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The Braut dynasty

Despite a population of a little over five million, Norway can boast two prestigious footballing families. In Vestland, the small village of Flo is the ancestral home of the family that shares its name. Stroll along the branches of the Flo family tree and you’ll find it budding with familiar names: from brothers Tore Andre andJostein to Havard and his nephew Per Egil.

Further north, hailing from the arctic town of Bodo, are the Bergs, the only family in Norway to have had three generations represent their country at

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