Interest in ultrarunning and Ultravasan continues to grow. A record-sized field set off in forefathers’ tracks on Saturday morning. In total, nearly 8,000 people had registered for Trailvasan 30, Ultravasan 45, Ultravasan 90 and Vasastafetten. Ultravasan 90 also served as the Swedish Championships and Swedish Veteran Championships in trail running.<\/p>\n\n
Ultravasan 90 Men When the leading men reached Sm\u00e5gan, there had been several changes. Olle Meijer was overtaken by Noah Brautigam of Falu IK, who now had a 16-second lead.<\/p>\n\n On the more technical section from Sm\u00e5gan to M\u00e5ngsbodarna, Linus Rosdahl shifted into a higher gear and passed Brautigam. He had a 16-second lead when passing the checkpoint.<\/p>\n\n At the same time, Olle Meijer picked up the pace and at Risberg he was 10 seconds behind leader Linus Rosdahl. At Evertsberg, the roles had reversed once again, with Rosdahl in the lead and Brautigam 24 seconds behind.<\/p>\n\n After the halfway point, last year\u2019s winner Olle Meijer began to make his move, and by Oxberg he had started to close the gap. At H\u00f6kberg, Meijer was back in the lead. He then extended his advantage over his rivals all the way to the finish.<\/p>\n\n Meijer thereby claimed his fourth consecutive victory in Ultravasan 90, with his fastest time to date, 06:03:17.<\/p>\n\n \u201cWinning the Swedish Championship is a bit of a bonus; you almost forget that it\u2019s the Swedish Championship. Once you take the lead, there\u2019s so much focus on simply making it to the finish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve improved my time a little every year, so it\u2019s fun to keep that trend going. Now it\u2019s getting frustratingly close to six hours. It was actually much the same as last year: it didn\u2019t feel great during the first half, and it took longer before I found a good rhythm,\u201d a delighted Olle Meijer said after crossing the finish line.<\/p>\n\n Noah Brautigam put in an impressive debut performance and made his mark on the race early. He finished second.<\/p>\n\n \u201cI didn\u2019t really try to think too much about the result. It\u2019s really just about getting from A to B as quickly as possible. There\u2019s not much you can do about how the others run. I\u2019m proud that I made it to the finish in a respectable way. With 25 kilometres to go, it didn\u2019t feel like I was going to be able to do it,\u201d said runner-up Noah Brautigam.<\/p>\n\n French S\u00e9bastien Spehler won Ultravasan 90 in 2021, and today he finished third.<\/p>\n\n Ultravasan 90 Women<\/strong> At Sm\u00e5gan, Polish Stelmach’s lead was more than two and a half minutes. Behind her, a group of five women were running together.<\/p>\n\n At M\u00e5ngsbodarna, there were still five chasing women, but the group then split up as they battled for second and third place.