The Norway National Football Team won 4-1 against Iraq in the World Cup match on TV 2, which had 1,476,000 viewers. The channel reports this in a press release. On average, 1,321,000 viewers watched the entire opening match of Norway in the World Cup. The match started at midnight on Wednesday, and the peak audience was at 00.12. This gave TV 2 a viewer share of 97 percent. Sports editor Vegard Jansen Hagen at TV 2 says that the viewer numbers only confirm what we already know: We are affected by a collective World Cup euphoria. It's the party everyone wants to be a part of. During the event, many Norwegians sat in front of the TV screen, but thousands also watched the match on a big screen at various events and sports bars. To estimate how many watched the match at the same time, this is measured in a special way. TV ratings are measured through a selection of Norwegians who are supposed to be representative of the entire population. The measurements are carried out by the analysis company Fifty5Blue on behalf of TV 2, NRK, Viaplay, and Warner Bros. Discovery. A total of 4500 people are included in two different viewer panels. One panel of 3000 people is used to measure TV viewing at home, while another panel of 1500 people registers viewing outside the home. The participants in the latter panel carry a small measuring unit that registers a data signal in the audio track from the broadcasters. This identifies the channel, time, duration, and whether the panel participants are at home or elsewhere. The data from the panels is combined with internet measurements, so that you get a total viewer number for each program and for each commercial. Also, the match between France and Senegal in Norway's group gathered many in front of the screen. Just over a million watched the match at its peak, while 770,000 watched the entire match. The share was 80 percent, and it is the second most watched match in the World Cup so far. The whole of Norway is with us. Never before have we experienced such a football fever and national community, says Hagen further. But it has also previously gathered millions of Norwegians to follow the Norwegian national team. The most watched match for Norway is the match against Mexico in the 1994 World Cup, which had an astonishing 2,139,000 viewers. That match was also played in the USA and started at 22 Norwegian time. Did you watch the match tonight? It was an exciting match that showed that the Norway National Football Team is strong and has good opportunities in the World Cup. We look forward to seeing what happens in the next matches.