Nordic Bouldering and Lead Climbing Championships

Nordic Bouldering and Lead Climbing Championships are an annual set of two climbing competitions. Both competitions include junior and senior categories in the same event.

Participating countries until 2024 were Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In 2025, the baltic countries were introduced to the competition.

Rules

Nordic Bouldering and Lead Climbing Championships follow IFSC Europe rules with only a qualification and final round.

Nordic Bouldering medalists

Senior medalists

Year	Location	Men			Women			Details
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015	Turku	Anthony Gullsten	Ilari Kelloniemi	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Kajsa Rosen	Hannah Midtbo	Anna Laitinen	[1]
2016	Copenhagen	Anthony Gullsten	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Bjørn Arnel Iisager	Hannah Midtbø	Anna Laitinen	Kajsa Rosen	[2]
2017	Trondheim	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Anthony Gullsten	Bjørn Arnel Iisager	Hannah Midtbø	Tina Johnsen Hafsaas	Sunniva Haave	[3]
2018	Gothenburg	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Bjørn Arnel Iisager	Samuel Wingårdh	Katrin Amann	Sunniva Haave	Kajsa Rosen	[4]
2019	Espoo	Anthony Gullsten	Ymer Alber	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Sunniva Haave	Linda Sjödin	Roosa Huhtikorpi	[5]
2020	Copenhagen	Canceled due to covid-19
2021	Copenhagen	Anthony Gullsten	Hannes Puman	Frederik Serlachius	Sunniva Haave	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Hannah Midtboe	[6]
2022	Lerum	Anthony Gullsten	Hannes Puman	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Sunniva Haave	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Katrin Amann	[7]
2023	Oslo	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Hannes Puman	Tuukka Simonen	Sunniva Haave	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Liv Gyllenborg	[8]
2024	Helsinki	Albin Meyer	Teodor Kirkebø	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Sunniva Ø. Eide	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Laura Loikas	[9]
2025	Copenhagen	Per Ravlo-Caspersen	Tuukka Simonen	Frederik Viberg	Liv Gyllenborg	Emilia Andersson	Sunniva Ø. Eide	[10]

Junior medalists

U20

Year	Location	Boys			Girls			Details
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012	Copenhagen	Elias Silvola	Tarjei Hamre	Henri Haime	Katrine Vandet-Salling	Stella Plantin	Johanne Sörbom	[11]
2013	Lillehammer	Sami Koponen	Endre Sandø Evensen	Thomas Holm Blaabjerg	Tina Johnsen Hafsaas	Katrine Vandet-Salling	Sara Engqvist	[12]
2014	Stockholm	Endre Sandø Evensen	Sami Koponen	Jakob Heber Norum	Katrin Amann	Sara Engqvist	Laura Schmidt Hansen	[13]
2015	Copenhagen	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Hannes Puman	Frederik Thulstrup	Sunniva Haave	Natacha Niviarsiaq	Norea Marceau	[14]
2016	Helsinki	Jiri Kuusonen	Fredrik Serlachius	Kristoffer Klev	Sunniva Haave	Annika Korsgaard	Primula Aalund	[15]
2017	Gothenburg	Leo Ketil Bøe	Kristoffer Klev	Fabian Förander	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	Silvia Barrett	Primula Aalund	[16]
2018	Helsinki	Samuel Wingårdh	Hauk Steinsson Lem	Max Chaikengdee	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	Freja Duncan	Nea Herforth Bæhr	[17]
2019	Espoo	Ymer Alber	Samuel Wingårdh	Anton Y. Nielsen	Regine Stora	Pernille Seter	Isabella Nyhuus	[5]
2020	Copenhagen	Canceled due to covid-19						[5]
2021	Copenhagen	Tuukka Simonen	Ilmari Piiroinen	Truls J. Mikaelsen	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Gaia Toft	Laura Loikas	[6]
2022	Lerum	Ilmari Piiroinen	Elliot Eriksson	Joonas Salmi	Anne Ackre	Pernille Tvedt	Inga Aarhus	[18]
2023	Oslo	Riku Sinivirta	Per Ravlo-Caspersen	Albin Meyer	Julie Jøsok Holstad	Nora Staurset Hovde	Marte Myrland	[8]
2024	Helsinki	Per Ravlo-Caspersen	Gabriel Kern	Magnus S. H. Sierslev	Emilia Andersson	Elise Mannerstråle	Rosa Arnold	[9]
2025	MERGED WITH ADULT CATEGORY

