Ahead of next week’s Eurovsion Song Contest in Stockholm, it’s worth remembering that it wasn’t long ago that the Nordics were the laughing stock of the continent.
‘Norway, nul point’ was the reoccurring joke – based on them finishing last in the contest a staggering 11 times, and on four occasions failing to score a single point. As the penultimate decade of the 20th century was drawing to a close, Finland and Iceland had never won it, and Denmark and Norway only once.
New century turnaround
Fast-forward to today and the Nordic countries reign supreme. If you include the Baltics, they have won …read more
Source: The Copenhagen Post