<\/p>\n\n Ellinor Ericsson increased the pace between M\u00e5ngsbodarna and Risberg and pulled away from the rest of the chasing group. Behind her, Maria Saxvall of Borl\u00e4nge L\u00f6parklubb moved into third place.<\/p>\n\n Halfway through, Stelmach continued to dominate Ultravasan 90 and showed no signs of slowing down. As the gap to second-placed Ellinor Ericsson grew, Ericsson in turn extended her advantage over Maria Saxvall.<\/p>\n\n After Oxberg, Anna Hellstr\u00f6m, who was then in fifth place, began to pick up the pace. She passed Susanna Sj\u00f6gren and began her pursuit of third-placed Maria Saxvall.<\/p>\n\n At Eldris, Poland\u2019s Dominika Stelmach was 22 minutes ahead of second-placed Ellinor Ericsson. Behind the pair, Anna Hellstr\u00f6m had passed Saxvall and moved into third place.<\/p>\n\n Dominika Stelmach finished second in 2023 and 2024 before taking her first Ultravasan victory in 2025. Today, she was completely dominant and claimed her second consecutive victory in the Nordic region\u2019s biggest ultra race. Her winning time was 07:07:17.<\/p>\n\n \u201cIt was a tough race because of the humidity. But I\u2019m very happy. I knew I could slow down during the final 17 km. I lowered my pace and enjoyed it,\u201d Stelmach said after her second consecutive victory.<\/p>\n\n Stelmach did not have a support team along the course.<\/p>\n\n \u201cSometimes someone would tell me something about my lead. It would be better to have a support team, but it\u2019s so much fun to run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n Ellinor Ericsson of IFK Mora FIK took second place and became Swedish champion. Anna Hellstr\u00f6m maintained her strong finish and crossed the line in third place.<\/p>\n\n Ultravasan 45 Men<\/strong> He continued at a high pace and at H\u00f6kberg he was ahead of the course-record pace set by Linus Rosdahl last year.<\/p>\n\n Lundberg tired slightly towards the end, but finished in 02:36:08, making for a dominant victory.<\/p>\n\n Behind him, two runners from \u00d6rebro battled for the remaining podium places. Jonas Algebad of \u00d6rebro AIK produced a strong finish and took second place. From Eldris to the finish, he made up 39 seconds on the winner. Simon Karlsson of Tisdagsklubben \u00d6rebro finished third.<\/p>\n\n Ultravasan 45 Women At Oxberg, she had extended her lead over second-placed Jenny Bj\u00f6rnberg of Falu IK Friidrott to 1 minute and 54 seconds.<\/p>\n\n Starfelt continued to maintain a high pace, and the gap behind her steadily grew all the way to the finish in Mora. She crossed the finish line as the winner of Ultravasan 45 in 03:01:28. Jenny Bj\u00f6rnberg held on to second place, while Eva-Maj Erneby of V\u00e4ster\u00e5s FK finished third.<\/p>\n\n Trailvasan 30 Men Fast-running orienteer Emil Svensk was challenged by former World Cup cross-country skier Simon Andersson. At H\u00f6kberg, Svensk had managed to open a small four-second gap.