The following articles have been tagged with "Vasaloppet":
Sport: 3 Mar 13
Norwegian skier Jörgen Aukland won Sweden's gruelling Vasaloppet cross-country ski race on Sunday pipping Swede Daniel Tynell into second place.
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Science & Technology: 2 Mar 13
The police and meteorologists have warned drivers returning from half-term ski holidays that they are set to face treacherous conditions after a snow storm and strong winds pulled in over northern Sweden.
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Politics: 16 Jan 13
The opposition Social Democrats have accused the government of being ill-prepared to deal with unemployment in the new year's first party leader debate in the Riksdag.
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Sport: 5 Mar 12
Pippa Middleton, sister of Duchess of Cambridge Catherine, finished Sweden's gruelling Vasaloppet cross-country ski race on Sunday in less time than it took Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf when he ran the race back in 1977.
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Society: 28 Feb 12
Philippa "Pippa" Middleton, sister-in-law to Britain's Prince William, is set to compete in Sweden’s annual Vasaloppet cross-country ski race in a bid to raise money to fight children’s hunger.
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Travel: 13 Jan 12
The New York Times recently ranked the province of Dalarna in central Sweden as one of “45 places to go” in 2012. But the home of the famous wooden horse isn't the only place in Sweden worth seeing this year.
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Sport: 6 Mar 11
Sweden's Jörgen Brink emerged from a pack of more than 14,000 skiers to win the 87th annual Vasaloppet cross-country ski race on Sunday.
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Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
The Year in Sweden - March: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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National: 7 Mar 10
Jörgen Brink and Susanne Nyström of Sweden won the respective men's and women's events in the annual 90 kilometre Vasaloppet ski race on Sunday.
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Lifestyle: 17 Mar 09
The Local's Keith Moore examines the rigours of the supremely challenging Swedish Classic as part of a new series on keeping fit in Sweden, in association with Planet Fitness.
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Sport: 1 Mar 09
Swedish skier Daniel Thynell has won the Vasaloppet cross-country ski race in Mora on Sunday in a time of 4 hours 10 minutes and 55 seconds.
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Sport: 27 Feb 09
Cross-country ski enthusiasts in Sweden are gearing up for the 85th Vasaloppet ski race on Sunday, in which 15,000 skiers will compete across a punishing 90-kilometre course.
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Sport: 2 Mar 08
Norwegian skier Jörgen Aukland has won the Vasalopp cross-country ski race in Mora on Sunday.
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Society: 24 Feb 08
Princess Madeleine completed one of the Vasaloppet cross country ski races on Saturday. Madeleine came in around 900th and became the third member of the royal family to complete the race.
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Lifestyle: 15 Jun 07
Nicholas Chipperfield explains why 17,800 people from 34 countries are getting on their bikes by a lake in the middle of Sweden this weekend.
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Lifestyle: 12 Apr 07
Jaws and Mini-Me seem like an unlikely combination, but add rotten herring and the Swedish Bikini Team to the pot and you’ve got a really strange brew. Charlotte West reports on Sweden's weirdest TV series.
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Sport: 5 Mar 07
New to The Local: A weekly sports digest following the fortunes of sporting Swedes. This week: Sweden claims athletics gold medals. Zlatan Ibrahimovic rejoins the national team. Dolph Lundgren watches ice hockey in Dallas. And more besides.
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National: 15 Feb 05
Fatal traffic accidents, packed casualty wards, electricity failures affecting thousands - but none of that bothers the organisers of the annual Vasa Ski Race who are delighted with the latest snowfall.
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Sport: 15 Jul 04
Gothenburg is being taken over for a week by the Gothia Cup - the world's largest kids' football tournament. The annual tournament is Sweden's most profitable event and boasts no less than 1500 teams from more than 60 countries.
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