{"id":2101,"date":"2026-02-16T17:17:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vasaloppet.se\/en\/?post_type=news&p=2101"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:55:03","slug":"counties-nations-statistics-and-interesting-facts-ahead-of-vasaloppets-winter-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/vasaloppet.se\/en\/news\/counties-nations-statistics-and-interesting-facts-ahead-of-vasaloppets-winter-week-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Counties, nations, statistics and interesting facts ahead of Vasaloppet\u2019s Winter Week 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can register online on Vasaloppet\u2019s website or on location on the day of the race. Therefore, the latest statistics presented here from Monday, February 16, 2026, are not final. Places are still available in all races except \u00d6ppet Sp\u00e5r Sunday, which became fully booked on January 9.

The currently registered 59,000 skiers come from all of Sweden\u2019s 21 counties and from all 290 municipalities in the country!

They also come from 65 other nations, including countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, North America and South America.

Participants in the individual races are between 7 and 90 years old. Of them, 58 percent are men and 42 percent women. The average age is 42.0, which is close to Sweden\u2019s national average age of 42.2 according to Statistics Sweden.

The 14 races range from 9 to 90 km. A total of 30,012 participants are registered for one of the 90 km races, tackling the full distance from S\u00e4len to Mora.

Among those registered for 90 km races, 310 are Vasaloppet veterans, meaning they have participated in Vasaloppet and\/or \u00d6ppet Sp\u00e5r\/Nattvasan 90 for at least 30 years. As always, these veterans wear orange number bibs.

So far, 266 participants are registered to complete Vasaloppstrippeln this year, meaning they will take part in a ski race during the Winter Week plus a mountain bike race and a running race over the same distance during Vasaloppet\u2019s Summer Week in August. There are three distances to choose from: 30, 45 and 90 km.

It should also be noted that currently 12,500 participants are registered for the cycling and running races in Vasaloppet\u2019s Summer Week, including Ultravasan 90, which in 2026 will have Swedish Championship status.

FACTS\/ County by county in Vasaloppet\u2019s Winter Week 2026
<\/strong>Stockholm \u2013 12,422 registered participants
V\u00e4stra G\u00f6taland \u2013 8,437
Dalarna \u2013 4,361
Uppsala \u2013 3,055
Sk\u00e5ne \u2013 2,483
\u00d6sterg\u00f6tland \u2013 2,088
V\u00e4rmland \u2013 2,033
J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping \u2013 2,023
G\u00e4vleborg \u2013 1,812
\u00d6rebro \u2013 1,773
Halland \u2013 1,763
V\u00e4stmanland \u2013 1,356
J\u00e4mtland \u2013 1,355
V\u00e4sternorrland \u2013 1,318
S\u00f6dermanland \u2013 1,191
V\u00e4sterbotten \u2013 1,174
Norrbotten \u2013 842
Kronoberg \u2013 586
Kalmar \u2013 534
Blekinge \u2013 337
Gotland \u2013 158

(Not all team members in Stafettvasan and Nattvasan have yet been named, so the preliminary statistics above assume that team members come from the same county.)

FACTS\/ Nations in Vasaloppet’s Winter Week 2026
<\/strong>Participants represent Sweden plus 65 other nations, for a total of 66. Notably, Vasaloppet now has official seeding races in 14 different countries.

The 21 largest foreign nations represented in Vasaloppet’s Winter Week 2026 are:
Norway \u2013 2,526 registered participants
Finland \u2013 881
Denmark \u2013 709
Germany \u2013 564
Czech Republic \u2013 300
Netherlands \u2013 193
Switzerland \u2013 184
Italy \u2013 152
France \u2013 150
USA \u2013 141
Austria \u2013 125
United Kingdom \u2013 123
Estonia \u2013 100
Iceland \u2013 75
Poland \u2013 64
Canada \u2013 52
Spain \u2013 38
Belgium \u2013 32
Australia \u2013 23
Slovakia \u2013 16
Ukraine \u2013 16

(Not all team members in Stafettvasan and Nattvasan have yet been named, so the preliminary statistics above assume that team members come from the same nation.)

FACTS\/ Ten biggest municipalities in Vasaloppet\u2019s Winter Week 2026
<\/strong>Stockholm \u2013 5,720 registered participants
G\u00f6teborg \u2013 2,543
Uppsala \u2013 1,916
Falun \u2013 1,101
\u00d6rebro \u2013 1,019
V\u00e4ster\u00e5s \u2013 900
Link\u00f6ping \u2013 898
Nacka \u2013 811
Karlstad \u2013 805
J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping \u2013 704
Kungsbacka \u2013 701

(Not all team members in Stafettvasan and Nattvasan have yet been named, so the preliminary statistics above assume that team members come from the same municipality.)

FACTS\/ Vasaloppet reaches two million finishes in 2026<\/strong>
Vasaloppet is approaching another historic milestone. Since the start in 1922, a total of 1,638,423 skiers <\/strong>have completed their race \u201cIn forefathers’ tracks for future victories,\u201d and 649,201<\/strong> of those were in the Vasaloppet race itself. Counting finishes from the summer events \u2013 introduced in 2008 \u2013 1,948,695 finishes <\/strong>have been recorded in Mora after the Summer Week 2025. The two-millionth finish is expected to occur during Vasaloppet\u2019s Winter Week or Summer Week 2026, depending on participation numbers and the distribution between races.

Registration open until the final start<\/strong>
NOTE: The statistics above are from Monday, February 16, 2026, and are therefore not final.

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