Vasaloppet

Emil Persson and Emilie Fleten on top of Vasaloppet 2023 results

After ten straight Norwegian men’s victories in the Vasaloppet, a Swedish victory finally came again in the 99th race, when Emil Persson won the sprint ahead of the Norwegians Andreas Nygaard and Kasper Stadaas. In the women’s class, there was a Norwegian victory when Emilie Fleten took her very first victory before second Silje Ă–yre […]

99th Vasaloppet ahead

Tomorrow Sunday, March 5 at 08:00 in Sälen it’s time for the start of the 99th Vasaloppet. Vasaloppet 2023 is fully booked, which means 15,800 registered participants. Millions of TV viewers around the world will follow the race. New for this year, start places for the historic 100th Vasaloppet 2024 will become available at vasaloppet.se […]

Watch 3 Worldloppet races live online

Several Worldloppet races are part of the Ski Classics Pro Tour – a European elite championship in long distance skiing. These races are broadcasted on the streaming plattform SC Play. Here comes a special offer for the Worldloppet family: Watch Jizerska50, Vasaloppet and Birkebeinerrennet live with SC PLAY (English commentary) and get access to all […]

Stay strong Vasasloppet!

Shocking news from Mora: Vasaloppet’s central storage burned down this Friday. Good news first: No human harm. But it seems like basically the whole material (machines, kilometers of fences, tanks for the blueberry soup, sheds and and and) has been destroyed. Even tough this is a huge setback for our Swedish member, they are already […]

Vlog: Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures at Vasaloppet 100 years

In this edition of Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures we travel to Mora ?? to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the king of cross-country skiing, the Vasaloppet! I did my first Vasa! With everything you need for this experience: Standing in line on the first uphill, a crash, blueberry soup… My summary: Indeed, every skier has to […]

Andreas Nygaard and Astrid Ă–yre Slind won Vasaloppet 2022

There were two Norwegian victories in Vasaloppet 2022: Andreas Nygaard took his second win, sprinting across the finish line. It was Norway’s tenth straight Vasaloppet victory. In the women’s class, Astrid Ă–yre Slind took her first victory after coming in second twice before. She also set a new track record. Sunshine, 13 degrees below freezing […]

Vasaloppet ready for 15,800 skiers tomorrow

On Sunday, March 6 at 08:00 in Sälen, it’s time for the start of the 98th Vasaloppet – 100 years after the first race in 1922. Vasaloppet is fully booked, which means 15,800 registered participants. In total, more than 50,000 participants have so far registered for Vasaloppet’s Winter Week 2022 races. Here are all the […]

Covid News Update: Vasa, Birken, Finlandia and Tartu

First of all, we can tell you good news from the upcoming Worldloppet races: No cancellations ahead! Sad enough, that the Sapporo Skimarathon had to be canceled, but at least no more yet. Several races have worked with high pressure on security and health concepts to meet the restrictions form local authorities, with success. No […]

Go to Vasaloppet 2022 for free

Soon we are going to celebrate the 100th anniversary of our Swedish member race, the Vasaloppet. The 90 km classic race on March 6th is fully booked out since months, but the Vasaloppet organization has given some final starting bibs to the Worldloppet family. Now we want our loyal skiers to profit from these final […]

Vasaloppet 2022 sold out within hours

The registration for 2022’s Vasaloppet Winter Week and the 100th anniversary opened yesterday (Sun 21st Mar) morning. Only a few hours later the Vasaloppet was fully booked. The 15,800 start places in Vasaloppet were filled this morning and over 28,000 had registered for a Winter Week 2022 race before noon.“Of course it’s fantastic that so […]

The King is joining the Virtual Racing League

On March 7th a small group of elite skiers will ski the king of cross-country skiing races, the Vasaloppet – the Swedish Worldloppet race. Popular skiers are prevented to participate. But the organizers came up with some ideas, to offer the Vasa experience also to amateurs, including the possibility to get a stamp in your […]

+Update+ Only 400 elite skiers at Vasaloppet 2021

This week the OC of the Swedish Worldloppet race, Vasaloppet, has decided on how to carry out their events in 2021 due to the COVID pandemic. The king of cross-country ski races will take place, as planned, on the 7th march. But only elite skiers will stand on the starting line in Sälen. Usually thousands […]