I think SWEDEN has always been a step above the other Nordic nations. Norway had their heyday in the 90's but has been crap for a while now. Denmark punch pretty high for just 5 million people. Sweden had the likes of Henrik Larsson, Olof Mellberg, Kim Kallstrom .... not too long ago. Zlatan has gone straight BEAST mode for like the past 2 years with the NT. His hat trick against Finland back in Euro 2012 qualifying.