York Anglo Scandinavian Society ​

By Professor Knut Øystein Høvik and Dr Beck Sinar Sometimes, dreams—and beautifully awkward diplomatic dilemmas—really do come true. This Saturday, England faces Norway in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. For the York Anglo-Scandinavian Society, this is the ultimate test of our allegiances. This blog is a truly collaborative effort, co-written by the Director of the Norwegian Study Centre (a football-obsessed Norwegian riding a wave of national euphoria), Knut Øystein, an

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