The Holmenkollen medal is Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 skiing

Skiing

Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....

's highest award for competitors. It signifies top placings in international championships and other international events, including the Holmenkollen events

Holmenkollen ski festival

The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. It takes place in March and has been arranged every year since 1892, except for 1898 and during World War II...

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The medal is mostly awarded to skiers in the Nordic events. Ingemar Stenmark

Ingemar Stenmark

Jan Ingemar Stenmark is a Swedish former skier, active during the 1970s and 1980s. He is regarded as one of the most prominent Swedish sportsmen, and as the greatest slalom and giant slalom specialist of all time. He competed for Fjällvinden Tärnaby.Stenmark was born in the province of Lappland...

 of Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 earned the medal in 1979 as one of only eleven non-Nordic skiers to ever earn this honor. Stein Eriksen

Stein Eriksen

Stein Eriksen is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.-Background:Stein Eriksen was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Marius Eriksen and Birgit Heien . Stein's father, Marius Eriksen competed in the 1912 Olympic Games as a gymnast...

, King Haakon VII, Boghild Niskin, Inger Bjørnbakken

Inger Bjørnbakken

Inger Bjørnbakken is a former alpine ski racer. She finished tied for 6th in the women's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Two years later, Bjørnbakken won the women's slalom at the 1958 World Championships in Bad Gastein, Austria...

, Astrid Sandvik

Astrid Sandvik

Astrid Sandvik is a Norwegian Alpine skier who finished tied for sixth dog in the women's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. In 1963, Sandvik almost earned the Holmenkollen medal...

, King Olav V, Erik Håker

Erik Håker

Erik Håker is a Norwegian alpine skier from Oppdal who finished 5th in the men's downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo. That same year, Håker became the first Norwegian to win a World Cup Alpine event. He would win two more World Cup events, his last in 1979. For his Alpine World Cup...

, and Jacob Vaage

Jacob Vaage

Jakob Vaage was a Norwegian skier and historian.Vaage was an active skier for Ullern SK, and participated in summer sports for Bestum IF. He was admitted to the exclusive skiing club SK Ull in 1947, and became an honorary member in 1983...

, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja of Norway

Queen Sonja of Norway is the wife of King Harald V of Norway.-Prior to marriage:Sonja was born in Oslo on 4 July 1937 as the daughter of clothing merchant Karl August Haraldsen and Dagny Ulrichsen .Queen Sonja grew up in the district of Vinderen in Oslo and completed her lower secondary schooling...

, all from Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, are the others.

