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The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is an annual Nordic skiing event which takes places at Holmenkollen.
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Holmenkollen and Ski
The Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the FIS World Cup events ( including the Holmenkollen and the Tour de Ski, a grueling 9 race series completed in eleven days ) have long been a showcase for the world's fastest cross country skiers.
While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the first Holmenkollen Ski Festival, an event still held annually.
* Holmenkollen Ski Festival official website
* Holmenkollen Ski Museum
Below is a list of Nordic skiiers that have won at the Winter Olympics, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and Holmenkollen events.
Holmenkollen has hosted the Holmenkollen Ski Festival since 1892, which since 1980 have been part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup and 1983 the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup.
Holmenkollbakken is co-located with Holmenkollen Ski Museum, which presents the history of skiing.
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival has been regarded as the de facto World Championships prior to the 1924 Winter Olympics.
The chapel is a neighbour to the Norwegian Royal Lodge, the residence of the Norwegian Royal Family during events like Christmas and Holmenkollen Ski Festival.
* FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Holmenkollen
In 1902, he won the nordic combined at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival, to this day the classic event in nordic skiing.
The 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were also held in conjunction with the Holmenkollen ski festival, making Wirkola the Holmenkollen champion as well ( a feat he would repeat the following year ).
It can be seen in the Holmenkollen Ski Museum in Oslo.
Holmenkollen and is
Holmenkollbakken is a large ski jumping hill located at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway.
The hill is part of Holmenkollen National Arena, which in addition to cross-country and biathlon venues has the normal hill Midtstubakken.
The hill is part of Holmenkollen National Arena, which also consists of a combined cross-country skiing and biathlon stadium, the normal hill Midtstubakken.
Along with Granåsen in Trondheim and Lysgårdsbakken in Lillehammer, Holmenkollen is one of three normal and large hill national arenas for ski jumping and Nordic skiing.
Holmenkollen Station is located within walking distance of the large hill and cross-country stadium.
Holmenkollen Station is the only one the line with platforms long enough for six cars, which allows a capacity of 9, 000 people per hour.
The Holmenkollen ski jump is a landmark in Oslo.
Holmenkollen is a neighborhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway.
Tryvann is a small lake in Nordmarka, the forest area just north of Oslo city, near the Holmenkollen ski jump.
The Holmenkollen Line () is an long line of the Oslo Metro between Majorstuen and Nordmarka in Oslo, Norway.
Holmenkollen Station is located close to Holmenkollen National Arena which hosts international Nordic skiing tournaments.
After the upgrade ahead of the 2011 World Skiing Championship, the Holmenkollen line is powered by third rail and operated by single three-car sets of MX3000 trains.
The line itself is a tourist attraction since it climbs to over providing a view over Oslo, and the Holmenkollen ski jump and Tryvannstårnet are also attractions along the line.
In addition, Line 1, which runs on Holmenkollen Line in the west, terminates at Helsfyr ( during rush hour, however, line 1 is extended to Ellingsrudåsen ).
Frøen is a station on the Oslo Metro in the Vestre Aker borough, it is the first station on the Holmenkollen Line after Majorstuen.
Transfer to the Kolsås, Røa and Holmenkollen Lines is possible at Majorstuen.
Holmenkollen and annual
The annual event was moved to Holmenkollen from 1892, and Holmenkollen has remained the pinnacle of ski jumping venues.
Holmenkollen and Nordic
In Norway, popularity of the Holmenkollen, and Nordic combined in general, was great.
Holmenkollen was the venue of the Nordic skiing during the 1952 Winter Olympics.
Since 1997, the World Cup jumps in Holmenkollen have been part of the Nordic Tournament, which includes four successive jumps in four Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish ski jumps, inspired by the Four Hills Tournament.
Slåttvik won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival three times ( 1948, 1950, and 1951 ).
Wehling also won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival three straight years ( 1975 – 1977 ).
For his successes in the Nordic combined, he received the Holmenkollen medal in 1976.
Holmenkollen and skiing
A skiing centre was planned in Kasavuori of the same type as Holmenkollen in Oslo, but the plans were never realised.
The arguments for keeping the hill at Holmenkollen was that it would allow for a close connection between the ski jumping and cross-country skiing events.
For his cross-country skiing successes, Jernberg was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1960 ( shared with Helmut Recknagel, Sverre Stensheim and Tormod Knutsen ).
For his efforts in cross-country skiing, Hakulinen was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1955 ( shared with King Haakon VII, Hallgeir Brenden, and Sverre Stenersen ).
Holmenkollen and event
These yearly competitions, held from 1879 to 1891, were a precursor to the Holmenkollen event.
Despite the fact that he never won an event at the Holmenkollen ski festival, Dæhlie was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1997 ( shared with Bjarte Engen Vik and Stefania Belmondo ).
Kulakova also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1970 and 1979.
Skari also won the women's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2003.
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