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Erling Haaland Plays Like a Viking | The New Yorker

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Norway’s hulking striker brought his country back to the World Cup for the first time in almost thirty years. How far can they go?

Save this story Save this story Erling Haaland, Norway’s large, maniacal striker, has several exceedingly Norwegian traits. He sometimes exercises by chopping wood in the forest. He consumes six thousand calories a day. (He’s fond of beef heart.) After training sessions, he drinks raw milk. He owns a tax-sheltered investment company in Luxembourg named Pillage. He bought an edition of the “ Heimskringla ,” a thirteenth-century Old Norse saga, for a hundred and thirty thousand dollars—then donated it to his local library because, he explained, “I’ve never been much of a reader.” He has flowing

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