<\/p>\n\n At Eldris, the gap had grown to 16 seconds. Emil Svensk finished strong and was first across the finish line in Mora, 35 seconds ahead of Simon Andersson.<\/p>\n\n Tobias Andervang of Bor\u00e5s L\u00f6parklubb finished third.<\/p>\n\n Trailvasan 30 Women Sofie Nelson Rask of IF G\u00f6ta Karlstad was unable to challenge Lovisa Modig, but had a comfortable margin over the rest of the field and finished second. She was 2 minutes and 34 seconds behind Modig.<\/p>\n\n Elin Brink, competing for M\u00f6lndals AIK, finished third.<\/p>\n\n See interviews with all the winners at\u00a0Vasaloppet.tv.<\/a><\/p>\n\n Ultravasan 45 Men, 45 km, Oxberg\u2013Mora, 2026-08-15 Ultravasan 45 Women, 45 km, Oxberg\u2013Mora, 2026-08-15 Trailvasan 30 Men, 30 km, Oxberg\u2013Mora, 2025-08-15 Trailvasan 30\u00a0Women, 30 km, Oxberg\u2013Mora, 2025-08-15 All results and start lists can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n\n The 102nd Kranskulla and 38th Kransmas<\/strong> Watch Ultravasan 90, Ultravasan 45 and Trailvasan 30 and all participants crossing the finish line at Vasaloppet TV.<\/p>\n\n FACTS\/Winners of Ultravasan 90, Ultravasan 45 and Trailvasan 30 Ultravasan 90, women<\/strong> Trailvasan 30, men<\/strong> Vasaloppet\u2019s Winter Week 2027 \u2013 cross country skiing<\/strong> Hemmavasan skidor 2027 \u2013 cross country skiing<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> when and where you want<\/strong><\/strong> Vasaloppet\u2019s Summer Week 2026\u00a0\u2013 biking and running<\/strong><\/strong> Barnens Vasalopp l\u00f6pning 2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0children\u2019s Vasaloppet running race<\/strong><\/strong> Hemmavasan cykel and l\u00f6pning 2027 \u2013 biking and running when and where you want<\/strong><\/strong> <\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ultravasan 90 2026 ran under warm conditions, and last year\u2019s winners Olle Meijer and Dominika Stelmach both brought impressive performances and defended their titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3957,"template":"","news_category":[],"sport_category":[4],"class_list":["post-3956","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sport_category-run"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
<\/strong>The temperature was just over 10 degrees Celsius with a lot of cloud cover when the runners lined up at the start in Berga by. After about 14 minutes of running, at the highest point of the course, three-time winner Olle Meijer of H\u00e4lle IF had opened up a six-second gap over the three chasing runners Noah Brautigam, Linus Rosdahl and Oscar Claesson.<\/p>\n\n
Last year\u2019s winner Dominika Stelmach set the pace from the start, and already at the highest point she had a 50-second lead over Hanna Aho of Nav\u00e5sens FK and Ellinor Ericsson of IFK Mora FIK.<\/p>\n\n
