{"id":214681,"date":"2026-06-24T04:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/norwegian-fans-take-dawn-world-cup-party-to-palace-gates-to-wake-the-king-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T04:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T04:53:40","slug":"norwegian-fans-take-dawn-world-cup-party-to-palace-gates-to-wake-the-king-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/norwegian-fans-take-dawn-world-cup-party-to-palace-gates-to-wake-the-king-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian fans take dawn World Cup party to palace gates to wake the King &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>OSLO, Norway \u2014 Wild overnight celebrations erupted across Norway as the men\u2019s national team secured qualification to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/sports\/world-cup\" target=\"_blank\">the World Cup <\/a>knockout stages and a tide of elated supporters headed to the palace of 89-year-old King Harald V to see if he would join their party.<br \/>Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <br \/>Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<br \/>Despite the match ending at around 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Norwegian supporters took to the streets to party after seeing their team qualify for the last 32 after a thrilling 3-2 win against Senegal in the second-round match of Group I.<br \/>Soccer fever engulfed Oslo, with the capital full of people celebrating the win, even though Tuesday is a normal workday.<br \/>A large crowd marched up Oslo\u2019s main thoroughfare toward the royal residence, chanting: \u201cWe\u2019re going to wake up the king.\u201d Upon reaching the palace square, hundreds of fans sat on the ground to perform the \u201cViking rowing\u201d celebration.<br \/>The Norwegian Royal House declined to comment on whether the king and Queen Sonja had been awoken by the festivities, or if the monarch had stayed up to watch the match.<br \/>It remarked only: \u201cThe Royal House rejoices with the rest of the country over the men\u2019s national team\u2019s victory last night.\u201d<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNVTFuQVFURFZ6TVpLWDVWcXdQLVBpRWF0NHV5T2h4TXRsNnJIRkYyaUh4T2RiUXFySVpOY0NHbjMwcThQYlpNaC02aUhOWEh1NjVhUDF5R0ZOR19HSmNLRjkyR1FTMk9EODUyQW90WG1pSEMycVhZNlhPOUszRjhleFdHem9RTmJ5SXowM2dUTzdaX1lWYTRBVEQtUTNPcjVLTXUtTFlfa0ZXNW90R2VHTThB?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeOSLO, Norway \u2014 Wild overnight celebrations erupted across Norway as the men\u2019s national team secured qualification to the World Cup knockout stages and a tide of elated supporters headed to the palace of 89-year-old King Harald V to see if he would join their party.Subscribe to read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-214681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}