What is Nordic Football Championship?
The '''Nordic Football Championship''' ([[Danish language|Danish]]: Nordisk Mesterskab, [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: Nordisk Mesterskap, [[Swedish language|Swedish]]: Nordiska Mästerskapet, or '''NM''') was an international [[Association football|football]] tournament played with the [[List of national football teams|men's national football teams]] of the [[Nordic countries]]. In the first tournament, only [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], [[Norway national football team|Norway]] and [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] played, but [[Finland national football team|Finland]] joined the second tournament. On the last tournament, [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]] and the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]] joined as well. == History == The tournament was created because [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], [[Norway national football team|Norway]] and [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] made a contract that says they should play two annual matches against each other. The first tournament was played four years later when the [[Danish Football Association]] celebrated its 35th anniversary. It was decided that the teams were to play five times against each other in a group. The Danish Football Association made the trophy, and [[Denmark national football team]] won the first tournament. The second tournament was created by the [[Swedish Football Association]] to celebrate its 25th anniversary. This time, [[Finland national football team|Finland]] was invited. It was also decided that each tournament would be 4 years long, with each team playing 12 times. The tournament was won by [[Norway national football team|Norway]], but the next 9 tournaments were won by [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]. The fourth tournament was 11 years long because of [[World War II]]. The tournament was popular because it was seen as a preparation for the upcoming major tournaments. In the 1970's, the tournament became less popular and the tournament ended in 1983. A new edi