Birkebeinerrennet
Sign in to saveBirkebeinerrennet (lit. The Birkebeiner race) is a long-distance cross-country ski marathon held annually in Norway. It debuted in 1932 and has been a part of Worldloppet since Worldloppet's inception in 1979.
Key facts
- Recurring event.name
- Birkebeinerrennet
- Recurring event.native_name_lang
- Norwegian
- Recurring event.image
- Birken02.jpg
- Recurring event.caption
- Birkebeinerrennet 2010
- Recurring event.status
- active
- Recurring event.genre
- sporting event
- Recurring event.date
- Third Saturday in March
- Recurring event.frequency
- annual
- Recurring event.location
- Rena–Lillehammer
- Recurring event.country
- Norway
- Recurring event.first
- (men) (women)
- Recurring event.activity
- Cross-country skiing
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Ski Classics
- Country
- Norway
- Sport
- cross-country skiing
- Official website
- birkebeiner.no/en/ski
- Image
- Birken02.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- inception
- 1932-00-00
- event distance
- 54
- Commons category
- Birkebeinerrennet
- record held
- Petter Eliassen
- month of the year
- March
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Race
- History
- Origin
- Special 2002 FIS World Cup Race
- Recent years
- Past winners
- Men
- Women
- Birken Ski Festival
- References
- External links
Birkebeinerrennet (lit. The Birkebeiner race) is a long-distance cross-country ski marathon held annually in Norway. It debuted in 1932 and has been a part of Worldloppet since Worldloppet's inception in 1979.
The Birkebeinerrennet is one of three races held under the Birkebeiner moniker, the other two being Birkebeinerrittet (bicycling) and (cross-country running).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birkebeinerrennet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.