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Niklas Rogne (27 years old) came second in the Finnmarksløpet 1200 and also secured gold in the Norwegian championship dog sledding open class. The 1200 class has been very demanding this year, and Niklas has had to measure his strength with none other than dog sledging legend Roger Dahl (72 years ) who with Saturday’s…

Petter Karlsson and his strong-running Alaskan huskies today took the clearest victory ever in the FL-1200 Finnmark Race and with that, they secured the World Championship gold medal for long distance sleddog racing. That happened after a clever move on-trail at the Ifjord Mountain when 250 kilometers remained of the race. The Swedish children’s song…

It is not a given that it shall be possible to send more than 1,000 dogs across reindeer herding areas like the Finnmark Race does. Sami President Silje Muotka points to the good dialogue and good interactions as decisive for suceeding. Good dialoge decisive  -It really is a miracle story, the fact that we have…

Norwegian and Finnish national anthems, broad smiles and great atmosphere marked the atmosphere downtown Alta Wednesday afternoon as the award ceremony for the World Championship medals was held there. World Champion in the FL-600 RNB, Matti Salmi from Finland, was the first person to enter the podium, cheered on by a massive appolause from the…

The World Champion title in the FL-600 RNB Class (pure-breed dogs) went to Finland. Matti Salmi ran one of the 14 participating RNB teams to a sovereign victory in the RNB class. The smiling Finn finished a rock solid race with his Siberian huskies and finished as #6 in the overall FL-600 race. – It…

The veteran musher Harald Tunheim (64) won his 7th victory in the Finnmark Race when he early Tuesday morning crossed the finish line in Alta for the FL-600/IFSS World Championship 2023. Only the legend Sven Engholm has more victories in the race. The popular and ever-smiling man won a clear victory in the FL-600 class…

When the weekend ebbed out, we could look back on a most entertaining and varied Sunday. Did you spend the day outside at not pay attention to the race? Not to worry. We will update you on the goings on of the Finnmark Race Sunday. FL-junior: Everyone’s finished!  All the FL-junior mushers made it safely…

The term «home run» has hardly ever been a more suitable than this year, when 15-year old Elisabeth Kristensen won the World Championship at the Finnmark Race Junior Class. She was the fastest musher on the final leg, taking her from her home – Jotka Mountain Cabin – and to the finish line in Alta.…

Today is set to be the juniors’ day at the Finnmark Race. We expect the winner of the FL-junior race to arrive across the finish line in Alta around dinner time Sunday. While you were sleeping, the FL-junior mushers have arrived and rested in Suossjavre, before they hit the trails in the very early hours…

This afternoon, the mushers of FL-junior and FL-600 hit the trails, and the competition for this year’s Finnmark Race and IFSS World Championship is now on. The FL-junior and FL-600 mushers hit the trail from Alta in crisp winter weather today. From 13:00 CET and for approximately 90 minutes, a total of 80 mushers crossed…