The home edition of Vasaloppet, Hemmavasan skidor (Hemmavasan on skis) 2023, is launching as a complement to Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2023. While the regular races are held on location in Sälen and Mora, from Friday, February 24, to Sunday, March 5, participants can also ski a race at any location around the world – in the digital Vasaloppet Arena.
It's almost time for the big event of the winter - Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2023 - which starts with the 30 km race Vasaloppet 30 on Friday, February 24 and finishes with the 99th Vasaloppet on Sunday, March 5. A total of twelve different races are taking place in the Vasaloppet Arena. There are several different start locations but all races do, of course, finish under the Vasaloppet finish line portal at the belfry in Mora. There's also Barnens Vasalopp for those aged 3–10 and Hemmavasan for those who want to ski at home. So which race should you choose? Here is our quick guide, day by day and race by race.
Wherever you live in the world you can watch the 99th Vasaloppet on March 5, 2023. Here is an overview of where you can watch Vasaloppet. All ski races in Vasaloppet’s Winter Week 2023 are also broadcast live via Vasaloppet’s own streaming service.
In November 2022, Vasaloppet's big central warehouse burned down and the flames destroyed almost all the materials needed to run races in the Vasaloppet Arena. That very same day, work started to build and buy new materials and now, with just under six weeks left until Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2023, almost everything is ready – including hundreds of new signs, 2,000 metres of fences and large, new cooking vessels for the classic blueberry soup.
Vasaloppet started in 1922 and this year will see the 99th Vasaloppet. It initially started as a Swedish national competition and the first foreign participants joined in 1948. These days, about 25% of the starting participants are international. But do you know who from your country has the best results? We have the list.
Experience a true Black Friday! Set your sights on Nattvasan on Friday, March 3, 2023. An exercise race focused on adventure. Choose between 30, 45 and 90 km of skiing. Ski alone or in pairs, using classic style or skate. You can participate in Nattvasan 30 from the year you turn 11 and Nattvasan 45 and 90 from the year you turn 17.
Tjejvasan is our 30 km skiing race with only female skiers at the starting line. The event was first held in 1988 and now joins the Ski Classics Challengers calendar for the upcoming edition on February 25, 2023.
Happy holidays! Make sure you get some outdoor activity done between all the christmas food and sweets.
With two and a half months until Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2023, work continues after the fire in Vasaloppet's central warehouse on the night of Thursday, November 3, in parallel with our regular preparations. About 70 individuals, associations and companies have signed up as volunteers to help with the reconstruction of lost materials. In addition, over 2,200 people and companies, so far, have contributed to our fundraiser where "Metre by metre we're rebuilding Vasaloppet", bringing in over half a million Swedish crowns.
For those who want to register for Vasaloppet on March 5, 2023 there are still a number of start places left. Two people who don't need to register are Alice Larsson from Sälens IF, appointed by competition management as the 99th Kranskulla, and Albin Gezelius from IFK Mora, appointed by Tjejvasan competition management as the 35th Kransmas. They now have what's often referred to as the two most honourable assignments among the thousands of functionaries that make Vasaloppet's events possible – awarding victors with their wreaths. These thousands of functionaries will assist the many participants in Vasaloppet's Winter Week and Summer Week in 2023 – right now, there are more than 40,000 participants already registered.
