Vasaloppet (Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 90 km (56 mi) course...
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skiing; he skied the 90 km (56 mi) Swedish Vasaloppet, the oldest cross-country ski race in the world, in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. In 2016, he completed...
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en chock när jag kom hem"" [Katia Winter switched Hollywood to Swedish Vasaloppet film: "I got a shock when I got home"]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved...
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Nils Karlsson (category Vasaloppet winners)
Karlsson won gold in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and nine Vasaloppet victories. He was born near Mora. He won the Olympic gold medal in the...
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Ski Classics (section Season III 2012-13)
overall cup. In 2012, the cup consisted of 7 races. The races were Jizerská padesátka, Marcialonga, König Ludwig Lauf, Tartu Maraton, Vasaloppet, Birkebeinerrennet...
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minutes. This record lasted for 14 years until Jörgen Brink in 2012 finished Vasaloppet 16 seconds faster (3 hours, 38 minutes and 41 seconds). All results...
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many tourists every winter. Sälen is best known for hosting the start of Vasaloppet, the oldest (since 1922) and largest cross country ski race in the world...
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Vasa, made by Zorn, is placed on a small hill at the finishing line of Vasaloppet in Mora. Another statue depicting Zorn is located in the park behind the...
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"Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013. Carina Rönnqvist (2012)...
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Kranskulla (section Vasaloppet)
woman appointed annually to give the winner of the skiing competition Vasaloppet a laurel victory wreath by hanging it around his neck. A man doing the...
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Laila Kveli (category Vasaloppet winners)
main competition of Vasaloppet in 2012, and won the same competition in 2013 and 2014. 2nd place, Vasaloppet 1st place, Vasaloppet 2nd place, Marcialonga...
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- in 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2011. He also finished second-placed in the Vasaloppet race in Sweden in 2011. In 2009 he finished third in the same race. In...
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non-Swedish and in 2011, 37 nations were represented on the course. For the 2012 event, registration for the main event was limited to a maximum of 23,000...
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caps with FK Bodø/Glimt John Kristian Dahl (born 1981), a three-time Vasaloppet winner List of towns and cities in Norway Nazi concentration camps in...
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swimming, sailing and skiing. In 2003, he completed the historic Swedish "Vasaloppet", the longest cross country ski race in the world. Carl Philip also enjoys...
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Susanne Nyström (category Vasaloppet winners)
in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013. and ended up second ad Tjejvasan 2011. In 2010, she won the women's Vasaloppet main competition, making her...
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the Tour de Ski with 14, and had 29 podiums in total. She also won the Vasaloppet women's edition in 2015. She was voted the Polish Sports Personality of...
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idea to have a large competition for the average jogger comparable with Vasaloppet for cross country skiers, came from the sports magazine journalist Sven...
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locality in Mora Municipality, Sweden. It had 97 inhabitants in 2010. Vasaloppet goes through Oxberg. It is also the start site for Tjejvasan, Kortvasan...
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which he competed in and finished the long-distance endurance events of Vasaloppet, Vätternrundan, Vansbrosimmet and the Lidingöloppet during one year, this...
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Swedish Vasaloppet. They became sister cities in 1972 when the Dala horse was dedicated. The city of Mora also plays host each February to the Vasaloppet USA...
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and other countries. Torsby Ski Tunnel and Sports Center is an official Vasaloppet Centre. Directly adjacent to the facility is Torsby Sports hotel. The...
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Jørgen Aukland (category Vasaloppet winners)
Marcialonga – Winner 2007 Vasaloppet – 3rd 2008 Vasaloppet – Winner 2012 Marcialonga – Winner 2013 Marcialonga – Winner 2013 Vasaloppet – Winner Bugge, Mette...
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Anders Aukland (category Vasaloppet winners)
received the Egebergs Ærespris in 2001. On 7 March 2004, Aukland won the Vasaloppet in Sweden, becoming the second Norwegian to accomplish this feat after...
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Lars-Gunnar Björklund (category 2012 deaths)
1937 – 30 November 2012) was a Swedish radio and TV journalist. He was famous as a sports reporter, especially reporting from Vasaloppet and the Ice Hockey...
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Matti Kuosku (category 2012 deaths)
and 1976, he won Vasaloppet. "Matti Kuosku". Swedish Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2012. "Matti Kuosku Olympic...
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athletics, gymnastics, and football. IFK Mora and Sälens IF own and arrange Vasaloppet together every year. The best known profile in the club is Nils "Mora-Nisse"...
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klassiker, the "Swedish Classic" which also includes crosscountry skiing (Vasaloppet, 90 kilometers), biking (Vätternrundan, 300 kilometers) and running (Lidingöloppet...
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Marit Bjørgen (category Vasaloppet winners)
cross-country ski squad Team Ragde Eiendom, with a focus on competing in Vasaloppet in March 2021. On 28 April 2022, she announced the end of her career by...
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were owned by local farmers, although not exactly rich. The ski marathon Vasaloppet passes through Gopshus, and the alpine skiing club Mora Alpina uses a...
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