U19 (until 2025 U18)

Year	Location	Boys			Girls			Details
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012	Copenhagen	Frederik Zeilberger Thulstrup	Sami Koponen	Jakob Heber Norum	Katariina Haime	Anna Gårdsmo	Sara Engqvist	[11]
2013	Lillehammer	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Jakob Heber Norum	Hannes Puman	Marthe Håkenstad-Bråten	Kajsa Rosen	Katariina Haime	[12]
2014	Stockholm	Hannes Puman	Fredrik Serlachius	Fabian Förander	Kajsa Rosen	Liv Gyldenborg	Sunniva Haave	[13]
2015	Copenhagen	Leo Ketil Bøe	Oliver Islin Sahl-Madsen	Guðmundur Freyr Arnason	Silvia Barrett	Annika Korsgaard	Primula Aalund	[14]
2016	Helsinki	Ymer Alber	Leo Ketil Bøe	Samuel Wingårdh	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	Nea Herforth Bæhr	Oda Lauridsen	[15]
2017	Gothenburg	Hauk Steinsson Lem	Marcus Gillberg	Max Jørgensen	Nea Herforth Bæhr	Mia Stöver Wollebaek	Freja Duncan	[16]
2018	Helsinki	Veikka Volotinen	Albert Suthurst	Tobias Reidel	Regine Storå	Tuva Haave	Isabella Prehn Nyhus	[17]
2019	Espoo	Tuukka Simonen	Truls Mikaelsen	Tobias Reidel	Laura Loikas	Sofie Asterling	Ingrid Kindlihagen	[5]
2020	Copenhagen	Canceled due to covid-19
2021	Copenhagen	Per R. Caspersen	Magnus S. H. Sierslev	Teodor Kirkebø	Sunniva Ø. Eide	Edel Lemvik	Thea Novak	[6]
2022	Lerum	Per R. Caspersen	Magnus S. H. Sierslev	Gabriel Kern	Elise Mannerstråle	Camilla Sørbotten Marcussen	Thea Novak	[19]
2023	Oslo	Sverre Olov Stensland Blixt	Gabriel Kern	Simon Borgh	Jessica Knifsund	Clara Stricker	Nathalie Vendsalu	[8]
2024	Helsinki	Eemeli Nuutinen	Birger Thor	Leon Podkanski	Clara Stricker	Emmelie Conders	Jessica Knifsund	[9]
2025	Copenhagen	Linus Qvarnström	Olai H. Ødegaard	Paulo M. Guðrunarson	Jessica Knifsund	Agnes M. Folkmann	Ronja Vickery	[10]

U17 (until 2025 U16)

Year	Location	Boys			Girls			Details
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012	Copenhagen	Samuel Hammer	Fredrik Serlachius	Philip Samuelsson Fordik	Martine Limstrand	Primula Aalund	Kajsa Rosen	[11]
2013	Lillehammer	Bertil Schmidt	Kristoffer Klev	Jonas Feddersen	Primula Aalund	Bergljot Jullumstrø Hansen	Annika Korsgaard	[12]
2014	Stockholm	Leo Ketil Bøe	Ymer Alber	Samuel Wingårdh	Freja Duncan	Nea Herforth Bæhr	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	[13]
2015	Copenhagen	Noah Seir	Ymer Alber	Olof Morsing	Julia Nilsson	Nea Herforth Bæhr	Marie Aagaard	[14]
2016	Helsinki	Albert Suthurst	Marcus Gillberg	Kristian Eian	Oda Lauridsen	Lea Schmitthenne	Laura Loikas	[15]
2017	Gothenburg	Veikka Volotinen	Örjan Rödland Vaage	Viljami Tuomisto	Gaia Rebecca Toft Lauritzen	Laura Loikas	Clara Blom Dandoy	[16]
2018	Helsinki	Joonas Salmi	Ilmari Piiroinen	Teodor Kirkeboe	Emma Wollebaek	Sunniva Övre-Eide	Edel Lemvik	[17]
2019	Espoo	Teodor Kirkeboe	Tomas Kaartinen	Magnus Hjorth Sierslev	Edel Lemvik	Sunniva Övre-Eide	Anine Hjort Alstrup	[5]
2020	Copenhagen	Canceled due to covid-19
2021	Copenhagen	Hugo Talvisalmi	Gabriel Kern	Sverre O. S. Blixt	Clara Stricker	Nathalie Vendsalu	Rosa Arnold	[6]
2022	Lerum	Gard Bang Kittilsen	Aaron Rantanen	Filip Thuresson	Emmelie Conders	Jessica Knifsund	Clara Stricker	[20]
2023	Oslo	Linus Qvarnström	Eemeli Nuutinen	Jens Carlo Theilmann	Tilda Kosonen	Hedda Norel	Alice Ma Johansson	[8]
2024	Helsinki	Peetu Rintamäki	Vilho Talvisalmi	Matti Aziz	Lumi Pellikka	Elunn Lova Grammeltvedt	Jenný Þóra Halldórsdóttir	[9]
2025	Copenhagen	Matti Aziz	Aske Mikkelsen	Noah Nielsen	Elunn L. Grammeltvedt	Rebeka Kobitjeva	Tilda Kosonen	[10]

