and this is CRAZYYYY
What should be mentions is how all this started. In 1988, olympic at Calgary, was a disaster for Norway. We got ZERO gold medals. We didnt success in any of winter sport, and we are a winter sport nations. Its internation known that norwegian are born with ski on their feet-) Result of this, we made "olympiatoppen" where resourser and knowlegde where combined. This gave result fast, with 4 gold medals next olympic.
Another thing, Norwegian loves when we win in non-snow events. Example is, we have Chess on national TV... I thinks we are the only country in the world that have this.
this is really a great channel.
I'm a soccer coach for young kids, including my daughter.
We are required to let everyone on the team play the same amount of minutes during a match. We also change who is the goalkeeper, and who plays in the different positions. And as the video says, there are no tables or knock out, everyone who participates in a cup gets a medal.
Naturally some kids will be better than other, faster, stronger, more interested etc. But, it's not the same ones over the course of a season, not to mention over several years. Kids develop at different paces, and their development ebbs and flows. It's crucial I think to not leave anyone behind, because suddenly they will be the leaders.
One more thing that I think is very important: I know that no matter what, most likely none of the players I train (or even none of the players in my city) will be world stars. BUT, they will have learned teamwork, and helping each other, and cooperation, and lifting each other up. That's skills which are useful no matter where you end up in life.
i respect this and envy their youth program as an american in his 40s i will admit atleast in my youth the sport culture is very biased towards those who have more money more than anything second is raw talent.
I work in Norway teaching manufacturing apprentices and we have a day every year when we go to the skislopes during work to ski
very well made video :)
great video, just as always
I saw a video of a historian with focus on genetics and culture, and he said what separates Norwegian athletes from others is the culture of healthy competition within the team. The athletes would share their knowledge with their teammates and tell them what they need to do in order to beat them. I think a lot of it comes from the culture of sharing knowledge with each other rather than keeping it a secret. In the end, everyone benefits from it and have a healthy competition among themselves. Also the mentality of the best victory being the next one, not being complacent with current success.
Finally somebody who actually sees Norway
The Viper of Aoe2
Lmaooo man of culture 🙌
How can you not mention Blumenfelt in the introduction? His team completely changed the game in stamina sports moving away from the ultra skinniness.
But he did
Blumentfelt is fantastic and worth mentioning, he is also connected to the Marius Bakken coaching tradion via the coach Olav Aleksander Bu. Interesting if Bu can elevate Norweging cycling soon. He has been assigned to coaching for UNO-X
God bless norway, netherlands , australia from usa
I just need to point out, that the money spend isn’t the reason why they are better than so many other counties, the money of the citizens is though. There are barely any poor families in Norway, so all the great sports stars they have right now all grew up wealthy or at least not poor, because the people of Norway are one of t he richest in the world(even top 3 I think) that is not the case in Ireland or any Eastern European countries for example. That gives the young kids the advantage of investing their whole time into sports without having to worry about money. The reagiere better health care and equipment from their parents. That is a massive advantage and a massive reason why they are so good right now
There are many poor families in Norway. That the country is rich is not the same as ordinary people being rich because the money is put into funds, as was mentioned in the video. Norwegian families live quite soberly, and it is common for the children to have to save for things they want, possibly get them as gifts for Christmas or birthdays. Flashing money and wealth is not well regarded in Norway.
The children do not work because there is a general rule that young people under the age of 15 are not allowed to work. From the age of 13 you can do light work, but the parents must approve. The parents may agree that you work a few hours a week if it does not interfere with your schoolwork or leisure activities for the simple reason that children are supposed to be children, and not work away their childhood, and I didn't have to either when I was young, even though I grew up in a fairly poor family. My parents had to be very creative to support a large group of children with only one income.
@ Norway has the 4th highest income in the world on average per citizen(about 114.000 dollars) obv there are poor families in Norway but they are the exception not the normality. So as a matter of facts parents still have better possibilities to support their children’s career.
That has nothing to do with the fact that kids to get everything they ask for. I live in Germany and my parents make a decent amount, I still need to save money if I want to buy something I want to enjoy. For supporting my career etc. that is different. And in that regard children living in Norway are, on average, way better of than someone from Brazil or Montenegro. That is facts
@VaJoRo
You cannot look at income level alone. You have to look at the level of expenditure, and Norway is a very expensive country to live in.