Jesper Lundberg opened Ultravasan 45 at a furious pace and at the first split, after approximately seven and a half minutes, he had pulled ahead of the pack.<\/p>\n\n
<\/strong>Malin Starfelt did for the women what Jesper Lundberg did for the men. She left the rest of the field behind by the first split at Lillsj\u00f6n.<\/p>\n\n
<\/strong>Trailvasan 30 featured several strong names on the men\u2019s starting line. The race became a battle between an orienteer and a former cross-country skier.<\/p>\n\n
<\/strong>Lovisa Modig claimed her third consecutive victory in Trailvasan 30. She also smashed the course record set by herself last year. The previous record was 01:57:14; the new record is 01:54:51.<\/p>\n\n
<\/strong>1 Jesper Lundberg (SWE) Hunflens LS, 02.36.08
2 Jonas Algebad (SWE) \u00d6rebro AIK, 02.40.15
3 Simon Karlsson (SWE) Tisdagsklubben \u00d6rebro, 02.42.17
4 Gunnar Grandlund (SWE) Bj\u00f6rnstorps IF, 02.48.34
5 Isac Karlsson (SWE) Tranemo IF Skidklubb, 03.00.35
6 Andreas Ingberg (SWE) \u00d6rebro AIK, 03.01.00
7 Stefan Sunnerberg (SWE) Brudpiga RK, 03.02.44
8 Kaupo Tiisl\u00e4r (EST) FbJooksmine, 03.10.02
9 Bo Daniel W\u00e4rnelid (SWE) \u00d6rebro AIK, 03.10.22
10 Daniel Andersson (SWE) Ljungskile, 03.12.27<\/p>\n\n
<\/strong>1 Malin Starfelt (SWE) Fr\u00f6s\u00f6n, 03.01.28
2 Jenny Bj\u00f6rnberg (SWE) Falu IK Friidrott, 03.08.17
3 Eva-Maj Erneby (SWE) V\u00e4ster\u00e5s FK, 03.10.29
4 Malin Barrulf (SWE) Orsa, 03.18.34
5 Hilda L\u00f6f (SWE) IFK Mora SK, 03.24.08
6 Nikita Steiner (SWE) H\u00e4sselby SK, 03.31.55
7 Johanna Bygdell (SWE) \u00d6backa LK\/Craft Runteam, 03.31.51
8 Dione Scheuten (NED) Live on the trails, 03.42.50
9 Hanna Svensson (SWE) Tjalve FIF, 03.48.34
10 Malin Nilsson (SWE) KBK Falun, 03.48.50<\/p>\n\n
<\/strong>1 Svensk, Emil (SWE) Stora Tuna IK, 01.42.02
2 Andersson, Simon (SWE) Firma KJSA, 01.42.37
3 Andervang, Tobias (SWE) Bor\u00e5s l\u00f6parklubb, 01.52.07
4 Magnusson, Tim (SWE) DPONLY Ski Club, 01.52.51
5 Westerlund, Mattias (SWE) Junsele IF, 01.53.57
6 Munkhammer, Markus (SWE) Ludvika FFI, 01.55.54
7 Mannberg, Andreas (SWE) Malungs IF, 01.57.21
8 Johansson, Erik (SWE) Katrineholms sk friidrott, 01.58.17
9 Bergstr\u00f6m, Oscar (SWE) Assemblin, 02.00.14
10 Persson, Tobias (SWE) Falun, 02.01.19<\/p>\n\n
<\/strong>1 Modig, Lovisa (SWE) Runacdemy IF, 01.54.51
2 Nelson Rask, Sofie (SWE) IF G\u00f6ta Karlstad\/Craft, 01.57.25
3 Brink, Elin (SWE) M\u00f6lndals AIK, 02.04.10
4 Halld\u00e9n, Greta (SWE) Craft Sportswear, 02.04.52
5 Nord, Madelene (SWE) DPONLY Ski Club, 02.06.08
6 Sennstr\u00f6m, Linn\u00e9a (SWE) H\u00e4sselby SK, 02.12.19
7 Wilson, Matilda (SWE) Sk\u00f6vde Kommun, 02.13.54
8 Norgren, Sofia (SWE) Ludvika, 02.16.08
9 Ryapolova, Evgeniya (SWE) IFK Mora OK, 02.21.14
10 Bergfeldt, Louise (SWE) IFK Mora, 02.23.26<\/p>\n\n
This year’s Kranskulla is Maja Stefansson of IFK Mora Gymnastikklubb and Kransmas is snowboarder William Mathisen of S\u00e4lens IF Alpina.<\/p>\n\n
