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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gymnastics director and the first woman to compete in the Vasaloppet, which she did in 1923. She later lived in Grängesberg and competed during the race...
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Sigvard Jonsson (category Vasaloppet winners)
Rossöns IF at club level. He won Vasaloppet in 1956. He died in a drowning accident. "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Retrieved 4 November 2014...
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came second in the first Vasaloppet in 1922 (after his teammate from IFK Norsjö, Ernst Alm), and won the second race in 1923. In 1924 he finished eighth...
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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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Oskar Lindberg (cross-country skier) (1894–1977), winner of Vasaloppet ski race in 1923 Oscar Lindberg (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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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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intention to participate in long-distance races like Marcialonga and Vasaloppet Dæhlie also participated in long-distance running in his youth, representing...
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reporting and sports reports became well-known and he commentated on Vasaloppet annually from 1925. The program Barnens brevlåda had its premiere broadcast...
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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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World Ski Championships was held in Otepää also. In 2000, Raul Olle won Vasaloppet, which is amongst the oldest, longest, and biggest cross-country ski races...
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Sixten Jernberg (category Vasaloppet winners)
over 50 km, one over 30 km and three in the 4 × 10 km relay. He also won Vasaloppet twice, 1955 and 1960. He won the 15 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival...
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Assar Rönnlund (category Vasaloppet winners)
bringing the team from fourth place to victory. Rönnlund also won the Vasaloppet in 1967 and the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival twice (1962...
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held an "international contest" of "ski running". 1922: start of the Vasaloppet. 1922: Arnold Lunn created modern slalom competitive skiing. 1922: First...
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Ole Ellefsæter (category Vasaloppet winners)
silver (15 km) medal, and in 1971 he became the first Norwegian to win Vasaloppet. Competing in the 3000 metres steeplechase, he won six national championships...
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