Germany? Danes travel to Germany to shop cheaply, Swedes travel to Denmark to shop cheaply and Norwegians travel to Sweden to shop cheaply.
And btw - You cannot compare Norway to countries where people can live outside under a bush all year round.
@@ahkkariq7406 Yes, but Norwegian purchasing power even when prices of things are taken into account is greater still. And even better if you avoid the things that are heavily taxed, like alcohol. If you are clever and selective, you will be FAR better off in Norway compared to Germany.
@@ahkkariq7406 obv yes, but Norway is not that much more expensive that it equals it out. Plus it’s about as expensive as living in the US or australia
Warholm and Ingebritsen have set a new ceiling for training endurance, its unbelivable. Skiing isnt even a point to discuss given norways results, while we produce top players in football we sadly have a severe lack in top coaches, but generally Norwegians are resilient and dedicated with good economical funding.
I know, we only had a Solskjær managing the biggest football club in the world. Seriously underachieving for a country of 5.5 million people. Look at China and India and how many managers they have.
@@iShriek not my point, but ok. My point was more that if we had better coaches, we'd be more successfull in both club and international... which we arent, especially in concideration of the talents we have produced. And bringing in other countries for comparison doesnt strengthen ourselves, it just ooints out other nations that arent successfull either
We have top footballplayers, but only 5 or 6 that is good enough for the really big teams. In football there are 11 players on the field, and the big countries like Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Brasil, Argentina and England has more than 11 topclassplayers. In Norway we dont have a single defensive player good enough to play for Liverpool or Real Madrid.
What’s their outro music???
It’s so good!
Actually, the work day is 7.5 hours a day, but if lunch isn't considered a part as your job (it could be a part of your job if you can be expected to drop everything to go and do something even during your lunch break) then it adds up to 8 hours if you have a 30 minute lunch break, if not then the lunch break is a part of those 7.5 hours (i.e. a paid lunch break.)
We need a video like this for Australia
Can you make a video about how La Masia helps to make some world-class football players?
Last week we had snow here on the west coast, and the whole family took the "mountain lift"/Fløybanen up to the top to run down on a toboggan. The whole mountain was full of other families out on the same errand. Good Fun.
A video idea I think you need to do is how has the NHL fallen behind the MLS? It sucks. My favourite sport is no longer seen as a top 4 sports league in North America.
Im norwegian, I grew up being introduced into all sorts of sport alongside my peers really young, I did everything from handball to karate to gymnastics because it was fun, we also had chess tournaments in school, this was just norm growing up, almost all my peers did some type of sport too. In fact where I'm from our gym has open friday where kids can come and play around and its just a nice thing in general
Decathlete Markus Rooth deserves a mention too
South Africa has such an interesting football association
Amazing video
If you look at the game "Osu" country leaderboard, Norway is ranked 28 despite having 5x less players than some other countries. This really applies to every (e)sport it seems
0:30 Surprised that Marit Bjørgen, the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time, was absent here.
I'm a Norwegian with a relatively small social circle and even I know several national champions and even a couple world champions in various sports, most of them quite niche.
Im from Norway and i have one off the best coach in the whole Norway in football
Through my life I have tried:
- Football (not American football, regular football.) It wasn't really my thing.
- Floorball ("Innebandy" in Norway.) I ended up disliking the sport, and my coach wasn't that great. The tipping point was when I ended up sitting on the bench an entire game.
- Competitive shooting (though I never competed, I just went to the practice things once a week.) I ended up not going there anymore as I prioritized it less and less.
Video is about Norway, but video at 2:25 is Geneva, Switzerland
Liechtenstein is the best Olympic nation per capita with 263 medals per million people, followed by Norway with 74 medals per million.
Completely irrelevant and false argument to bring in village sized micronations. Steinkjer in Norway has half the population of Liechtenstein, and has way way more medals.
@@fredrikz As a Norwegian, I’m incredibly proud of our Olympic achievements, but I feel it’s important to clarify a factual inaccuracy. The reason I’m bringing this up is that the video refers to Norway as the best Olympic nation per capita, which simply isn’t correct. Liechtenstein holds that title with 263 medals per million people, compared to Norway’s 74.
