Vasaloppet is a legendary long distance cross country skiing race in Sweden which starts from Sälen and finishes in Mora. The race is 90 km long.
Perhaps the most legendary event in the
Ski Classics long distance skiing series is Vasaloppet. The 90 km classic style race is competed in Sweden. The traditional route goes from Sälen to Mora. Vasaloppet is the biggest cross country skiing event in the world.
Vasaloppet´s official history started one hundred years ago as the first Vasaloppet was competed in 1922. During the one hundred years Vasaloppet has been cancelled only three times (mostly due to absence of snow): vuosina 1932, 1934 ja 1990. The first women´s Vasaloppet was competed in 1997.
Vasaloppet´s history goes way beyond 1922 because actually the roots of the Sälen-Mora skiing goes 400 years further back
all the way to the year 1520.
Vasaloppet gathers huge amounts of skiers every year. Since 1975 at least 10 000 skiers have entered the race. The all time record of entries was achieved in 2018 when 17 041 entered the race.
The race has been started at best by 15 709 skiers in 2010. The same the record amount of race finishers was achieved when 14 947 skiers crossed the finish line. The always popular Vasaloppet is often fully booked early on.
In 2024 Vasaloppet belongs to the 300-point classic competitions category of Ski Classics. The winner of the competition will thus be awarded 300 points and altogether 80 best finishers will receive overall points.
From the two sprints of Vasaloppet, full sprint points are awarded to the sprint competition. Full points for the climb competition are guaranteed for the only climb finish of the race.
Here´s a video showing the final kilometers of Vasaloppet 2021:
Vasaloppet 2024 – Schedule & timetables
In the season 2023/2024 Vasaloppet is the 11th race of the Ski Classics series. The race starts on Sunday the 3rd of March at 8 AM local time in Sweden.
Start | Series |
Sunday 3.3. 8:00 CET | Women 90 km (c) |
Sunday 3.3. 8:00 CET | Men 90 km (c) |
Vasaloppet 2024 - Results
We will update the Vasaloppet 2024 results here. You can follow the main event in real-time from the
Ski Classics live result service.
Vasaloppet 2024 - Prize money
The prizes are paid in local currency, the Swedish crown. 100 000 equals to approximately 9 195 euros (checked on September 22nd 2023).
Vasaloppet prize money
Place | Prize |
1° | 100 000 SEK |
2° | 50 000 SEK |
3° | 30 000 SEK |
4° | 20 000 SEK |
5° | 15 000 SEK |
6° | 10 000 SEK |
7° | 9 000 SEK |
8° | 8 000 SEK |
9° | 7 000 SEK |
10° | 6 000 SEK |
11° | 5 000 SEK |
12° | 4 000 SEK |
13° | 3 000 SEK |
14° | 2 000 SEK |
15° | 1 000 SEK |
Vasaloppet - Winners through the years
Vasaloppet winners 1922-2023
Year | Men | Women |
2023 | Emil Persson | Emilie Fleten |
2022 | Andreas Nygaard | Astrid Øyre Slind |
2021 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen | Lina Korsgren |
2020 | Petter Eliassen | Lina Korsgren |
2019 | Tore Björset Berdal | Britta Johansson Norgren |
2018 | Andreas Nygaard | Lina Korsgren |
