It seems like the popular new television series ‘Vikings’ coincides with the rise of a neo-Viking movement
that is taking the world by storm. While rape and pillaging may have not returned into favour, the brutish behaviour of Norwegians abroad seems to be very much back in style. The Vikings have indeed returned!
Late last year, an intoxicated Viking landed in legal trouble for groping a waitress at a Dubai beach club. In February, a horde of 5,000 plus Viking youths descended on Prague, laying waste to their hotel rooms, vexing local authorities with booze-fuelled rampaging that even saw some turn on each other in a pair of stabbings.
There seem to be more and more stories of young Norwegian behaving poorly abroad, disrespecting local customs and laws, and generally sullying Norway’s long-enjoyed reputation as a peace-loving, law-abiding torchbearer of tolerance.
But then again, why would Norwegian youths show anything but contempt for their hosts on their travels, when their supposed leaders and role models display similar traits of mono-cultural buffoonery?