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
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
- 156 medalists total as of 2007. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Viktor Thorn was a Norwegian Nordic combined athlete who won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1895 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Asbjørn Nilssen was a Norwegian Nordic skiing athlete who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1897 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paul Braaten (* 1876 - ? was a Norwegian nordic skier who won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1899 Robert Pehrson was a Norwegian nordic skier who won the Holmenkollen Medal in 1899 (Shared with Paul Braaten. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Askel Refstad was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who won the event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1900 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Karl Hovelsen was a Norwegian nordic skier who won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1903 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Harald Smith was a Norwegian nordic skier who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1904 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jonas Holmen was a Norwegian nordic skier who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1905 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Per Bakken (1882 - 1958 was a Norwegian nordic skier who won the both the Nordic combined and 50 km Cross country skiing events at the Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Einar Kristiansen was a Norwegian Nordic skiing athlete who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1908 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Thorvald Hansen was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who won the event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1905 and 1909 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Lauritz Bergendahl (1887-1964 was a Norwegian nordic skier who won both the Nordic combined and the 50 km Cross country skiing events at the Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Otto Tangen is a Norwegian nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1911 with Knut Holst. Knut Holst is a Norwegian Nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1911 with Otto Tangen. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Olav Bjaaland ( March 5, 1873 - June 8, 1961) was a Norwegian ski champion and one of the first five to reach the South Pole on the Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Johan Kristoffersen was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who won the event at the 1911 Holmenkollen ski festival. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sverre Østbye is a Norwegian nordic skier who was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 1915 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Lars Høgvold (1888-1961 was a Norwegian ski jumper who was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1916 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hans Horn is a Norwegian nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1918 with Jørgen Hansen. Jørgen Hansen is a Norwegian nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1918 with Hans Horn. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thorleif Haug ( September 28, 1894 - December 12, 1934) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and Otto Aasen (born January 1, 1894, date of death unknown was a Norwegian nordic skier who won the Nordic combined at the Holmenkollen Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thoralf Strømstad ( January 13, 1897 &ndash January 10, 1984) was a Norwegian nordic skier who was awarded the Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harald Økern (1898-1977 ws a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who won the event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1922 and 1924 Johan Grøttumsbråten ( February 12, 1899 &ndash January 24, 1983) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Einar Landvik (born 1898 date of death unknown is a Norwegian nordic skier who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1925 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacob Tullin "Tulla" Thams ( April 7, 1898 &ndash July 27, 1954) was a Norwegian Olympian Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hagbart Haakonsen (born November 15, 1895, date of death unknown was a Norwegian cross country skier. Einar Lindboe is a Norwegian nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal with Hagbart Haakonsen in 1927 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Torjus Hemmestveit was a Norwegian nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal with his brother Mikkjel Hemmestveit in 1928. Mikkjel Hemmestveit was a Norwegian nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal with his brother Torjus Hemmestveit in 1928 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hans Vinjarengen ( August 20, 1905 &ndash February 1, 1984) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined Ole Stenen ( August 29 1903 &ndash April 23 1975) is a Norwegian nordic skier who competed in Nordic combined Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oddbjørn Hagen ( February 3, 1908 &ndash July 26, 1982) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arne