Per capita comparisons are a recognized way of measuring success relative to population size, and dismissing Liechtenstein’s achievements as irrelevant because of its small size misses the point. Liechtenstein is a sovereign nation competing on equal terms, and their success is extraordinary given their limited population and resources. Comparing this to a Norwegian town like Steinkjer is completely off-base, as a town is not an independent entity competing on the world stage.
Acknowledging this fact doesn’t diminish Norway’s greatness or total medal count - it simply recognizes that, on a per capita basis, Liechtenstein comes out ahead. Facts are facts, and celebrating the achievements of smaller nations doesn’t take anything away from our pride in Norway’s incredible Olympic success.
You did you didn’t say something about Norways handball athletes
Back in the eigthies handball was a womensport in Norway. Men usually played football. Norway has always had good female handball, and that quality trickled down to the men.
My mom also works with something called Friluftslivets år 2025 ( The Year of Outdoor Recreation).
Friluftslivets år 2025 celebrates outdoor life in Norway with events all year, starting with "Hele Norge båler"(All of Norway Bonfires) on January 18th. It aims to inspire everyone to enjoy nature, break barriers, and promote community and mental health through outdoor activities.
Whats impressive is that medal tally for the Olympic games,
1. USA
2. CHINA
3. JAPAN
4. AUSTRALIA
Australia with almost 100 million less than japan, 1 billion less than china and over 300 million less than USA manages to compete with those 3
Not trying to hate, but they won nearly all of them in Swimming. So it would be more accurte to say that Australia can compete with these countries in Swimming. The crazy fact about the Norwegians is that they are good at everything. (Coming from an salty Austrian, that can't stand the Norwegians beating us in skiing nowadays :) )
@@tutorialon6522 I was going to answer the same. Australia is great at swimming, they are US's biggest rivals in that sport.
The Norwegians are great at many sports and I don't know anything about winter sports because I am Portuguese and we suck at that.
Most of the medals were from women.
Aussie men don't win much
Swimming has a lot of categories
Instead of difference you should use percentage, will be more understanding and dramatic
Norway isn't that small, btw.
We don't have a lot of citizens, and our country is very narrow, but it is very long. From Lindesnes to Nordkap it's about 1700 km (or about 1056 mi)
We also have the second longest coastline in the world, only beaten by Canada.
Now I feel special being a Norwegian
Everyone does sport. It’s so ingrained into the culture. We have to be active, the climate is harsh so it makes hiking and other outdoor activities more difficult and I guess makes us fitter. We also enjoy lots of protein and milk. This is what makes us stong
Norway is better than several countries in moving, running, skiing and playing in the woods. Because we are among the countries that have "allemannsretten". Everybody has the right to run in all forests regardless of who that is the owner, if we behave properly. And there are very few dangers in the Norwegian woods.
The tradition of training is also good. When I was a teenager back in 1976 a package that was considered fine for orientering-runners was 1 day strenght, two days long and easy, one day intervals (but harder than the Ingebriktsen-intervals) and one or two days competing. But I dont remember doing intervals and much strenght in the competingseason. This package was very similar to modern principles that is about training all heartratezones. We also had a lot of non-registered training commuting with the bike everywhere, and playing football with other kids. Sometimes I biked for 40 minutes to get to a trainingrace, and then ran orientering for 40 minutes, and biked home again. That is translated to 1-5 heartratezones first a 40 minute zone 1 or 2, then 40 minutes zone 2,3,4 and 5 then 40 minutes in zone 1 or 2. This youthactivity buildt my a huge heart which is capable of beating 5,5 x faster than resting heart rate at the age of 62.
Sharing information is important for other people to support the sport. Norway winning too much is a problem. We need to make sure that there is viable competition.
this makes so much sense to the point of making me want to cry lol. WHY CAN'T EVERY COUNTRY BE LIKE THIS!? (yes yes money power capitalism communism etc) but a man can only dream!
Northern Ireland is pretty wild too
8:55 - Fast and Curious 😂
Bro why do everyone think Norway always have snow like it’s so hot in the summer😭🙏
FYI at 2:27. This is Geneva. Not in Norway.
