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The Holmenkollen medal is Norwegian skiing's highest award for competitors. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Snow skiing is a group of sports utilizing Skis as primary equipment It signifies top placings in international championships and other international events, including the Holmenkollen events. The Holmenkollen ski jump, located in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, is host to the world's second oldest Ski jump competition still in existence

The medal is mostly awarded to skiers in the Nordic events. Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden earned the medal in 1979 as one of only eleven non-Nordic skiers to ever earn this honor. Jan Ingemar Stenmark (born March 18, 1956 in Joesjö, Storumans municipality) is a former Swedish skier, active during "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Stein Eriksen, King Haakon VII, Boghild Niskin, Inger Bjørnbakken, Astrid Sandvik, King Olav V, Erik Håker, and Jacob Vaage, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja, all from Norway, are the others. Stein Eriksen (born December 11, 1927) is a Norwegian-American former professional alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo) Borghild Niskin (born 19 February 1924) is a Norwegian alpine skier who finished 7th in the women's giant slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics Inger Bjørnbakken (born 28 December 1933 in Bærum) is a Norwegian alpine skier who finished tied for 6th (with fellow Norwegian Astrid Sandvik (born 1 October 1939) is a Norwegian Alpine skier who finished tied for sixth dog (with fellow Norwegian and 1958 Holmenkollen Olav V (2 July 1903 &ndash 17 January 1991 was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death Erik Håker (born March 4, 1952) is a Norwegian alpine skier from Oppdal who finished 5th in the men's downhill at the 1972 Winter Jakob Vaage (1905-1994 was a Norwegian historian who served as curator of the Holmenkollen ski museum from 1946 to 1984 Childhood and education When Prince Harald was born in Skaugum he was the first heir to the throne of Norway to be born in Norway for several hundred years Issue The Queen Sonja International Music Competition The then Crown Princess Sonja established this music competition in 1988 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional

