Norway vs Denmark Result

Norway and Denmark meet at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on Thursday, 24 September 2026, kicking off at 19:45 BST, in their opening UEFA Nations League A fixture of the season. Ståle Solbakken's side are back in the top tier after promotion, drawn in a group alongside Portugal and Wales, and this is the first competitive step of that return.

• Fixture: Norway vs Denmark
• Competition: UEFA Nations League A
• Date: Thursday, 24 September 2026
• Kick-off: 19:45 BST
• Venue: Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Norway's World Cup run

Norway go into this match having reached the World Cup quarter-finals in the summer, where they lost 1-2 to England on 11 July. That defeat came after a run of knockout wins away from home: 2-1 against Brazil, 2-1 against Côte d'Ivoire and 4-1 against Iraq. The one heavy loss in that sequence was 1-4 to France on 26 June, either side of a 3-2 win over Senegal. It is a squad that has scored freely all summer and lost to two of the tournament's strongest sides.

Ødegaard's absence changes the captaincy

Martin Ødegaard will not feature. He damaged ankle ligaments playing for Norway against Austria on 9 September and has been ruled out of this window, with the injury expected to keep him out for several weeks. Erling Haaland has taken the captain's armband in his place for the Denmark game and the fixtures either side of it.

Denmark arrive with almost nothing to draw on

Denmark's only two results in recent memory are a 0-0 draw with DR Congo in a friendly on 3 June and a 5-3 defeat to Czechia on 31 March, the result that ended their hopes of reaching the World Cup. Brian Riemer has kept his job since, but the manner of that exit has kept the pressure on him going into this Nations League opener.