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A kranskulla is a Swedish woman appointed annually to give the winner of the skiing competition Vasaloppet a laurel victory wreath by hanging it around his neck. A man doing the same task for women winners is called kransmas.
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Ellen Margit Ingrid Nordin,, was a Swedish gymnastics director and the first woman to compete in the Vasaloppet, which she did in 1923. She later lived in Grängesberg and competed during the race for IFK Grängesberg in southern Dalarna. After the race, female participants in the Vasaloppet were banned, a ban that only ended in 1981.
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- ↑ "En Svensk Klassiker / Tjejklassikern - A classic among classics".
- 1 2 "Sök klassikerprofil - En Svensk Klassiker".
- ↑ "Superklassikern". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-07-09.