Nordic Lead Climbing medalists

Senior medalists

Year	Location	Men			Women			Details
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015	Gothenburg	Erik Grandelius	Magnus Högström	Endre Evensen	Kajsa Rosen	Tina Johnsen Hafsaas	Michelle Kim Theisen	[21]
2016	Haugesund	Hannes Puman	Magnus Midtbø	Fredrik Serlachius	Hannah Midtbø	Anna Laitinen	Nanna Söderin	[22]
2017	Helsinki	Hannes Puman	Fredrik Serlachius	Kuutti Huhtikorpi	Tina Johnsen Hafsaas	Hannah Midtbø	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	[23]
2018	Århus	Thomas Blaabjerg	Fredrik Serlachius	Kristoffer Lindbeck	Kajsa Rosen	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	Freja Duncan	[24]
2019	Malmö	Thilo Jeldrik Schröter	Ymer Alber	Thomas Holm Blaabjerg	Primula Aalund	Kajsa Rosen	Tina Johnsen Hafsaas	[25]
2020	Norway	Canceled due to covid-19
2021	Lillehammer	Anthony Gullsten	Leo Ketil Bøe	Axel Lindfors	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Katrine Vander Salling	Anne Ackre	[26]
2022	Helsinki	Anthony Gullsten	Kristoffer Lindbeck	Ilmari Piiroinen	Sunniva Øvre-Eide	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Anne Ackre	[27]
2023	Copenhagen	Fredrik Serlachius	Kristoffer Lindbeck	Anton Y. H. Nielsen	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Primula Aalund	Jenny Leandersson
2024	Gothenburg	Elliot Eriksson	Thomas Holm Blaabjerg	Albin Meyer	Sunniva Øvre-Eide	Laura N. Hansen	Primula Aalund	[28]

Junior medalists

Junior medalists

Year	Location	Men			Women			Details
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015
2016	Haugesund	Hannes Puman	Fredrik Serlachius	Håvard Helgesen				[22]
2017	Helsinki				Lisa-Marie Kvandahl			[23]
2018	Århus	Ymer Alber	Rasmus Cronlund	Hauk Lem	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	Freja Duncan	Signe Ingvarda Øye	[24]
2019	Malmö	Ymer Alber	Olof Morsing	Aleksi Mikkola	Nikoline Öhrström	Alexandra Gullberg	Regine Storå	[25]
2020	Norway	Canceled due to covid-19
2021	Lillehammer	Ilmari Piiroinen	Örjan Vaage	Lars Matre	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Anne Ackre	Amanda Buer	[26]
2022	Helsinki	Per R. Caspersen	Trym S. Landmark	Sverre Blixt	Jasmin Rønnow	Camilla Sørbotten Marcussen	Rosa Arnold
2023	Copenhagen	Trym S. Landmark	Per R. Caspersen	Albin Meyer	Sunniva Øvre-Eide	Laura N. Hansen	Marte Myrland
2024	Gothenburg	Gabriel Kern	Per R. Caspersen	Mikkel K. Kaufeldt	Iris Heikkinen	Rosa Arnold	Hanne S. S. Biørn-Ian	[29]

