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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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    Sandra Hansson (category Vasaloppet winners)
    2008 and 2009, she won the women's main Vasaloppet event. She has also been successful in roller skiing. "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet....
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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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  • in Norway for four times - in 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2011. He also finished second-placed in the Vasaloppet race in Sweden in 2011. In 2009 he finished...
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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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    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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    Mora, Sweden (category Articles with unsourced statements from December 2008)
    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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  • Bengt Hassis (category Vasaloppet winners)
    Orsa IF at club level. In 1985 and 1986, he won Vasaloppet. During his 1986 victory, he broke the Vasaloppet record, which lasted until 1998, when it was...
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  • Mauritz Brännström (category Vasaloppet winners)
    Newspapers for 2006". "Vasaloppet Race Winners". Official Website of Vasaloppet. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-10-07. "FIS History"...
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    Blåbärssoppa 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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    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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  • Holmenkollen ski festival. On 6 March 2022, she won the women's edition of Vasaloppet. She represents the sports club Oppdal IL. She is a twin sister of Silje...
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  • Ola Hassis (category Vasaloppet winners)
    level. He won Vasaloppet in 1979. He's the brother of Swedish cross-country skier Bengt Hassis. "Vasaloppet" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. Archived from...
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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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    club caps with FK Bodø/Glimt John Kristian Dahl (born 1981) three times Vasaloppet winner List of towns and cities in Norway Nazi concentration camps in...
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  • Susanne Nyström (category Vasaloppet winners)
    Tjejvasan 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...
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    Jerry Ahrlin The 2007 Vasaloppet, Oskar Svärd (in black) is still behind Jerry Ahrlin (in blue), when a few hundreds of meters remain. Country  Sweden...
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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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    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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    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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    skilled skiers for the task. They eventually intercepted him in Sälen. (The Vasaloppet, a 90 km (56 mi) ski race, commemorates this remarkable escape from Christian...
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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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    between 2003 and 2008, all in the sprint event. On 2 March 2014, he won the annual long distance cross-country ski race Vasaloppet in Mora, Sweden as...
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    in the arctic and cross-country skiing, having completed the 60 mile Vasaloppet ski race in Sweden five times. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2012...
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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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  • 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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    the Tour de Ski with 14, and had 29 podiums in total. She also won the Vasaloppet women's edition in 2015. She is a member of cross country ski department...
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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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    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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    Jørgen Aukland (category Vasaloppet winners)
    went to college at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. In 2008, he won Vasaloppet. On 9 April 2016, it was announced that he was going to retire...
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