Rustadstuen ( December 14, 1905 &ndash April 25, 1978) was a Norwegian nordic skier who competed in Nordic Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Olaf Hoffsbakken ( September 2, 1908 &ndash November 23, 1986) was a Norwegian nordic skier who competed in the 1930s Birger Ruud ( August 23, 1911 – June 13, 1998) was a Norwegian Ski jumper. Martin P Vangsli (listed sometimes as Martin Peder Vangli was a Norwegian Cross country skier who was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1937 (Shared with Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Reidar Andersen ( April 20, 1911 &ndash 1991 was a Norwegian Ski jumper who competed in the 1930s Johan R Henriksen is a Norwegian nordic skier who was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1938 (Shared with Reidar Andersen) Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sven Selånger (aka Sven "Selånger" Eriksson) ( March 19, 1907 &ndash November 9, 1992) was a Swedish Lars Bergendahl (January 30 1909-1997 was a Norwegian Cross country skier who competed during the 1930's Trygve Brodahl (1905 - 1996 was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the 1930's "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oscar Gjøslien (born November 9, 1909) was a Norwegian Cross country skier who competed during the 1930's Annar Ryen was a Norwegian Cross country skier who competed in the 1930's Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elling Rønes is a Norwegian Cross country skier who won the men's 50 km event in 1906 (40 km 1907 1908 and 1916 at the Holmenkollen ski festival. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Asbjørn Ruud (1919 &ndash 1986 was a Norwegian ski jumper. Born in Kongsberg, Asbjørn Ruud with his brothers Birger and Sigmund Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sigmund Ruud ( December 30, 1907 &ndash April 7, 1994) was Norwegian ski jumper. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Olav Økern ( June 3, 1911 &ndash April 11, 2000) was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed in the 1930s and Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Simon Slåttvik ( July 24 1917 &ndash May 5 2001) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who competed in the late 1940's Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stein Eriksen (born December 11, 1927) is a Norwegian-American former professional alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist Torbjørn Falkanger (born 8 October 1927 in Trondheim) is a retired Norwegian Ski jumper who was active in the late 1940s and Heikki Vihtori Hasu (born March 21, 1926) is a retired Finnish Nordic skier. 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Magnar Estenstad (born September 27, 1924 in Hølonda &ndash died May 13, 2004 in Hølonda) is a former Norwegian Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Martin Stokken ( January 16, 1923 &ndash March 25, 1984) was a Norwegian cross-country skier and athlete Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo) Hallgeir Brenden ( February 10 1929 &ndash September 21 2007) was a former Norwegian cross-country skier from Veikko Johannes Hakulinen ( January 4 1925 &ndash October 24 2003) was a Finnish Forestry technician and Cross country Sverre Stenersen ( June 18, 1926 &ndash December 16, 2005) was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who dominated the Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. 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Helmut Recknagel (born March 27 1937) is a former East German Ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s Eddy Sixten Jernberg (born 6 February, 1929, Malung Municipality, Dalarna County) is a retired Swedish Cross country skier Sverre Stensheim (born 31 October 1933) is a former Norwegian Cross country skier. Tormod Knutsen (born January 7, 1932) is a former Norwegian Nordic combined athlete The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harald Grønningen (born October 9 1934 in Lensvik) is a former Norwegian Cross country skier who competed during the 1960s Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Toralf Engan (born October 1, 1936) is a retired Ski jumper from Hølonda Melhus, Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina (Алевти́на Па́вловна Ко́лчина alternate spelling Alevtina Koltsjina, born November 11 1930 Pavel Konstantinovich Kolchin (sometimes spelled Pavel Koltsjin; Павел Константинович Колчин (born January 9 1930 in Astrid Sandvik (born 1 October 1939) is a Norwegian Alpine skier who finished tied for sixth dog (with fellow Norwegian and 1958 Holmenkollen Torbjørn Yggeseth (born 18 June 1934) was a Norwegian Ski jumper who was active in the 1960s The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Veikko Kankkonen (born January 5, 1940) is a Finnish Ski jumper who was active in the 1960's Eero Antero Mäntyranta (born November 20 1937 in Turtola (cur Georg Thoma (born August 20, 1937 in Hinterzarten) is a former German Nordic combined skier Halvor Næs (born April 5, 1927 in Trysil) is a former Norwegian Ski jumper who competed in the 1950s Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Arto Tiainen ( Sep 5 1930, Sääminki - Sep 21 1998) was a Finnish cross country skier. Bengt Eriksson (born January 22, 1931) is a former Swedish Nordic combined skier For the 1930s cross country skier please see Arne Larsen (cross country skier. