Short answers, pulled from the story.
Norway has qualified for the FIFA World Cup four times: in 1938, 1994, 1998, and 2026. Their 1938 appearance was their first; they then missed the tournament for fifty-six years before qualifying for the 1994 edition in the United States.
Norway has never lost to Brazil in four matches, recording two wins and two draws. This makes Norway one of only three national teams with a positive record against Brazil, and the only one never to have been defeated by them. The most notable result was a 2-1 Norway win at the 1998 World Cup group stage.
Egil "Drillo" Olsen is regarded as Norway's most successful manager. He led the team from 1990 to 1998, during which Norway reached the 1994 and 1998 World Cups and rose to a world ranking of No. 2. His first match in charge was a 6-1 home win over Cameroon on the 31st of October 1990. He later returned for a second spell before resigning in September 2013.
Erling Haaland is Norway's all-time leading scorer with fifty-five international goals from forty-nine caps. The next highest scorer is Jørgen Juve, who netted thirty-three goals between 1928 and 1937.
John Arne Riise holds the record with one hundred and ten caps, earned between 2000 and 2013. Thorbjørn Svenssen is second on one hundred and four caps, with Henning Berg third on one hundred.
Norway beat England 2-1 in 1981 during a period when the team rarely competed at the highest level. The match became famous for radio commentator Bjørge Lillelien's exclamation that "your boys took a hell of a beating," a line that has become one of the most celebrated pieces of football broadcasting in Norwegian history.