Gary Lineker
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I mean, obviously they're right at the top of the leaderboard in the Winter Olympics.
I mean, I know they always do reasonably well, but they're top.
They're producing incredible sports players, obviously Erling Haaland, Urdegaard in football, amongst a few others.
Then you've got people like Victor Hovland in golf.
And I was looking into it and I saw this thing recently where they've got a whole different way of thinking about sport and youngsters there.
And you remember, this is a population of around 5 million in Norway, which is so small.
And they've got this thing where the kids just play sports at school.
It's not competitive at all.
There's no winners or losers.
Parents don't get involved like they do here, shouting and bollocking them all the time and instilling fear.
They just let them play sport.
And they've found that kids want to play more sport because of that and become more dedicated to the cause.
So I'm sure there are other things involved, but it is quite extraordinary what they're doing in Norway.
And I don't think it can probably be a coincidence, but what Bodo Glint are doing is quite incredible, really.
Let's not go there.
Kjetil Knudsen.
He's been at Bodo, I've got the details here, since 2018.
After being the assistant for a year, he's only ever managed in Norway.
He's turned the club around.
He won four National League titles for the club, leading them to their first ever league title in 2020.