<\/u><\/strong>Ultravasan 90, men<\/strong>
2014 Jonas Buud, IFK Mora FK (SWE), 6.02.03
2015 Jonas Buud, IFK Mora FK (SWE), 5.45.08 (Record time!)
2016 Jarle Risa, Undheim IL (NOR), 6.11.49
2017 Elov Olsson, Ockelbo SK (SWE), 6.07.37
2018 Fritjof Fagerlund, LK Roslagen (SWE), 6.01.56
2019 Jim Walmsley, Hoka One One (USA) 5.47.28
2020 Ultravasan was part of Hemmavasan, no winner was crowned
2021 S\u00e9bastien Spehler, Team Salomon (FRA), 6.09.45
2022 Viktor Stenqvist, Billingen X-trail Sports Club (SWE), 6.19.07
2023 Olle Meijer, H\u00f6gby IF (SWE), 6.46.13
2024 Olle Meijer, H\u00e4lle IF (SWE), 6.15.19
2025 Olle Meijer, H\u00e4lle IF (SWE), 6.07.23
2026 Olle Meijer, H\u00e4lle IF (SWE), 06.03.17<\/p>\n\n
2014 Holly Rush, Team Bath AC (GBR), 7.09.04
2015 Jasmin Nunige, Schweiz (SUI), 7.02.35
2016 Jasmin Nunige, Track Club Davos (SUI), 6.54.32
2017 Ida Nilsson, H\u00f6gby IF (SWE), 6.51.26
2018 Alexandra Morozova, Ryssland (RUS), 6.43.55 (Record time!)
2019 Alexandra Morozova, Ural (RUS) 7.11.07
2020 Ultravasan was part of Hemmavasan, no winner was crowned
2021 Alexandra Morozova, Ural (RUS), 6.48.36
2022 Anna Hellstr\u00f6m, Enebybergs IF (SWE), 7.40.51
2023 Ida Nilsson, H\u00f6gby IF (SWE), 7.23.54
2024 Laila Kveli, Namdal L\u00f8peklubb (NOR), 7.18.24
2025 Dominika Stelmach, Prandeso Sp (POL), 06.54.59
2026 Dominika Stelmach, Prandeso Sp (POL), 07.07.17
Ultravasan 45, men<\/strong>
2014 Roman Ryapolov, IFK Mora FK (RUS), 2.49.47
2015 Fritjof Fagerlund, R\u00e5n\u00e4s 4H (SWE), 2.45.30
2016 Roman Ryapolov, IFK Mora OK (RUS), 2.41.47
2017 Erik Anf\u00e4lt, \u00d6rebro AIK (SWE), 2.40.28
2018 David Nilsson, H\u00f6gby IF\/MotionMetrix (SWE), 2.39.33
2019 Fredrik Eriksson, IK Akele (SWE) 2.49.21
2020 Ultravasan was part of Hemmavasan, no winner was crowned
2021 Kristofer L\u00e5\u00e5s, Keep Up RC (SWE), 2.41.04
2022 Kristofer L\u00e5\u00e5s, Keep Up RC (SWE), 2.39.47
2023 Jesper Lundberg, Hunflens LS (SWE), 2.34.29
2024 Jesper Lundberg, \u00c4ppelbo (SWE), 2.35.53
2025 Linus Rosdahl, H\u00e4sselby SK (SWE), 2.32.22 (Record time!)
2026 Jesper Lundberg, Hunflens LS (SWE), 2.36.08
Ultravasan 45, women<\/strong>
2014 Gloria Vinstedt, Sverige (SWE), 3.28.13
2015 Caroline Dubois, Frankrike (FRA), 3.13.22
2016 Lisa Ring, IK Nocout.se (SWE), 3.04.18
2017 Joasia Zakrzewski, Storbritannien (GBR), 3.06.12
2018 Lisa Ring, IK nocout.se (SWE), 3.03.00
2019 Sofia Byhlinder, IFK Mora Friidrott (SWE), 3.09.40
2020 Ultravasan was part of Hemmavasan, no winner was crowned
2021 Liselotte Hellsten, Sp\u00e5rv\u00e4gen (SWE), 3.05.38
2022 Barbro N\u00e4sstr\u00f6m, S\u00e4ter FIK (SWE), 3.02.47
2023 Erica Lech, \u00d6rebro AIK (SWE), 3.02.09
2024 Malin Starfelt, Runacademy IF (SWE), 2.55.19
2025 Agnes Josefsson, Vallentuna FK (SWE), 2.53.19 (Record time!)
2026 Malin Starfelt, Fr\u00f6s\u00f6n (SWE), 03.01.28<\/p>\n\n
2022 Adhanom Abraha, Eritrea (ERI), 1.41.02
2023 Martin Nilsson, IFK Ume\u00e5 (SWE), 1.38.51 (Record time!)
2024 Andrew Davies, New Balance (GBR), 1.43.41
2025 Jesper Lundberg, Hunflens LS (SWE), 1.41.18
2026 Emil Svensk, Stora Tuna IK (SWE), 1.42.02
Trailvasan 30, women<\/strong>
2022 Maria Larsson, (SWE), 2.00.47
