Raisa Petrovna Smetanina is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skiing champion. Smetanina is an ethnic Komi. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals. Smetanina took part in five Olympics, representing the Soviet team four times and the Unified Team once. In particular, Smetanina won two gold and one silver medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there, along with Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany.
Denmark competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 162 competitors, 144 men and 18 women, took part in 83 events in 17 sports.
Norway was the host nation for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. It was the second time that Norway had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, after the 1952 Games in Oslo. In 1994, Norway finished second in the medal ranking to Russia, with strong results in the skiing events.
Astrid Sandvik is a Norwegian Alpine skier who finished tied for sixth place in the women's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. In 1963, Sandvik was awarded the Holmenkollen medal. Sandvik is one of only eleven non-Nordic skiers to win the Holmenkollen medal.
Erik Håker was the first Norwegian alpine skier to win a World Cup event. He has done that in 1971, and won four more events in 1972–1978. In 1979 he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal. Håker competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics with the best result of fifth place in the downhill in 1972.
Alf Steen Andersen was a Norwegian ski jumper. He was born in Drammen, but represented the Oslo clubs Sandaker, Skeid and Lyn. He won the gold medal in the individual large hill at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. He also won a bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1935 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry.
Erik August Larsson was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a gold in the 18 km and a bronze in the 4×10 km. The same year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal. Larsson also won a bronze in the 4×10 km relay at the 1935 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Per-Erik Hedlund was a Swedish cross-country skier. He competed in the 18 and 50 km events at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won the gold medal over 50 km in 1928, more than 13 minutes ahead of fellow Swede Gustaf Jonsson. While competing, he wore a show-white outfit, which was later considered as lucky, and was worn by Swedish Nordic skiers at every Winter Olympics for the next 48 years.
Norway competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Fritz Erik Elmsäter was the first Swedish athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. In 1948 he won a silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase race, and finished 19th in the 18 km cross-country skiing and 9th in the Nordic combined event. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, he was the flag bearer for Sweden, and finished 56th in the 18 km skiing race and 13th in the Nordic combined.
Erik Pausin was an Austrian pair skater. With his sister and partner Ilse Pausin, he won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 15, became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists. They won five consecutive silver medals (1935–1939) at the World Figure Skating Championships and three consecutive silver medals (1937–1939) at the European Figure Skating Championships. In 1939, they competed representing Nazi Germany, which swept the Worlds pairs podium that year.
Tage Henriksen was a Danish rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Roskilde. In 1948 he was a crew member of the Danish boat which won the gold medal in the coxed pair event. He died in 2016.
Niels Laulund Henriksen is a Danish competition rower and Olympic champion.
Torgeir Bjørn is a retired Norwegian cross country skier.
Sverre Lunde Pedersen/2sʋære 2lʉnde 1peːdersen/ (help·info) is a Norwegian speed skater. He is the son of former speed-skater Jarle Pedersen.
Idrettslaget Stålkameratene, Stål for short, is a Norwegian sports club from Mo i Rana, Nordland. It has sections for judo, biathlon and Nordic skiing.
Eivind Henriksen is a Norwegian athlete. He was born in Oslo. He qualified for the hammer throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Events from the year 1998 in Sweden
Erik Valter Lindström was a Swedish ski jumper. He competed in the normall hill event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and served as the Swedish flag bearer at those games.
