The celebration at the city hall square has been planned for several weeks and, according to organizers, 50,000 people will be present to pay tribute to the Norwegian team.
"I think it will be good", national team captain Martin Odegaard replied to the media the evening before, while he was on his way into the team bus after landing at Gardermoen airport in Oslo.
Several thousand also followed the Norwegian team's flight on the website Flightradar, on the way from Milan to Norwegian soil, before it landed just before 16.00 CET.
However, long-term Swedish football TV expert Olof Lundh writes in a comment that he understands the great Norwegian joy over the qualification for the World Cup, but:
"Still, it is strange and on the verge of pathetic to celebrate the qualification for the World Cup in Oslo this Monday. Rather save the celebration until you have done something in the World Cup next summer, and maybe come home with a medal", writes Lundh in the comment on Fotbollskanalen.
"Celebrating a qualification in front of 50,000 is not for winners – but is rather on the verge of being pathetic", writes Lundh.
At a press conference at the Norwegian team hotel, Norwegian national team coach Stale Solbakken was asked about Lundh's column.
"It's okay to celebrate a little if it's the first time since 1998 that you're in a World Cup. We don't have the same playoff experience in recent years as Denmark and Sweden", Solbakken replied.
"Right now I think Sweden should be happy and concentrate on the playoffs. Olof Lundh should. He is a skilled journalist. I respect him, but to call it pathetic is to take it a bit too far", says Solbakken.