List of medalists

Year	Medalist	Country	Sport
1895		Norway	Nordic combined
1897		Norway	Nordic combined
1899		Norway	Nordic combined
1899		Norway	Nordic combined
1901		Norway	Nordic combined
1903		Norway	Nordic combined
1904		Norway	Nordic combined
1905		Norway	Nordic combined
1907		Norway	Nordic combined
1908		Norway	Nordic combined
1909		Norway	Nordic combined
1910		Norway	Nordic combined
1911		Norway	Nordic combined
1911		Norway	Nordic combined
1912		Norway	Nordic combined
1914		Norway	Nordic combined
1915		Norway	Nordic combined
1916		Norway	Nordic combined
1918		Norway	Nordic combined
1918		Norway	Nordic combined
1919		Norway	Nordic combined
1919		Norway	Nordic combined
1923		Norway	Nordic combined
1924		Norway	Nordic combined
1924		Norway	Nordic combined
1925		Norway	Nordic combined
1926		Norway	Ski jumping
1927		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1927		Norway	Nordic combined
1928		Norway	Nordic combined
1928		Norway	Nordic combined
1931		Norway	Nordic combined
1931		Norway	Nordic combined
1934		Norway	Nordic combined
1935		Norway	Nordic combined
1937		Norway	Nordic combined
1937		Norway	Ski jumping
1937		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1938		Norway	Ski jumping
1938		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1939		Sweden	Ski jumping
1939		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1939		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1940		Norway	Nordic combined
1940		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1947		Norway	Nordic combined
1948		Norway	Ski jumping
1949		Norway	Ski jumping
1950		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1951		Norway	Nordic combined
1952		Norway	Alpine skiing
1952		Norway	Ski jumping
1952		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1952		Sweden	Cross-country skiing
1953		Norway	Nordic combined
1954		Norway	Nordic combined
1955	Haakon VII Haakon VII Haakon VII may refer to:People* Haakon VII of Norway , King of Norway Ships* HNoMS King Haakon VII, a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951...	Norway	Royalty
1955		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1955		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1955		Norway	Nordic combined
1956		Norway	Alpine skiing
1956		Norway	Ski jumping
1956		Norway	Ski jumping
1957		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1958		Norway	Alpine skiing
1958		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1959		Norway	Nordic combined
1960		East Germany	Ski jumping
1960		Sweden	Cross-country skiing
1960		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1960		Norway	Nordic combined
1961		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1962		Norway	Ski jumping
1963		Soviet Union	Cross-country skiing
1963		Soviet Union	Cross-country skiing
1963		Norway	Alpine skiing
1963		Norway	Ski jumping
1964		Finland	Ski jumping
1964		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1964		West Germany	Nordic combined
1964		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1965		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1965		Sweden	Nordic combined
1965		Norway	Nordic combined
1967		Sweden	Cross-country skiing
1967		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1968	Olav V	Norway	Royalty
1968		Sweden	Cross-country skiing
1968		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1968		Norway	Ski jumping
1969		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1970		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1971		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1971		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1971		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1972		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1972		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1973		Norway	Nordic combined
1973		Norway	Ski jumping
1973		West Germany	Cross-country skiing
1974		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1975		East Germany	Cross-country skiing
1975		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1975		Norway	Nordic combined
1976		East Germany
1977		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1977		Finland	Nordic Combined
1977		Switzerland	Ski jumping
1979		Sweden	Alpine skiing
1979		Norway	Alpine skiing
1979		Soviet Union	Cross-country skiing
1980		Sweden	Cross-country skiing
1981		Norway	Ski jumping
1983		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1983		Norway	Nordic combined
1984		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1984		Norway	Curator
1984		Austria	Ski jumping
1985		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1985		Norway	Ski jumping
1985		Sweden	Cross-country skiing
1986		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1987		Finland	Ski jumping
1987		West Germany	Nordic combined
1989		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1991		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1991		Norway	Nordic combined
1991		Austria	Ski jumping
1991		Germany	Ski jumping
1992		Russia	Cross-country skiing
1993		Norway	Nordic combined
1994		Russia	Cross-country skiing
1994		Kazakhstan	Cross-country skiing
1994		Norway	Ski jumping
1995		Japan	Nordic combined
1996		Italy	Cross-country skiing
1997		Norway	Nordic combined
1997		Italy	Cross-country skiing
1997		Norway	Cross-country skiing
1998		Norway	Nordic combined
1998		Russia	Cross-country skiing
1998		Russia	Cross-country skiing
1998		Finland	Cross-country skiing
1999		Japan	Ski jumping
2001		Poland	Ski jumper
2001		Norway	Cross-country skiing
2001		Norway	Cross-country skiing
2003		Austria	Nordic combined
2003		Germany	Nordic combined
2004		Russia	Cross-country skiing
2005		Estonia	Cross-country skiing
2007		Norway	Cross-country skiing
2007		Norway	Cross-country skiing
2007	Harald V	Norway	Royalty
2007	Sonja Queen Sonja of Norway Queen Sonja of Norway is the wife of King Harald V of Norway.-Prior to marriage:Sonja was born in Oslo on 4 July 1937 as the daughter of clothing merchant Karl August Haraldsen and Dagny Ulrichsen .Queen Sonja grew up in the district of Vinderen in Oslo and completed her lower secondary schooling...	Norway	Royalty
2007		Switzerland	Ski jumping
2010		Norway	Cross-country skiing
2011		Finland	Ski jumping
2011		Norway	Biathlon
2011		Germany	Biathlon
2011		Germany	Biathlon

Medalist breakdown

• 157 medalists total as of 2010.
• Gender: 134 men, 23 women
• Skiing discipline: 63 cross country skiers, 27 Nordic combined skiers, 26 ski jumpers, 15 multiple Nordic skiing disciplines (competed in cross country, Nordic combined, and/or ski jumping), 15 Nordic skiers (discipline not listed on information found), and 11 non-Nordic skiers total (listed above).
• Nationality: 106 Norwegians, 14 Finns, 9 Swedes, 8 Germans (combines East Germany, West Germany, and unified Germany), 8 Russians (includes the Soviet Union), 3 Austrians, 2 Japanese, 2 Italians, 2 Swiss, 1 Kazak, 1 Pole, and 1 Estonian.
• Holmenkollen victories: 230.
• Olympic medals (golds): 332 (140), including the medals of Eriksen and Stenmark.
• World championship
  FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
  The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined...
  
   medals (gold): 443 (212), including the medals of Bjørnbakken, Eriksen, and Stenmark.
• Two uncle-nephew combinations (Lauritz Bergendahl - 1910 and Lars Begendahl - 1939, and Harald Økern - 1924 and Olav Økern - 1950).
• Two sets of brothers (Hemmestveit - 1928, Ruud - 1937, 1947, 1948).
• One father-daughter combination (Martinsen - 1969, Skari - 2001).
• One father-son-grandson combination (Haakon VII - 1955, Olav V - 1968, Harald V - 2007)
• Four husband-wife teams (Alevtina Kolchina - 1963 & Pavel Kolchin - 1963, Toini Gustafsson - 1967 & Assar Rönnlund - 1968; Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi - 1989 & Harri Kirvesniemi - 1998; and King Harald V - 2007 & Queen Sonja - 2007).
• Three athletes who took the Olympic Oath
  Olympic Oath
  The Olympic Oath is a solemn promise made by one athlete -- as a representative of each of the participating Olympic competitors; and by one judge -- as a representative of each officiating Olympic referee or other official, at the opening ceremonies of each Olympic Games...
  
   (Falkanger - 1952, Ulvang - 1991, Ogiwara - 1995).
• Four future doping
  Doping (sport)
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   disqualifications (Yegorova - 1994 (caught in 1997), Lazutina - 1998 (2002), H. Kirvesniemi - 1998 (2001), Chepalova - 2004 (2009)).
• One future lighter of the Olympic Flame
  Olympic Flame
  The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928...
  
  (Belmondo - 1997).