2017 | John Kristian Dahl | Britta Johansson Norgren |
2016 | John Kristian Dahl | Katerina Smutná |
2015 | Petter Eliassen | Justyna Kowalczyk |
2014 | John Kristian Dahl | Laila Kveli |
2013 | Jörgen Aukland | Laila Kveli |
2012 | Jörgen Brink | Vibeke Skofterud |
2011 | Jörgen Brink | Jenny Hansson |
2010 | Jörgen Brink | Susanne Nyström |
2009 | Daniel Tynell | Sandra Hansson |
2008 | Jörgen Aukland | Sandra Hansson |
2007 | Oskar Svärd | Elin Ek |
2006 | Daniel Tynell | Christina Paluselli |
2005 | Oskar Svärd | Sofia Lind |
2004 | Anders Aukland | Sofia Lind |
2003 | Oskar Svärd | Ulrica Persson |
2002 | Daniel Tynell | Svetlana Nageikina |
2001 | Henrik Eriksson | Ulrica Persson |
2000 | Raul Olle | Svetlana Nageikina |
1999 | Staffan Larsson | |
1998 | Peter Göransson | Kerrin Petty |
1997 | Michail Botvinov | Sofia Lind |
1996 | Håkan Westin | |
1995 | Sven-Erik Danielsson | |
1994 | Jan Ottosson | |
1993 | Håkan Westin | |
1992 | Jan Ottosson | |
1991 | Jan Ottosson | |
1990 | | |
1989 | Jan Ottosson | |
1988 | Anders o Örjan Blomqvist | |
1987 | Anders Larsson | |
1986 | Bengt Hassis | |
1985 | Bengt Hassis | |
1984 | Hans Persson | |
1983 | Konrad Hallenbarter | |
1982 | Lars Frykberg | |
1981 | Sven-Åke Lundbäck | |
1980 | Walter Mayer | |
1979 | Ola Hassis | |
1978 | Jean-Paul Pierrat | |
1977 | Ivan Garanin | |
1976 | Matti Kuosku | |
1975 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | |
1974 | Matti Kuosku | |
1973 | Pauli Siitonen | |
1972 | Lars-Arne Bölling | |
1971 | Ole Ellefsaeter | |
1970 | Lars-Arne Bölling | |
1969 | Janne Stefansson | |
1968 | Janne Stefansson | |
1967 | Assar Rönnlund | |
1966 | Janne Stefansson | |
1965 | Janne Stefansson | |
1964 | Janne Stefansson | |
1963 | Janne Stefansson | |
1962 | Janne Stefansson | |
1961 | David Johansson | |
1960 | Sixten Jernberg | |
1959 | Sune Larsson | |
1958 | Gunnar Larsson | |
1957 | Gunnar Larsson | |
1956 | Sigvard Jonsson | |
1955 | Sixten Jernberg | |
1954 | Pekka Kuvaja | |
1953 | Nils Karlsson | |
1952 | Sigfrid Mattsson | |
1951 | Nils Karlsson | |
1950 | Nils Karlsson | |
1949 | Nils Karlsson | |
1948 | Nils Karlsson | |
1947 | Nils Karlsson | |
1946 | Nils Karlsson | |
1945 | Nils Karlsson | |
1944 | Gösta Andersson | |
1943 | Nils Karlsson | |
1942 | Olle Wiklund | |
1941 | Mauritz Brännström | |
1940 | Artur Häggblad | |
1939 | Alfred Lif | |
1938 | Elias Nilsson | |
1937 | Artur Häggblad | |
1936 | Sven Hansson | |
1935 | Artur Häggblad | |
1933 | Artur Häggblad | |
1931 | Anders Ström | |
1930 | Verner Lundström | |
1929 | J A Persson | |
1928 | Per-Erik Hedlund | |
1927 | Konrad Pettersson | |
1926 | Per-Erik Hedlund | |
1925 | Sven Utterström | |
1924 | John Lindgren | |
1923 | Oskar Lindberg | |
1922 | Ernst Alm | |
Most wins in Vasaloppet 1922-2023
The Swede
Nils Karlsson has most wins in Vasaloppet. Karlsson was victorious a total of nine times in the 1940s and 1950s. The 1960s was dominated by Swedish
Janne Stefansson who won the race seven times.