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund (born January 17 1938) is a former Swedish Cross country skier who competed during the 1960s Ole Ellefsæter ( February 15, 1939 in Furnes, Norway) is a retired sportsman from Norway. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Olav V (2 July 1903 &ndash 17 January 1991 was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death Assar Rönnlund (born September 3, 1935) is a former Swedish Cross country skier. Gjermund Eggen (born June 5, 1941 in Engerdal) was a Norwegian Cross country skier who won three golds at the 1966 FIS Nordic Bjørn Wirkola (born August 4 1943 in Alta) is former Ski jumper and Footballer from Norway. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Odd Martinsen (born December 20, 1942 in Nittedal) was a Norwegian Cross country skier who competed during the 1960s and 1970's Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pål Tyldum (born March 28, 1942 at Høylandet) is a former Cross country skier from Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Marjatta Kajosmaa (born February 3 1938 in Vehkalahti) is a Finnish former Cross country skier who competed during the 1970s Berit Mørdre Lammedal (born April 16, 1940) is a Norwegian former Cross country skier, who competed during the 1960s and 1970s Reidar Hjermstad (born 16 October 1937) is a former Norwegian Cross country skier who competed in the 1960s and 1970s Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rauno Miettinen (born May 25 1949 in Kuopio) is a former Finnish Nordic combined skier Magne Myrmo (born July 30, 1943) was a former Norwegian Cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Einar Bergsland (1910-1982 was a Norwegian nordic skier who later became a promoter for the Holmenkollen ski festival, for Alpine skiing in Ingolf Mork (born 4 June 1947) is a Norwegian ski jumper who was born in Molde, but represented Lyn in Oslo. Franz Keller (born January 19 1945) was a West German Nordic combined skier West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Juha Mieto (born November 20, 1949 in Kurikka) is a former Finnish Cross country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980s Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gerhard Grimmer (born April 6, 1943 in Hora Svaté Kateřiny) was an East German Cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s Oddvar Brå (born March 16, 1951) is a Norwegian former Cross-country skier. Ivar Formo ( 24 June 1951 &ndash 26 December 2006) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ulrich Wehling (born July 8, 1952 in Halle) is a retired German skier who won the Nordic combined event in the Winter Olympics The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Anni Helena Takalo (born October 28 1947 in Nivala) is a former Finnish Cross country skier. Hilkka Riihivuori nèe Kuntola (born December 24 1952) is a Finnish former Cross country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980s Walter Steiner (born February 15 1951) is a Swiss ski jumper who was active in the 1970's Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Jan Ingemar Stenmark (born March 18, 1956 in Joesjö, Storumans municipality) is a former Swedish skier, active during 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 Raisa Petrovna Smetanina (Раи́са Петро́вна Смета́нина born February 29, 1952 in the village of Mokhcha Komi ASSR) "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Thomas Wassberg (born March 27 1956) is a Swedish former Cross country skier. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Johan Sætre (born January 5, 1952 in Trysil) is a former Norwegian Ski jumper. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Berit Kristine Aunli, née Kvello, (born June 9, 1956 in Stjørdal, Norway) is a Norwegian former Cross country skier Tom Sandberg (born August 6, 1955) is a former Nordic combined skier from Mo, Norway who competed during the early 1980's Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Lars-Erik Eriksen (born December 29, 1954) was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s Jakob Vaage (1905-1994 was a Norwegian historian who served as curator of the Holmenkollen ski museum from 1946 to 1984 Armin Kogler (born September 4, 1959 in Innsbruck) was a former Austrian Ski jumper. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Anette Bøe (born November 5, 1957 in Larvik) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier. Per Bergerud (born June 28, 1956) is a former Ski jumper who represented Svene IL in Flesberg, Norway. Gunde Svan (born January 12 1962 in Dala-Järna) is a former Swedish Cross country skier and Auto racing driver "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Britt Pettersen Tofte (born November 24, 1961 at Lillehammer) is a former Norwegian Cross country skier who competed during the Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Matti Ensio Nykänen ( (born July 17, 1963 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a former Finnish ski jumper, arguably the best Hermann Weinbuch (born March 22 1960) is a former West German Nordic combined skier who won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (née Hämäläinen; born September 10, 1955 in Simpele) is a former Finnish Cross country skier Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Vegard Ulvang (born October 10, 1963 in Kirkenes) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold Trond Einar Elden (born February 2, 1970) is a former Norwegian Nordic combined skier who represented Namdalseid I Ernst Vettori (born June 25, 1964 