Talk:Viking Row
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Edit request: how the chant is started
[edit]Disclosure: I have a conflict of interest. I made the Viking horn used by the supporters' club, so I am not editing the article directly and am submitting this for review by an uninvolved editor. Please add the following sentence immediately after the sentence ending "...repeated after a drum beat": The chant is initiated by the sounding of a traditional Norse horn, which signals supporters to get into position before a drumbeat sets the pace of the rowing.[1][2][3]
R810ståkken (talk) 18:39, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you! I have updated the article with this information. Nordfjording (talk) 23:48, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
Edit request: horn attribution and a factual correction
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Disclosure: I have a conflict of interest (I made the horn), so I am not editing the article directly and submit this for an uninvolved editor. I am not after promotion; I just want the instrument described and credited accurately.
This is about the sentence in the Origin section that currently reads: "The chant is typically initiated by the sounding of a traditional Norse blowing horn known as the gjallarhorn, which signals supporters to get into position before a drumbeat sets the pace of the rowing."
Two points:
1. Correction. The instrument is a real, handcrafted horn, not the mythological Gjallarhorn (Heimdallr's horn). Sources that describe the actual object do not call it the gjallarhorn; where the name comes up it is a loose cultural reference, not the horn's name (The Norwegian American, for example, only likens it to "a … cousin of the Gjallarhorn associated with the Minnesota Vikings"). Suggest dropping "known as the gjallarhorn".
2. Attribution. Several independent outlets report who made the horn, what it is made of, and who commissioned it.
Suggested wording:
"The chant is typically initiated by the sounding of a handcrafted, Norse-inspired signal horn, which cues supporters to get into position before a drumbeat sets the pace of the rowing.[4] The horn was made by Norwegian instrument maker Karstein Grønnesby, with metal fittings by product designer Nikolai Kolstad, and was commissioned by the supporters' club Oljeberget and the Football Association of Norway. It is made from Norwegian ox horn with silver-plated fittings ornamented in the Viking-age Urnes style, rooted in Norwegian instrument-making tradition.[5][6][7][8]"
On sources: NRK (Norwegian public broadcaster) and The Norwegian American are independent and name the maker; Scene Sports is a further independent report; the Football Association of Norway page is the commissioner's own account, included only to confirm the commission. Please keep whatever reference is already on the first clause (marked [4] as a placeholder).
Thank you. R810ståkken (talk) 10:28, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
R810ståkken (talk) 10:28, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
- ↑ "How Norway's 'Viking Row' was made, and then took over the World Cup". ESPN. 2026.
- ↑ "What Does Norway's Viral Viking Row Celebration Mean?". The Sporting News. 2026.
- ↑ "What's the story behind Norway's 'Viking row' football chant". The Local Norway. 2026-06-24.
- 1 2 Cite error: The named reference
EXISTINGwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ↑ "Dette hornet skal synkronisere dei norske supporterane i VM". NRK (in Norwegian). 9 June 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "How Norway's Viking chant conquered the tournament". The Norwegian American. 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "The Story Behind Norwegian Fans' Viking Raid World Cup Celebrations". Scene Sports. 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "Vikinghornet" (in Norwegian). Norges Fotballforbund. 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.