Editing Gnav (section)

{{Short description|Scandinavian card game}}
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[[File:Brikker.jpg|thumb|Gnav pieces.]]
'''Gnav''' is a traditional Danish and Norwegian social game that has been played with either special cards or wooden pieces with similar motifs. Gnav packs appeared after 1820 and the game was popular until c. 1920.<ref name=Jensen>Jensen (1980), pp. 128–129.</ref> The game can be played by 20 or more players, and a minimum of two. Today, only the playing card version is available in Norway.<ref name="pagat"/>

Gnav descends from the 18th century Italian [[card game]] of [[Cuccù]], played with bespoke packs, which, in turn is based on a much older French game called [[Mécontent]], the precursor to [[Coucou]].