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Kranskulla
A kranskulla ("Wreath Maiden") (after kulla) is a Swedish woman appointed annually to give the winner of the skiing competition Vasaloppet a laurel victory wreath by hanging it around his neck. A man doing the same task for women winners is called kransmas ("Wreath Man"). History At the first Vasaloppet, the organizers had ordered a victory wreath from gardener Linqvist. As he walked to the finish line to deliver the wreath, he spotted two women, Therese Eliasson and Svea Romson, dressed in their finest folk costumes and asked if one of them would like to hang the wreath around the neck of the winner. Eliasson accepted even if she was a little worried about how to do this if the winner was tall since she herself was small. However, when the winner Ernst Alm approached the finish line, he stumbled and fell to his knees and thus she had no problem fulfilling her task. The first kransmas was not appointed, but rather a male skier from IFK Mora, Mikael Stenqvist, who in 1985 was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kranskulla Vasaloppet 2008 Carolina Westling-cropped
A kranskulla ("Wreath Maiden") (after kulla) is a Swedish woman appointed annually to give the winner of the skiing competition Vasaloppet a laurel victory wreath by hanging it around his neck. A man doing the same task for women winners is called kransmas ("Wreath Man"). History At the first Vasaloppet, the organizers had ordered a victory wreath from gardener Linqvist. As he walked to the finish line to deliver the wreath, he spotted two women, Therese Eliasson and Svea Romson, dressed in their finest folk costumes and asked if one of them would like to hang the wreath around the neck of the winner. Eliasson accepted even if she was a little worried about how to do this if the winner was tall since she herself was small. However, when the winner Ernst Alm approached the finish line, he stumbled and fell to his knees and thus she had no problem fulfilling her task. The first kransmas was not appointed, but rather a male skier from IFK Mora, Mikael Stenqvist, who in 1985 was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasaloppet
(Swedish for 'the Vasa-race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 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. The modern competition started in 1922 and it has been a part of the Worldloppet events since 1979. Origin In 1520, the young nobleman Gustav Ericsson Vasa was fleeing from the troops of Christian II, king of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (the Kalmar Union). Much of the Swedish nobility was in opposition to the king, and had nicknamed him ''Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalkulla
''Kulla'' (plural ''kullor'') is an older dialectal name for an unmarried woman, used often in most region of Sweden in the vicinity of Dalarna, but in present time mostly used as a term for a woman from Dalarna ("''dalkulla''"). In the oldest known source from 1640, ''kulla'' is synonymous with "woman." An older, unmarried woman is referred to as ''gammkulla'', while a married woman is referred to as ''käring''. The male equivalent is ''dalkarl'' or ''mas''. See also *Kranskulla A kranskulla ("Wreath Maiden") (after kulla) is a Swedish woman appointed annually to give the winner of the skiing competition Vasaloppet a laurel victory wreath by hanging it around his neck. A man doing the same task for women winners is call ... * Dalkarl References Swedish culture Women in Sweden {{Sweden-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Country Running
Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road and minor obstacles. It is both an individual and a team sport; runners are judged on individual times and teams by a points-scoring method. Both men and women of all ages compete in cross country, which usually takes place during autumn and winter, and can include weather conditions of rain, sleet, snow or hail, and a wide range of temperatures. Cross country running is one of the disciplines under the umbrella sport of athletics and is a natural-terrain version of long-distance track and road running. Although open-air running competitions are prehistoric, the rules and traditions of cross country racing emerged in Britain. The English championship became the first national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffan Larsson
Staffan Larsson, (born 10 February 1970), is a Swedish former cross-country skier. Larsson competed at an elite level from 1992 to 2005. He took part in the Vasaloppet ( Swedish for 'the Vasa-race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in t ... on numerous occasions, and finished second in 1998 after a late finish from Peter Göransson. Larsson took revenge a year later (1999) when he won the Vasaloppet. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). World Cup Season standings References {{DEFAULTSORT:Larsson, Staffan Swedish male cross-country skiers Vasaloppet winners 1970 births Living people IFK Mora skiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a quasi-autonomous non-government organisation. Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, ''Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR, Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The foundation's board consists of 13 politicians, repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Söderlund
Helene Söderlund is a Swedish ski-orienteering competitor and World Champion. She won a gold medal in the ''relay'' at the 2009 World Ski Orienteering Championships, and medals in both the ''long'', ''middle'' and ''sprint'' events. At the Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships in Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ... in 2007, she won a silver medal in the long distance, a bronze medal in the middle distance, a silver medal in the sprint, as well as being part of the Swedish winning team in the relay. References Swedish orienteers Female orienteers Ski-orienteers Tour de Ski skiers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Sweden-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Svensson
Eva Svensson (born 27 May 1987) is a Swedish orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor, and junior world champion in both sports. Orienteering She became Junior World Champion in ''sprint'' in Dubbo Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021. The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and Gol ... in 2007, and received a bronze medal in 2006.Junior World Orienteering Championships – ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on June 29, 2008) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dala-Demokraten
''Dala-Demokraten'' is a Swedish social democratic newspaper published in Falun, Dalarna Dalarna () is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in central Sweden. English exonyms for it are Dalecarlia () and the Dales. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Norwa ..., Sweden. It has been in circulation since 1917. History and profile ''Dala-Demokraten'' was established in 1917. The paper has a social democrat stance. The outspoken Social Democrat Göran Greider is the paper's political editor. In the 1970s female journalists working for the paper supported a more gender-equal workplace. ''Dala-Demokraten'' sold 24,400 copies in 1996. In 2010 the paper had a circulation of 16,400 copies. The circulation of the paper was 16,100 copies in 2011. References External links''Dala-Demokraten'' 1917 establishments in Sweden Mass media in Falun Newspapers published in Sweden Publications established in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vansbrosimningen
Vansbrosimningen or Vansbrosimmet is an annual open water swimming competition held in July in Vansbro, Dalarna, Sweden since 1950. The distance is 3,000 m, first 2,000 m in Vanån then 1,000 m in Västerdal River. It is part of ''En svensk klassiker'', the "Swedish Classic" which also includes crosscountry skiing (Vasaloppet, 90 kilometers), biking (Vätternrundan, 300 kilometers) and running (Lidingöloppet, 30 kilometers). Winners Men No winners were selected the years 1950-1955. External linksOfficial Website {{coord, 60, 30, 19, N, 14, 13, 49, E, type:landmark_source:kolossus-svwiki, display=title Recurring sporting events established in 1950 Open water swimming competitions 1950 establishments in Sweden Swedish Classic Circuit Swimming competitions in Sweden Sport in Dalarna County July sporting events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Water Swimming
Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water human swimming, swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam several miles to cross the Dardanelles, Hellespont (now known as the Dardanelles) from Europe to Asia. In the first edition of the modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, the swimming competition was held in open water. In 2000, the Olympic Games first included a triathlon with a 1500 m swim leg, and in 2008, a Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre, 10 km open water swim. The FINA World Aquatics Championships has featured open water swimming events since 1992. The FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was held from 2000 to 2010. Since 2007, the FINA Marathon Swim World Series, FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup is held in several events around the world. The activity has g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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