in Absam, Tyrol) is an Austrian former ski jumper. Jens Weissflog (born July 21, 1964) is the most successful German Ski jumper of all time Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Yelena Välbe, née Trubitsyna (Трубицына born April 20, 1968 in Magadan, Russia) is one of the most successful cross-country Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Emil Kvanlid (1911-1998 was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier who won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in both 1938 and 1940 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova (Любо́вь Ива́новна Его́рова born May 5 1966, Seversk) name also spelled Ljubov Egorova, is Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov (Влади́мир Миха́йлович Смирно́в born March 7, 1964, Sсhuchinsk, Tselinograd Oblast Espen Bredesen (born February 2, 1968) is a former Norwegian Ski jumper who represented Oppsal IL/Kollenhopp in Oslo. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 (born December 20, 1969) is a former Japanese Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Manuela Di Centa (born January 31 1963) is an Italian cross-country skier and former Olympic athlete Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Bjarte Engen Vik (born March 3, 1971) is a former Norwegian Nordic combined athlete Stefania Belmondo (born January 13, 1969) is an Italian former cross-country skier. Bjørn Dæhlie (born June 19, 1967) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Fred Børre Lundberg (born December 25, 1969) is a former Nordic combined skier from Bardu, Norway. Larisa Yevgenyevna Lazutina ( Лариса Евгеньевна Лазутина; born Larisa Ptitsyna on June 1, 1965 in Alexey Alexeyevich Prokurorov (Алексе́й Алексе́евич Прокуро́ров March 25 1964 October 10 2008 was a Soviet / Russian Harri Kirvesniemi (born May 10, 1958) is a Finnish former Cross country skier who competed from 1980 to 2001 Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Kazuyoshi Funaki (船木 和喜 Funaki Kazuyoshi, born April 27, 1975 in Yoichi Hokkaido) is a Japanese ski jumper. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Ski Jumping World Cup Competition Triumphs Oslo / Holmenkollen &ndash March 17 1996 Sapporo &ndash January 18 1997 Bente Skari, nèe Martinsen, (born September 10, 1972 in Oslo) is a former Cross country skier from Nittedal, Thomas Alsgaard (born 10 January 1972) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Felix Gottwald (born January 13, 1976 in Zell am See, Austria, now resides in Salzburg, Austria is an Austrian Nordic Ronny Ackermann (born May 16, 1977 in Bad Salzungen, Thuringia) is a successful German Nordic combined skier Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Yuliya Chepalova (Ю́лия Чепа́лова born 23 December 1976 in Komsomolsk, Russian SFSR) is a Russian cross-country Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrus Veerpalu (born February 8, 1971 in Pärnu) is an Estonian Cross country skier. Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Frode Estil (born May 31, 1972 in Lierne in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born December 6, 1971 in Sandane) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 1993 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 Simon Ammann (born June 25, 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper. Ammann was born in Grabs Switzerland to Margit and Hienrich Ammann Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- Gender: 134 men, 22 women
- Skiing discipline: 62 cross country skiers, 27 nordic combined skiers, 26 ski jumpers, 15 multiple nordic skiing disciplines (competed in cross country, nordic combined, and/or ski jumping), 15 nordic skiers (discipline not listed on information found), and 11 non-nordic skiers total (listed above).
- Nationality: 105 Norwegians, 14 Finns, 9 Swedes, 8 Germans (combines East Germany, West Germany, and unified Germany), 8 Russians (includes the Soviet Union), 3 Austrians, 2 Japanese, 2 Italians, 2 Swiss, 1 Kazak, 1 Pole, and 1 Estonian.
- Holmenkollen victories: 227.
- Olympic medals (golds): 319 (134), including the medals of Eriksen and Stenmark. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years
- World championship medals (gold): 431 (202), including the medals of Bjørnbakken, Eriksen, and Stenmark. The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women
- Two uncle-nephew combonations (Lauritz Bergendahl - 1910 and Lars Begendahl - 1939, and Harald Økern - 1924 and Olav Økern - 1950).
- Two sets of brothers (Hemmestveit - 1928, Ruud - 1937, 1947, 1948).
- One father-daughter combination (Martinsen - 1969, Skari - 2001).
- One father-son-grandson combination (Haakon VII - 1955, Olav V - 1968, Harald V - 2007)
- Four husband-wife teams (Alevtina Kolchina - 1963 & Pavel Kolchin - 1963, Toini Gustafsson - 1967 & Assar Rönnlund - 1968; Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi - 1989 & Harri Kirvesniemi - 1998; and King Harald V - 2007 & Queen Sonja - 2007).
- Three athletes who took the Olympic Oath (Falkanger - 1952, Ulvang - 1991, Ogiwara - 1995). The Olympic Oath is taken by one athlete and one judge at the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games.
- Three future doping disqualifications (Yegorova - 1994, Lazutina - 1998, & H. Kirvesniemi - 1998).
- One future lighter of the Olympic Flame (Belmondo - 1997). The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a Symbol of the Olympic Games.
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