Im from norway, 14 years old and i know for a fact i will be The UFC champion in a couple of years. I don’t see any way i don’t unless i get unlucky and get an injury or get cancer or something i know i shouldn’t think like that but its always a possibility
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ERLING HAALAND IS AMAZING.🔥.
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@@leedsalexBorn in England, not born English 😉 Norwegian parents, and moved back to Norway when he was 4
Crazy that the best, Jacob Ingebritsen, is not on the photo.
you can say the same thing for a tiny serbia who have the beat ever tennis player, and current best active basketball player...
Marat Safin?
It makes more sense than Norway.
What are the names of those Serbian players?
I think the next generation will be judged that way, the former Yugoslav nations always did well in sports when they were united so it wasnt surprising when they split to have each smaller country do well however a lot was set up from the old regimes and people who were trained in them. this upcoming generation will be new
@@rashedulkabir6227Novak Djokovic maybe? Or you are pissed and biased that it should be Nadal or Federer? For basketball I can't say, I don't follow it,but for tennis that is the undisputed No1 forever.
Even Despite Norway doesn't have F1 drivers currently
Good to see they devote so much to sport, even if those 93% of people down all become professional athletes they will be sport and health inclined for life
You forgot about Petter Northug
Spain, hands down. Given the few resources they have, they produce a disproportionate number of good athletes of all types.
Not really. Look at medals from the Olympic Games.
First of all, Norway is not tiny. It is medium to large in land area. But they investing a lot in sport infrastructure and sport culture. Also, they have a lot of money. Why we wonder how they are doing good in sports?
It's tiny in population, and money is not the factor here. It's more about the Norwegian outdoor culture.
Not to take away from their hard work or success, but a unique aspect of the Ingebrigtsen brothers training was having a father who pushed them very hard. Said father is now taken to court (note: innocent until proven otherwise) for abuse, accused by his own three sons.
As a norwegian i thought we were mid at almost everything, but im glad i was wrong
Excellent but little mention of the best chess player of all time Magnus Carsen.
this wasnt about induviduals
Magnus is indeed dominant, but even as a Norwegian I find it absolutely ridiculous that chess is even considered a sport. Sport requres athleticism. I'm sure among the top 100 chess players in the world there are a few that's overweight or even obese. How many top 100 tennis players are obese? Football? Skiing? Its a board game ffs. E-"sport" is not sport for the same reasons per se, and have nothing in the regular Olympics to do either.
@@torfinnfuglestad2003 det er kanskje det mest hjerneskada jeg har lest på lenge😂
@@torfinnfuglestad2003 How many sumo wrestlers are obese ? 🙂
@@torfinnfuglestad2003 You are confusing sports with athleticism. Sports is just a spirit of competition. Athelticism is moving your body in rigorous ways. We don't have two words to differentiate it in Norwegian, but that doesn't make it less true.
Ealing Haaland not being pushed to play football by his parents is wrong. His father was Alfe Haaland who also played for city we was very much pushed and trained relentlessly to play football. I'm sure he also did other sports but he played a lot of football.
Actually, "idrettsglede" just means "joy of sport", it's "idrettsgleden" that means "the joy of sport."
Though, you did get very close to how it is pronounced in Norway.
You can do Serbia too :)
As a teen that lives in norway all my friends play sports except maybe 1-3
Recuerdo cuando España dominaba en todos los grandes deportes (y en algunos lo sigue haciendo): Fútbol, Tenis, Baloncesto, Formula 1, Motociclismo, Balonmano...No he visto que Noruega sea buena o domine en ninguno de estos.
Norway is for sure not tiny 😂😂
Norwayhas 5 mill people, so its a small country population wise. Thats what he talk about here.
Yeah Norway is bigger than UK, Poland or Germany in geographical size, but the population size is just above 5.5 million, so the population is relatively small
Even as a fat kid with no interest in sports, I ended up competing and enjoying it.
Proud norweagian here
Ireland has a lot of good athletes for it’s size so the criticism there is unjust. Our rugby team is one of fhe the best in the world at present. We have MacIlroy and Lowry in men’s golf, Leona Maguire in women’s golf. We have Katie Taylor and Kellie Harrington who are massive names in women’s boxing. MacGregor was once great befit we lost all respect for him. Our national football team has historically performed far better than Norway and other countries with similar populations except for Croatia. Our best athletes however are engaged in our national games of Hurling and Gaelic football. For our size, we are an insanely talented country who arguably overachieves regularly across all sports and who has multiple thriving national sports which is what the majority of people on the island are engaged in. A video on Ireland in this context could be cool.