Youth A medalists

Year	Location	Boys			Girls			Details
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2014	Copenhagen	Hannes Puman	Jon Pål Hamre	Fredrik Serlachius	Rosén Kajsa	Martine Limstrand	Helmi Puustinen	[30]
2015	Gothenburg	Fredrik Serlachius	Leo Ketil Bøe	Håvard Helgesen	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	Primula Aalund	Camilla Persen	[21]
2016	Haugesund	Leo Ketil Bøe	Ymer Alber	Samuel Wingårdh	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	Nea Herforth Bæhr	Silvia Barrett	[22]
2017	Helsinki	Ymer Alber	Albert Suthurst	Olof Morsing	Nea Herforth Bæhr	Mia Støver Wollebæk	Marie Lauridsen	[23]
2018	Århus	Olof Morsing	Leo Chiba	Albert Suthurst	Mia Stöver Wollebæk	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Gaia Toft	[24]
2019	Malmö	Ilmari Piiroinen	Arne Farestveit	Ludvig Hult	Sofie Asterling	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Mia Stöver Wollebæk	[25]
2020	Norway	Canceled due to covid-19
2021	Lillehammer	Per R. Caspersen	Teodor Kirkeboe	Magnus Hjorth Sierslev	Sunniva Øvre-Eide	Edel Lemvik	Marte Myrland	[26]
2022	Helsinki	Per R. Caspersen	Trym S. Landmark	Sverre Blixt	Jasmin Rønnow	Camilla Sørbotten Marcussen	Rosa Arnold	[26]
2023	Copenhagen	Gabriel Kern	Toivo Eloranta	Kasper Sporring	Emmelie Conders	Clara Stricker-Petersen	Jessica Knifsund
2024	Gothenburg	Linus Qvarnström	Greipur Ásmundarson	Olai H. Ødegaard	Emmelie Conders	Clara Stricker-Petersen	Astrid Muth	[31]

Youth B medalists

Year	Location	Boys			Girls			Details
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013	Helsinki	Fredrik Serlachius	Fabian Förander	Jonas Feddersen	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	Elin Sahle	Helmi Puustinen	[32]
2014	Copenhagen	Ymer Alber	Leo Ketil Bøe	Samuel Wingårdh	Lisa-Marie Kvandahl	Nea Herforth Bæhr	Bergljot Hansen	[30]
2015	Gothenburg	Ymer Alber	Olof Morsing	Marcus Gillberg	Nea Herforth Bæhr	Freja Duncan	Alexandra Gullberg	[21]
2016	Haugesund	Olov Morsing	Marcus Gillberg	Kristian Eian	Mia Støver Wollebæk	Oda Lauridsen	Gaia Toft Lauritzen	[22]
2017	Helsinki	Örjan Vaage	Mikael Suihkonen	Anton Yakubenko	Heta Mattila	Ingrid Kindlihagen	Emma Wollebaek	[23]
2018	Århus	Joonas Salmi	Dennis Yakubenko	Teodor Kirkeby	Emma Wollebaek	Sunniva Øvre-Eide	Edel Lemvik	[24]
2019	Malmö	Teodor Kirkeby	Kristoffer Danielsen	Magnus Silas Hjorth	Sunniva Övre-Eide	Edel Lemvik	Elise Mannerstråle	[25]
2020	Norway	Canceled due to covid-19
2021	Lillehammer	Alfred Kirkeboe	Olai Holterman Odegard	Simon Borgh	Nathalie Vendsalu	Lujza Török	Saara Autero	[26]
2022	Helsinki	Ola Vekve	Filip Thuresson	Frede Rudolf	Rio Jacobi	Emmelie Conders	Hedda Norell	[33]
2023	Copenhagen	Ola Vekve	Jens C. Teilman	Finn M. Flemming	Hedda Norell	Elunn L. Grammeltvedt	Tilda Kosonen
2024	Gothenburg	Trym R. M. Raum-Eide	Leontin Denanto	Hauk T. Bratland	Johanne Flemmen-Bø	Tilda Kosonen	Lumi Pellikka	[34]

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