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List of medalists

Holmenkollen Medalists
Year Winner(s) Country
1895 Viktor Thorn Norway
1897 Asbjørn Nilssen Norway
1899 Paul Braaten, Robert Pehrson Both from Norway
1901 Askel Refstad Norway
1903 Karl Hovelsen Norway
1904 Harald Smith Norway
1905 Jonas Holmen Norway
1907 Per Bakken Norway
1908 Einar Kristiansen Norway
1909 Thorvald Hansen Norway
1910 Lauritz Bergendahl Norway
1911 Otto Tangen, Knut Holst Both from Norway
1912 Olav Bjaaland Norway
1914 Johan Kristoffersen Norway
1915 Sverre Østbye Norway
1916 Lars Høgvold Norway
1918 Hans Horn, Jørgen Hansen Both from Norway
1919 Thorleif Haug, Otto Aasen Both from Norway
1923 Thorlaf Strømstad Norway
1924 Harald Økern, Johan Grøttumsbråten Both from Norway
1925 Einar Landvik Norway
1926 Jacob Tullin Thams Norway
1927 Hagbart Haakonsen, Einar Lindboe Both from Norway
1928 Torjus Hemmestveit, Mikkjel Hemmestveit Both from Norway
1931 Hans Vinjarengen, Ole Stenen Both from Norway
1934 Oddbjørn Hagen Norway
1935 Arne Rustadstuen Norway
1937 Olaf Hoffsbakken, Birger Ruud, Martin P. Vangsli All from Norway
1938 Reidar Andersen, Johan R. Henriksen Both from Norway
1939 Sven Selånger, Lars Bergendahl, Trygve Brodahl Sweden for Selånger, Norway for the other two
1940 Oscar Gjøslien, Annar Ryen Both from Norway
1947 Elling Rønes Norway
1948 Asbjørn Ruud Norway
1949 Sigmund Ruud Norway
1950 Olav Økern Norway
1951 Simon Slåttvik Norway
1952 Stein Eriksen, Torbjørn Falkanger, Heikki Hasu, Nils Karlsson Norway for Eriksen and Falkanger, Finland, Sweden
1953 Magnar Estenstad Norway
1954 Martin Stokken Norway
1955 His Majesty King Haakon VII, Hallgeir Brenden, Veikko Hakulinen, Sverre Stenersen Finland for Hakulinen, all others from Norway
1956 Borghild Niskin, Arnfinn Bergmann, Arne Hoel All from Norway
1957 Eero Kolehmainen Finland
1958 Inger Bjørnbakken, Håkon Brusveen Both from Norway
1959 Gunder Gundersen Norway
1960 Helmut Recknagel, Sixten Jernberg, Sverre Stensheim, Tormod Knutsen East Germany for Recknagel, Sweden for Jernberg, all others from Norway
1961 Harald Grønningen Norway
1962 Toralf Engan Norway
1963 Alevtina Kolchina, Pavel Kolchin, Astrid Sandvik, Torbjørn Yggeseth Soviet Union for Kolchina and Kolchin, all others from Norway
1964 Veikko Kankkonen, Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, Halvor Næs Finland for Kankkonen and Mäntyranta, West Germany for Thoma, Norway for Næs
1965 Arto Tiainen, Bengt Eriksson, Arne Larsen Finland, Sweden, Norway
1967 Toini Gustafsson, Ole Ellefsæter Sweden, Norway
1968 His Majesty King Olav V, Assar Rönnlund, Gjermund Eggen, Bjørn Wirkola Sweden for Rönnlund, all others from Norway
1969 Odd Martinsen Norway
1970 Pål Tyldum Norway
1971 Marjatta Kajosmaa, Berit Mørdre Lammedal, Reidar Hjermstad Finland for Kajosmaa, all other from Norway
1972 Rauno Miettinen, Magne Myrmo Finland, Norway
1973 Einar Bergsland, Ingolf Mork, Franz Keller West Germany for Keller, all others from Norway
1974 Juha Mieto Finland
1975 Gerhard Grimmer, Oddvar Brå, Ivar Formo East Germany for Grimmer, all other from Norway
1976 Ulrich Wehling East Germany
1977 Helena Takalo, Hilkka Kuntola, Walter Steiner Switzerland for Steiner, all others from Finland
1979 Ingemar Stenmark, Erik Håker, Raisa Smetanina Sweden, Norway, Soviet Union
1980 Thomas Wassberg Sweden
1981 Johan Sætre Norway
1983 Berit Aunli, Tom Sandberg Both from Norway
1984 Lars-Erik Eriksen, Jacob Vaage, Armin Kogler Austria for Kogler, all others from Norway
1985 Anette Bøe, Per Bergerud, Gunde Svan Sweden for Svan, all others from Norway
1986 Britt Pettersen Norway
1987 Matti Nykänen, Hermann Weinbuch Finland, West Germany
1989 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi Finland
1991 Vegard Ulvang, Trond Einar Elden, Ernst Vettori, Jens Weissflog Norway (Ulvang, Elden), Austria (Vettori), Germany (Weissflog)
1992 Yelena Välbe Russia
1993 Emil Kvanlid Norway
1994 Lyubov Yegorova, Vladimir Smirnov, Espen Bredesen Russia, Kazakhstan, Norway
1995 Kenji Ogiwara Japan
1996 Manuela Di Centa Italy
1997 Bjarte Engen Vik, Stefania Belmondo, Bjørn Dæhlie Italy for Belmondo, all others from Norway
1998 Fred Børre Lundberg, Larissa Lazutina, Alexey Prokurorov, Harri Kirvesniemi Norway (Lundberg), Russia (Lazutina, Prokurorov), Finland (Kirvesniemi)
1999 Kazuyoshi Funaki Japan
2001 Adam Małysz, Bente Skari, Thomas Alsgaard Poland for Malysz, all others from Norway
2003 Felix Gottwald, Ronny Ackermann Austria, Germany
2004 Yuliya Chepalova Russia
2005 Andrus Veerpalu Estonia
2007 Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja, Simon Ammann Ammann from Switzerland, rest from Norway

Medalist breakdown

References

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