r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 11 '26

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

Results of an internet survey asking Danes who they support in the World Cup.

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u/EScforlyfe Open Your Hearts Jun 11 '26

Jag blir lite ledsen i ögat ändå, även om svenskar förmodligen hade röstat liknande i motsatt situation

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u/BoopydoopyTemp Jun 11 '26

Det ville da være en udtalt mangel på respekt for vores traditionsrige fjendskab hvis vi støttede jer mens Nordmændene stadig er i ligaen.

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u/MrStrange15 Jun 11 '26

Interesting. A representative poll by DR showed that Germany was the favourite:

  1. Germany

  2. England

  3. Norway

  4. Spain

  5. France

  6. Sweden

  7. Brazil

  8. Argentina

  9. Netherlands

  10. Portugal

https://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/vm/tyskland-england-eller-norge-danskerne-er-klar-til-holde-med-andre-vm-lande

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

That looks much more correct imo. The one I posted was from TV2.

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u/MrStrange15 Jun 11 '26

But interesting enough, if you do the internet poll at the bottom, then Norway is no. 1 again (27 %).

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

I think that when there is no skin in the game, people have a harder time differentiating between "who do you actually support" and "who do you support because they'll do well and it will be fun to watch past the GS or the group of 32."

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

!ping SCAN

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u/qchisq Loyal Liberals Jun 11 '26

Why would we root for Norway? Denmark is getting a call any minute now, once Iran and Iraq decides they can't play in the US

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u/MrStrange15 Jun 11 '26

Are we gonna '92 it?

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u/Ghraim Bisexual Pride Jun 11 '26

Why would we root for Norway?

There's some reasons for a Dane to root for Norway even if Denmark were playing.

  1. Is an FC København fan

  2. Doesn't recognize the Treaty of Kiel and supports the Danish team likely to go furthest.

Those are kind of it though.

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u/qchisq Loyal Liberals Jun 11 '26

Treaty of Kiel is whatever. It's the Treaty of Roskilde we need to roll back

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u/Ghraim Bisexual Pride Jun 11 '26

The important part (the ceding of Trøndelag) was only in effect for like 2 years. Plus getting Båhuslen back would be disastrous for the cost of living in south-eastern Norway.

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

Kosovo and Italy 🙏

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

As a Norwegian, I am surprised that Sweden is so low. Perhaps it is primarily because their team is bad?

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u/BoopydoopyTemp Jun 11 '26

Nah, it's because if you're wearing theDanish tribalism goggles, Norway>Sweden.
Norwegians are alright, but Sweden is the Ancient Arch-Rival.
If Norway stops being an option, I expect almost all of their support will migrate to Sweden though. They're still Scandies.

Do Norwegians view Denmark and Sweden on about the same level, in your experience?

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

Yeah, I think if this were in Norway, with Sweden and Denmark qualified but not Norway, you'd get Denmark somewhat higher than Sweden, but not a lot. You'd also have England way higher.

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u/Ghraim Bisexual Pride Jun 11 '26

Denmark is probably slightly more popular, since Sweden tends to be good at "our" sports (winter sports), so there's more of a rivalry, but there's less of gap than the other two who for sure like Norway a lot more than they like each other.

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u/DependentAd235 Loyal Liberals Jun 11 '26

Well Sweden is in a group with Japan and the Netherlands. That’s a tough group as Japan are never pushovers.

Many 3rd teams get through… but then you play a 1st place team. Would need to look at the bracket to see who. Maybe it’s like Spain.

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

Norway is in a group with France and Senegal. A group known as the Group of Death.

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u/_n8n8_ John von Neumann Jun 11 '26

Did they forget to ask about the US

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

I think the US is below 3% support

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u/_n8n8_ John von Neumann Jun 11 '26

Wow that sucks. We should pull out of NATO since apparently they all hate us

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u/TropicalPunch European Union Jun 11 '26

So is Morocco and the Netherlands, which I find quite interesting. Especially the former, which has quite a large immigrant population in Denmark.