That way, since I really don't care much for the Minnesota Vikings I could demand they change to a name that is less offensive to my people.
Good point. Lots of Scandinavian people up there in Minnesota.
They must be horrified by that football nickname.
Both of you are correct. Speaking as someone who is 100 percent Norwegian, AND a MN native, the name is offensive.
The vikings are a terrible team, annually, and hardly live up to their name. Some say its the curse of coach"Denny and the sunset music band" "take a knee in the nfc championship game" Green. Others believe that the vikings "are who we thought they were".
They're referred to, by many MN natives, as the viqueens, with no shortage of good reasons for it.

CMD