For the week that’s in it with England taking on Denmark in the Euros here’s Rainy Days and Songdanes and Scandis.
And before my Finnish friend Paula starts I know Finland, or Iceland, are technically Scandinavian.
Though I have seen these Nordic countries included as Scandi in places.
Scandis and Nordis are uniting in support of the Danes on Wednesday.
And much of the world after Christian Eriksen’s collapse.
Why the three countries on the British isle don’t do the same for each other is a different story.
All of which brings us to a musical tour of these lands.
Probably Denmark
Whigfield, Saturday Night: ‘It’s party time and not a minute we can lose.’
Now that’s a call to arms if ever. And it’ll be easy for the Danes to change the words to Wednesday Night.
A-ha there!
A-ha, Take On Me: And proof from the video that these Vikings from Norway are gods straight out of a storybook.
Although don’t take my word for what the Norwegians are like in their fjords. Oh, go on then, do!
Abba Fabba
Abba Waterloo (Swedish version): Yes I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do if only Agnetha had been available rhen.
You can, of course, see Sweden’s Fab Four at the Abba Museum in Stockholm.
Where Finns started
Hanoi Rocks, Boulevard of Broken Dreams: And maybe not the Finnish band you were expecting.
Hard Focks Hallelujah. Finland glam punk band Hannoi Rocks were thete long before Lordi and even inspired Bon Jovi and Green Day.
Ice, Ice, Baby
Of Monsters And Men, Dirty Paws: And we’ll finish on an Icelandic Viking mythology vibe from Iceland’s finest.
All in the setting of the Euro favourites Italy and our favourites too, though it’s for you to work out if that means football favouritism.
But that can wait… here’s to Rainy Days and Songdanes and Scandis.