You only have 42 medals in the Olympics, and when was Ireland a powerhouse in football? 100 years ago?
@ 1/4 final in 1990, 1/4 final in 2002 World Cup, 1/4 final in 2016 euros. For a nation of 5 million people of which only a small portion actually play football due to the prominence of our national Gaelic games and rugby, id say that’s pretty good no? Far better than that of Norway and other similar sized nations with the exception of Croatia. Ireland is a sporting powerhouse. Simple as.
@@okklidokklialso, check the medal table from the 2024 Olympics mate. For all of Norway’s “superior athletes”, they ousted Ireland by a singular medal. Norway finished with a total of 8 and were 18th in the overall medal table whereas Ireland finished with 7 and were 19th
@@conorquinn8369 What a weird post. Ireland is not a sporting powerhouse and does not even reach the ankles of Norway. You are the only competing nation in a sport that only you do, so how no wonder you are a powerhouse in that sport! You are also the worst country in the world at that sport!. Then you do well in a Rugby that only 10 countries somewhat seriously, and five of these are small nations. You also take golf extremely seriously and have two great golfers. Norway does not take it seriously, but still has Hovland who over the last couple of years has been better than both. Suzann Pettersen was ranked 2 in the world not that many years ago. When it comes to football Ireland is a non-entity on club level. Whenever Norwegian clubs meet Irish clubs that nobody has heard of it's a walkover. Norway's club ranking is 12th in Europe, ahead of likes of Greece, Scotland and Switzerland. Where's Ireland? Sandwiched between Moldova and Iceland! Then let's talk about national teams. Your best ever FIFA ranking was 6th in 1993. This was your golden age in football. But at that time Norway was second, just after Brazil. In 1995 Norway was also ranked number 2. So your cherrypicking of sports and boasting about something you are proud of backfired spectacularly. In 1998 Norway beat Brazil in the World Cup group stages and was narrowly knocked out by Italy in 1/8 final. Norway is currently ranked just 43, but still much better than Ireland in 60th, trailing behind mighty Uzbekistan and one place ahead of Congo. What a POWERHOUSE! While our team isn't play well together, Norway at least have the biggest football star in the world in Haaland, and other world class players like Ødegaard. And you? Nobody has ever heard of a single of your players! On the women's side? Norway has the runner-up in Ballon d'Or this year. Irish players? Nowhere to be seen. Olympics? Over the last 10 years Norway has won 114 medals and Ireland 6. But of course, Ireland is a POWERHOUSE!
@@okklidokkli you’re looking at the wrong “football”. Most Gaelic football players can play in the top soccer leagues in Europe
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Fun fact, your sponsor was founded in Norway.
Dont have to. Its just facts.
is it normal to work 16 hours in europe?
Not only 16 is too much, in those rich countries even 40 hours per week is kinda 'much'. I have heart and read that a lot of people in Germany, Netherland, France and the other 'West' are working something like 37-38 hours per week or some even at around 20-25(like a part-timers). So even 8h/day is 'too much' for them, let alone 16.
bro said we are tiny 💀
When's the last time they qualified for any major tournament?
They do, just not in men's football.
@@shrishdhuriaYeah they're good at things that isn't popular in other countries.
A long time ago.
WC 1998 - Beat Brazil too
Women handball team has won the world cup multipal times latest 2021. They Are looked as one of the best teams in the world
Tiny? Forget to take into account Svalbard? Svalbard is just as big as many countrys in Europe
But with a population of 2500 people 😅
@henriz.l still part of the land mass
Scandinavia has been cooking with footballers as of late: Haaland, Sørloth, Antonio Nusa, Oscar Bobb, Gyokeres, Bergvall etc.
Ødegaard. Ryerson.
Gyokeres and Bergvall are both Swedish.
@ Ergo I said Scandinavia.
Denmark produces the best football players overall in Scandinavia. But I get your point.
@@kevtrot6731 The point is that a Scandinavian union would be big enough to make a great football team.