2023 Jenny Bj\u00f6rnberg, Falu IK Friidrott (SWE), 1.58.52
2024 Lovisa Modig, Torsby (SWE), 1.57.17
2025 Lovisa Modig, Torsby (SWE), 1.57.14
2026 Lovisa Modig, Torsby (SWE), 01:54:51 (New record time!)<\/p>\n\nUpcoming events in the Vasaloppet Arena:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
Friday, February 26, Vasaloppet 30<\/a>, start Oxberg, 30 km
Saturday, February 27, Tjejvasan<\/a>, start Oxberg, 30 km
Sunday, February 28, \u00d6ppet Sp\u00e5r s\u00f6ndag,<\/a> start S\u00e4len, 90 km
Sunday, February 28, Vasaloppet Pro Race 30, start Oxberg, 30 km
Sunday, February 28, Ungdomsvasan<\/a>, start Eldris, 9 km, start H\u00f6kberg, 19 km
Monday, March 1, \u00d6ppet Sp\u00e5r m\u00e5ndag 90<\/a>, freestyle, start S\u00e4len, 90 km
Monday, March 1, \u00d6ppet Sp\u00e5r m\u00e5ndag 45<\/a>, freestyle, start Oxberg, 45 km
Monday, March 1, \u00d6ppet Sp\u00e5r m\u00e5ndag 30,<\/a> freestyle, start Oxberg, 30 km
Tuesday, March 2, Vasaloppet 45<\/a>, start Oxberg, 45 km
Friday, March 5, Stafettvasan<\/a>, ski relay, five sections, start S\u00e4len, 90 km
Friday, March 5, Nattvasan 30<\/a>, individually or two-person teams, freestyle, start Oxberg, 30 km
Friday, March 5, Nattvasan 45<\/a>, individually or two-person teams, freestyle, start Oxberg, 45 km
Friday, March 5, Nattvasan 90,<\/a> individually or two-person teams, freestyle, start S\u00e4len, 90 km
Saturday, March 6, Vasaloppet 10<\/a>, freestyle, start Eldris, 9 km
Sunday, March 7, The 103rd Vasaloppet,<\/a> start S\u00e4len, 90 km
Barnens Vasalopp skidor<\/strong> \u2013 Children’s Vasalopp<\/strong> cross country skiing<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
Saturday, February 27,\u00a0Barnens Vasalopp skidor<\/a>, S\u00e4len
Saturday, March 6,\u00a0Barnens Vasalopp skidor<\/a>, Mora<\/p>\n\n
Februari 26 \u20137 March 7 2027 \u2013\u00a0Hemmavasan skidor<\/a> <\/p>\n\n
Friday, August 13,\u00a0Cykelvasan 30<\/a>, start Oxberg, 32 km
Friday, August 13,\u00a0Cykelvasan \u00d6ppet Sp\u00e5r<\/a>, start S\u00e4len, 92 km
Friday, August 13,\u00a0Cykelvasan 45<\/a>, start Oxberg, 45 km
Saturday, August 14,\u00a0Cykelvasan 90<\/a>, start S\u00e4len, 92 km
Friday, August 20,\u00a0Funkisvasan<\/a>, start Mora, 2 and 4 km
Friday, August 20,\u00a0Trailvasan 10<\/a>, start Mora, 10 km
Saturday, August 21,\u00a0Ultravasan 90<\/a>, start S\u00e4len, 92 km
Saturday, August 21,\u00a0Vasastafetten<\/a>, running relay, ten legs, start S\u00e4len, 92 km
Saturday, August 21,\u00a0Ultravasan 45<\/a>, start Oxberg, 45 km
Saturday, August 21,\u00a0Trailvasan 30<\/a>, start Oxberg, 30 km
Barnens Vasalopp cykel 2026 \u2013 children\u2019s Vasaloppet bike race<\/strong><\/strong>
Thursday, August 12, and Friday, August 13,\u00a0 Barnens Vasalopp cykel<\/a>, S\u00e4len
Saturday, August 14,\u00a0Barnens Vasalopp cykel<\/a>, Mora<\/p>\n\n
Friday, August 20,\u00a0Barnens Vasalopp l\u00f6pning<\/a>, S\u00e4len
Friday, August 20,\u00a0Barnens Vasalopp l\u00f6pning<\/a>, Mora<\/p>\n\n
August 13\u201321,\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hemmavasan cykel<\/a>
August 13\u201321,\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Hemmavasan l\u00f6pning<\/a><\/p>\n\n