How to be a Sweden fan

Sweden is in the European soccer championship that kicked off a few days ago in Austria and Switzerland. Norway has had some pretty impressive international success for a country with 40% of the population of North Carolina -- I remember watching them beat Brazil in the 1998 World Cup in France -- but they didn't qualify for this tournament, so Aftenposten (one of the big papers here) has helpfully provided a video primer on how you can be a temporary Sweden fan.

Here's the video, which might amuse some of you, even though you don't speak Norwegian:

http://fotball.bt.no/webtv/?id=90457&autoplay=1&category=Nyheter&page=0

There are five rules:

1. Sing. As much as you can.
2. Dance. Preferably in a conga line.
3. Drink beer. A lot of beer.
4. Be unrealistic. Believe in a Swedish victory.
5. Hold the team's stars responsible (for how Sweden does). Entirely responsible.

A note on #5. All the press here has focused exclusively on Sweden's star Zlatan: how he hasn't scored in three months, his training regimen, his horoscope, what he ate for breakfast. Apparently, as Zlatan goes, so does Sweden. They beat Greece yesterday 2-0. Zlatan scored, so Sweden won, which was entirely his fault.