Norway's parliament has followed the nation's fans at the World Cup with a rowing routine recreating their Viking ancestors ahead of the team's next match on Monday - which will have royal visitors.

Fans were seen making rowing movements similar to those in Viking longboats in the stadium during their opening 4-1 win over Iraq in Foxborough but also in bars, public transport and escalators.

Norway's World Cup squad led by super striker Erling Haaland had posed as Vikings for a team photo before crossing the Atlantic - by plane - for their first World Cup in 28 years.

The rowing routine, which some refer to as the Viking Row, has gone viral and is an evolution of sorts of the Viking Clap made famous by Iceland fans at Euro 2016.

The difference is that, following two drumbeats that get faster and faster, the Icelanders would clap their hands – whereas the Norwegians row back and forth in their seats.

The enthusiastic cross-party row during a parliamentary session on Thursday was initiated by the speaker as a show of support for the team in the United States.

Norway can also expect royal support on Monday against Senegal in New Jersey as heriditary princess Ingrid Alexandra and price Sverre Magnus, the children of crown prince Haakon and crown princess Mette-Marit, are to be in attendance.

It will likely be a welcome distraction for the two young royals as their mother has undergone a lung transplant and their half-brother Marius Borg Høiby was sentenced to four years in prison on two counts of rape.