Most wins
Wins | Athlete | Years |
9 | Nils Karlsson 🇸🇪 | 1943-1953 |
7 | Janne Stefansson 🇸🇪 | 1962-1969 |
4 | Jan Ottosson 🇸🇪 | 1989-1994 |
4 | Artur Häggblad 🇸🇪 | 1933-1940 |
3 | John Kristian Dahl 🇳🇴 | 2014-2017 |
3 | Jörgen Brink 🇸🇪 | 2010-2012 |
3 | Daniel Tynell 🇸🇪 | 2002-2009 |
3 | Oskar Svärd 🇸🇪 | 2003-2007 |
3 | Lina Korsgren 🇸🇪 | 2018-2021 |
3 | Sofia Lind 🇸🇪 | 1997-2005 |
Previous results from Vasaloppet
Vasaloppet 2023 results
Vasaloppet (Ski Classics) 5.3.2023
Women's 90 km (c) mass start
# | Athlete | Result |
1. | Emilie Fleten 🇳🇴 | 4.04.08,4 |
2. | Silje Øyre Slind 🇳🇴 | +2.32,6 |
3. | Ida Dahl 🇸🇪 | +3.59,7 |
4. | Magni Smedås 🇳🇴 | +5.12,8 |
5. | Astrid Øyre Slind 🇳🇴 | +7.14,2 |
6. | Anikken Gjerde Alnæs 🇳🇴 | +9.20,1 |
7. | Jenny Larsson 🇸🇪 | +9.54,0 |
8. | Kati Roivas 🇫🇮 | +9.57,4 |
9. | Hanna Lodin 🇸🇪 | +14.07,6 |
10. | Sandra Schützová 🇨🇿 | +14.36,5 |
Complete results
Vasaloppet (Ski Classics) 5.3.2023
Men 90 km (c) Mass start
# | Athlete | Result |
1. | Emil Persson 🇸🇪 | 3.37.43,3 |
2. | Andreas Nygård 🇳🇴 | +0,3 |
3. | Kasper Stadaas 🇳🇴 | +1,0 |
4. | Petter Stakston 🇳🇴 | +1,8 |
5. | Johan Hoel 🇳🇴 | +6,3 |
6. | Joar Thele 🇳🇴 | +15,7 |
7. | Oskar Kardin 🇸🇪 | +16,0 |
8. | Alvar Myhlback 🇸🇪 | +16,7 |
9. | Max Novak 🇸🇪 | +17,9 |
10. | Karstein Johaug jr. 🇳🇴 | +18,6 |
Complete results
Vasaloppet 2022 results
Vasaloppet 6.3.2022
Men's 90 km (c)
# | Athlete | Result |
1. | Andreas Nygård 🇳🇴 | 3.32.18,5 |
2. | Emil Persson 🇸🇪 | +1,0 |
3. | Axel Jutterström 🇸🇪 | +1,7 |
4. | Kasper Stadaas 🇳🇴 | +2,5 |
5. | Joar Thele 🇳🇴 | +3,0 |
6. | Herman Paus 🇳🇴 | +3,2 |
7. | Johan Hoel 🇳🇴 | +4,2 |
8. | Eric Rosjö 🇸🇪 | +4,4 |
9. | Anders Aukland 🇳🇴 | +4,7 |
10. | Karstein Johaug jr. 🇳🇴 | +4,8 |
Women's 90 km (c)
# | Athlete | Result |
1. | Astrid Øyre Slind 🇳🇴 | 3.50.06,4 |
2. | Britta Johansson Nordgren 🇸🇪 | +2.47,1 |
3. | Emilie Fleten 🇳🇴 | +4.22,1 |
4. | Thea Krokan Murud 🇳🇴 | +5.09,7 |
5. | Lina Korsgren 🇸🇪 | +7.47,0 |
6. | Marit Bjørgen 🇳🇴 | +9.28,4 |
7. | Ida Dahl 🇸🇪 | +14.24,4 |
8. | Laila Kveli 🇳🇴 | +14.38,9 |
9. | Evelina Settlin 🇸🇪 | +14.50,5 |
10. | Heli Heiskanen 🇫🇮 | +17.04,7 |
See also: Complete results from Vasaloppet 2022.
Vasaloppet 2021 results
Vasaloppet 7.3.2021
Men 90 km
# | Athlete | Time |
1. | Tord Asle Gjerdalen 🇳🇴 | 3:28.18,4 |
2. | Anton Karlsson 🇸🇪 | +36,3 |
3. | Ermil Vokuev | +1.01,4 |
4. | Emil Persson 🇸🇪 | +1.35,9 |
5. | Ari Luusua 🇫🇮 | +1.38,8 |
6. | Johan Hoel 🇳🇴 | +1.39,1 |
7. | Oskar Kardin 🇸🇪 | +1.40,6 |
8. | Maxim Vylegzhanin | +1.43,2 |
9. | Karstein Johaug jr. 🇳🇴 | +1.43,9 |
10. | Morten Eide Pedersen 🇳🇴 | +1.49,1 |
Women 90 km
# | Athlete | Time |
1. | Lina Korsgren 🇸🇪 | 3:52.08,2 |
2. | Marit Bjørgen 🇳🇴 | +42,0 |
3. | Ida Dahl 🇸🇪 | +4.59,1 |
4. | Thea Krokan Murud 🇳🇴 | +5.16,1 |
5. | Katerina Smutná 🇨🇿 | +6.16,6 |
6. | Emilie Fleten 🇳🇴 | +6.20,2 |
7. | Britta Johansson Nordgren 🇸🇪 | +8.04,5 |
8. | Jenny Larsson 🇸🇪 | +11.58,9 |
9. | Linn Sömskar 🇸🇪 | +12.00,5 |
10. | Sofie Elebro 🇸🇪 | +13.18,3 |
See also: Complete results from Vasaloppet 2021