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Cross country ski race

Flyktningerennet
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)circa April
Frequencyannual
CountryNorway, Sweden
Inaugurated1950 (1950)

Flyktningerennet is a cross country ski race, running from Lierne, Norway to Gäddede, Sweden. The ski race follows this route in remembrance of the people who fled Nazi German-occupied Norway for Sweden during the Second World War.

The first race was arranged in 1950, with H. Hemmingsson as winner. The first female Flyktningerenn was arranged in 1964.

Winner Men 1950–2014

Winner Women 1964–2014

References

  1. Hans Andersson (29 March 2013). "Norge och Japan i Flyktingloppet" (in Swedish). Östersundsposten. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

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