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.
Vasaloppet's central warehouse in Mora burned to the ground on the night between November 3 and 4. A massive amount of materials, valued in the millions of crowns, went up in smoke. Many have contacted us, wanting to help and contribute, and we are extremely grateful. With joint efforts, we are rebuilding Vasaloppet together – metre by metre.
Did you know that participants from 60 countries, across six continents, are registered for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2023? Here is an update summarizing, in English, some interesting news items from Vasaloppet's Swedish website and elsewhere this autumn. We'll see you soon!
On the night of Thursday, November 3, Vasaloppet's central warehouse at the Mora Ski Stadium burned to the ground. The warehouse, belonging to one of Vasaloppet's owner sports clubs, IFK Mora, stored many of the materials used in Vasaloppet's events. Machines, thousands of signs, kilometres of fences, large vats used to heat blueberry soup and other specialized equipment collected over decades are gone. Even the original motto from 1923 disappeared in the flames.
In 2022, many fantastic performances were seen in the Vasaloppet Arena – to be expected, with over 75,000 registered participants. To illustrate this and inspire more people for 2023, we have listed 12 amazing achievements from the past year. For those who want to test their wings in 2023, registration is now open for all races both during the Winter Week and Summer Week.
