Denmark is no longer Scandinavia's flagship in European football, as has otherwise been the case for many years.
That's the assessment from the former FC Copenhagen head coach Stale Solbakken, who in an interview with Disney+ gives his opinion on the current balance of power between the three neighbouring countries.
"I still believe that the top of the Danish Superliga can easily compete with the Norwegian league. But right now Bodo/Glimt is the best team in Scandinavia. You can't argue against that."
"The Norwegian league is ranked higher than the Danish league in the UEFA coefficiency- largely because of Bodo/Glimt's results."
"Right now I actually want to rank Norway slightly ahead of Denmark with Sweden in third place, even though Djurgarden is in a semi-final in Conference League", says the Norwegian national team coach.
Norway currently occupies 11th place in UEFA's coefficiency rankings, while Denmark has to settle for 16th place.
The latter, however, has a good chance of taking pole position again, Stale asserts.
"The Danes will have to make a comeback, and they have all the prerequisites to go past Norway again. But right now the top teams in Denmark are not at their best level."
"At the moment all teams beat each other. Right now Bodo/Glimt is in pole position, and that means that Norway might also be ahead right now", says Stale Solbakken.
Bodo/Glimt hosts Tottenham on Thursday evening in the first of two Europa League semi-finals, while Sweden's Djurgarden take on Chelsea in the Conference League's second leg.