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Norway is back at the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 28 years.

They aren't taking any chances on the food and nutrition for their players while in North America for the 2026 tournament.

Norway brought many of its own goods, according to Front Office Sports.

One of the numbers circulating is 6,000 oranges. Who knew they even had oranges in Norway?

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Another: 600 pounds of salmon. That's a lot of fish.

And a third? They brought 250 pounds of Norwegian brown cheese. Yep, definitely a taste of home.

It's certainly a lot extra to travel with, but Norway must feel that it's worth it.

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Why did Norway bring its own food to the World Cup?

Norway wants to keep its "routines stable," according to HITC.

A Norwegian chef, Aron Espeland, was quoted by The Sun as saying, “We want what we think is good and work with the best Norwegian ingredients available. Being able to serve it when it really matters is something we take pride in.”

One interpretation is that the Norwegian planners didn't trust the food that would be available to them in the United States.

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The flipped point of view would be that Norway simply wanted things to feel a bit more like home for the national team.

It certainly worked in their opening match when they thrashed Iraq, 4-1. With France and Senegal also in Group I with Norway, there's plenty more work to do, so we'll see how the dietary moves hold up then.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who spent his senior year following Jim Boeheim's basketball team around the country. His reporting work has also included extensive high school sports coverage at the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Adventures in sports writing have also led to in-person coverage of the Buffalo Sabres, Cleveland Guardians, U.S. men's national soccer team and a variety of minor league baseball stories. When people ask if he's seen a movie, the answer is usually "No, I was probably watching sports." Even away from sports, his main hobby is running (much slower than any athlete in these pages).

Source: Sporting News