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    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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  • Vasaloppet Japan is a cross-country skiing event held around Asahikawa on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The event has been held since 1981...
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    was a Swedish gymnastics director and the first woman to compete in the Vasaloppet, which she did in 1923. She later lived in Grängesberg and competed during...
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  • kilometers. The park has hosted the Changchun Vasaloppet International Skiing Festival and Vasaloppet China annually since 2003. "Changchun Jingyuetan...
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    Puccio, Giovanni (27 February 2013). "Vasaloppet confirms: H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark skis Vasaloppet again this year". Worldloppet – Ski Around...
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  • Vasaloppet USA is a cross-country skiing event held around Mora in Minnesota, USA. The first race was held in 1973, and the race is held the first Saturday...
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  • events within 12 months, is made by Oskar Svärd who in 2013-2014 did Vasaloppet in 4:14:52, Vätternrundan in 6:55:59, Vansbrosimningen in 0:48:58 and...
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  • Vasaloppet China (Swedish: Kinavasan) is a cross-country skiing competition held in the beginning of every year in Changchun, China. Originally held in...
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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 Week. Retrieved 18 August 2019. "About Ultravasan 45". Vasaloppet Week. Retrieved 18 August 2019. "Vasaloppet's Summer Week". Vasaloppet in...
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    and back has formed the background to the famous cross-country ski race Vasaloppet. Gustav Eriksson was appointed hövitsman. The rebel force he led grew...
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  • Vasaloppet de la Sergerie is a cross-country skiing event held around Le Norvégien in the Quebec province in Canada. The event was first held in 2007....
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    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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  • seventh in the 50 km event. In 1931, he won Vasaloppet. "Historiska segrare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2021. Cross-country...
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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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    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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    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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    Court District Älvdalen Court District Skiing is popular in Dalarna. Vasaloppet, a cross-country skiing race (the world's longest) of 90 km, takes place...
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  • Ed Parish, Sweden, is a Swedish former cross-country skier. He has won Vasaloppet two times: in 1993 and 1996. He is also, 15 generations backwards in time...
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    RL) Jörgen Brink och Jenny Hansson vann Vasaloppet 2011 Archived 2011-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Vasaloppet official results site (in Swedish) "Tjejvasan"...
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    En svensk klassiker Vasaloppet | Vätternrundan | Vansbrosimningen | Lidingöloppet...
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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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    soup is traditionally served to the participants at the ski marathon Vasaloppet, as it is rich in energy. Bilberries have traditionally been used to combat...
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  • Åsarna IK, founded in 1924, is a Swedish sports club in Åsarna, Jämtland. The club has had many prominent competitors in cross-country skiing, which is...
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  • were Jizerská padesátka, Marcialonga, König Ludwig Lauf, Tartu Maraton, Vasaloppet, Birkebeinerrennet and the final Norefjellrennet which was cancelled because...
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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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    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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    Mora Parish of the Church of Sweden. It famous for being seen near the Vasaloppet finish line. The size and opulence of the church building, as compared...
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    depending on the rules of the race. Notable ski marathons, include the Vasaloppet in Sweden, Birkebeineren in Norway, the Tartu Maraton in Estonia, the...
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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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