Jørgen Aukland, Norway, winning the 2013 men's event
Status
Active
Genre
Sports event
Date(s)
First Sunday in March
Frequency
Annually
Location(s)
Sälen–Mora
Country
Sweden
Years active
102[1]
Inaugurated
1922 (1922)[1]
Founder
Anders Pers[1]
Participants
15,800[2]
Attendance
70,200 (2015)[3]
Budget
SEK 120 million (2012)[4]
Activity
Cross-country skiing
Organised by
IFK Mora
Sälens IF [sv]
[4]
Sponsor
Volvo
IBM
Preem
Stadium AB
[5]
Vasaloppet (Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 90 km (56 mi) course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in the central part of the province. It is the oldest cross-country ski race in the world, as well as the one with the highest number of participants.
The race was inspired by a notable journey King Gustav Vasa made from Mora to Sälen when he was fleeing from Christian II's soldiers during the winter of 1520–1521 in the beginning of the Swedish War of Liberation. According to legend, he fled on skis.[6][7] The modern competition started in 1922 and it has been a part of the Worldloppet events since 1979.
^ abc"Så började allt" [How it all began]. www.vasaloppet.se. Vasaloppet. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^"Anta utmaningen i världens största skidtävling" [Accept the challenge in the world's largest ski competition]. www.vasaloppet.se. Vasaloppet. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^"Vasaloppets betydelse för regionen" [Vasaloppet's significance for the region]. www.mora.se. Mora Municipality, Sweden. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^ abTT (25 February 2013). "Vasaloppet en lönsam affär" [Vasaloppet profitable business]. www.gp.se. Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^"Sponsorer" [Sponsors]. vasaloppet.se. Vasaloppet. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^Dick Harrison (15 June 2010). "Åkte Gustav Vasa verkligen Vasaloppet?". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^"Gustav Vasa couldn't ski?". Gustav Vasa in Dalarna. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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