Holmenkollen Medal
The Holmenkollen medal is Norwegian skiing's highest award for competitors. It signifies top placings in international championships and other international events, including the Holmenkollen events.
The medal is mostly awarded to skiers in the Nordic events.
List of medalists
| Year | Medalist | Country | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | Viktor Thorn | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1897 | Asbjørn Nilssen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1899 | Paul Braaten | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1899 | Robert Pehrson | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1901 | Askel Refstad | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1903 | Karl Hovelsen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1904 | Harald Smith | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1905 | Jonas Holmen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1907 | Per Bakken | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1908 | Einar Kristiansen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1909 | Thorvald Hansen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1910 | Lauritz Bergendahl | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1911 | Otto Tangen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1911 | Knut Holst | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1912 | Olav Bjaaland | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1914 | Johan Kristoffersen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1915 | Sverre Østbye | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1916 | Lars Høgvold | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1918 | Hans Horn | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1918 | Jørgen Hansen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1919 | Thorleif Haug | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1919 | Otto Aasen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1923 | Thoralf Strømstad | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1924 | Harald Økern | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1924 | Johan Grøttumsbråten | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1925 | Einar Landvik | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1926 | Jacob Tullin Thams | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1927 | Hagbart Haakonsen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1927 | Einar Lindboe | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1928 | Torjus Hemmestveit | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1928 | Mikkjel Hemmestveit | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1931 | Hans Vinjarengen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1931 | Ole Stenen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1934 | Oddbjørn Hagen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1935 | Arne Rustadstuen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1937 | Olaf Hoffsbakken | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1937 | Birger Ruud | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1937 | Martin P. Vangsli | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1938 | Reidar Andersen | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1938 | Johan R. Henriksen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1939 | Sven Selånger | Sweden | Ski jumping |
| 1939 | Lars Bergendahl | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1939 | Trygve Brodahl | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1940 | Oscar Gjøslien | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1940 | Annar Ryen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1947 | Elling Rønes | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1948 | Asbjørn Ruud | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1949 | Sigmund Ruud | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1950 | Olav Økern | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1951 | Simon Slåttvik | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1952 | Stein Eriksen | Norway | Alpine skiing |
| 1952 | Torbjørn Falkanger | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1952 | Heikki Hasu | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1952 | Nils Karlsson | Sweden | Cross-country skiing |
| 1953 | Magnar Estenstad | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1954 | Martin Stokken | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1955 | Haakon VII | Norway | Royalty |
| 1955 | Hallgeir Brenden | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1955 | Veikko Hakulinen | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1955 | Sverre Stenersen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1956 | Borghild Niskin | Norway | Alpine skiing |
| 1956 | Arnfinn Bergmann | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1956 | Arne Hoel | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1957 | Eero Kolehmainen | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1958 | Inger Bjørnbakken | Norway | Alpine skiing |
| 1958 | Håkon Brusveen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1959 | Gunder Gundersen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1960 | Helmut Recknagel | East Germany | Ski jumping |
| 1960 | Sixten Jernberg | Sweden | Cross-country skiing |
| 1960 | Sverre Stensheim | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1960 | Tormod Knutsen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1961 | Harald Grønningen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1962 | Toralf Engan | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1963 | Alevtina Kolchina | Soviet Union | Cross-country skiing |
| 1963 | Pavel Kolchin | Soviet Union | Cross-country skiing |
| 1963 | Astrid Sandvik | Norway | Alpine skiing |
| 1963 | Torbjørn Yggeseth | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1964 | Veikko Kankkonen | Finland | Ski jumping |
| 1964 | Eero Mäntyranta | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1964 | Georg Thoma | West Germany | Nordic combined |
| 1964 | Halvor Næs | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1965 | Arto Tiainen | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1965 | Bengt Eriksson | Sweden | Nordic combined |
| 1965 | Arne Larsen | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1967 | Ole Ellefsæter | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1967 | Toini Gustafsson | Sweden | Cross-country skiing |
| 1968 | Olav V | Norway | Royalty |
| 1968 | Assar Rönnlund | Sweden | Cross-country skiing |
| 1968 | Gjermund Eggen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1968 | Bjørn Wirkola | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1969 | Odd Martinsen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1970 | Pål Tyldum | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1971 | Marjatta Kajosmaa | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1971 | Berit Mørdre Lammedal | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1971 | Reidar Hjermstad | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1972 | Rauno Miettinen | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1972 | Magne Myrmo | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1973 | Einar Bergsland | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1973 | Ingolf Mork | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1973 | Franz Keller | West Germany | Cross-country skiing |
| 1974 | Juha Mieto | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1975 | Gerhard Grimmer | East Germany | Cross-country skiing |
| 1975 | Oddvar Brå | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1975 | Ivar Formo | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1976 | Ulrich Wehling | East Germany | Nordic Combined |
| 1977 | Helena Takalo | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1977 | Hilkka Kuntola | Finland | Nordic Combined |
| 1977 | Walter Steiner | Switzerland | Ski jumping |
| 1979 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | Alpine skiing |
| 1979 | Erik Håker | Norway | Alpine skiing |
| 1979 | Raisa Smetanina | Soviet Union | Cross-country skiing |
| 1980 | Thomas Wassberg | Sweden | Cross-country skiing |
| 1981 | Johan Sætre | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1983 | Berit Aunli | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1983 | Tom Sandberg | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1984 | Lars-Erik Eriksen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1984 | Jacob Vaage | Norway | Curator |
| 1984 | Armin Kogler | Austria | Ski jumping |
| 1985 | Anette Bøe | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1985 | Per Bergerud | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1985 | Gunde Svan | Sweden | Cross-country skiing |
| 1986 | Britt Pettersen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1987 | Matti Nykänen | Finland | Ski jumping |
| 1987 | Hermann Weinbuch | West Germany | Nordic combined |
| 1989 | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1991 | Vegard Ulvang | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1991 | Trond Einar Elden | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1991 | Ernst Vettori | Austria | Ski jumping |
| 1991 | Jens Weißflog | Germany | Ski jumping |
| 1992 | Yelena Välbe | Russia | Cross-country skiing |
| 1993 | Emil Kvanlid | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1994 | Lyubov Yegorova | Russia | Cross-country skiing |
| 1994 | Vladimir Smirnov | Kazakhstan | Cross-country skiing |
| 1994 | Espen Bredesen | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 1995 | Kenji Ogiwara | Japan | Nordic combined |
| 1996 | Manuela Di Centa | Italy | Cross-country skiing |
| 1997 | Bjarte Engen Vik | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1997 | Stefania Belmondo | Italy | Cross-country skiing |
| 1997 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 1998 | Fred Børre Lundberg | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 1998 | Larisa Lazutina | Russia | Cross-country skiing |
| 1998 | Alexey Prokurorov | Russia | Cross-country skiing |
| 1998 | Harri Kirvesniemi | Finland | Cross-country skiing |
| 1999 | Kazuyoshi Funaki | Japan | Ski jumping |
| 2001 | Adam Małysz | Poland | Ski jumper |
| 2001 | Bente Skari | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 2001 | Thomas Alsgaard | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 2003 | Felix Gottwald | Austria | Nordic combined |
| 2003 | Ronny Ackermann | Germany | Nordic combined |
| 2004 | Yuliya Chepalova | Russia | Cross-country skiing |
| 2005 | Andrus Veerpalu | Estonia | Cross-country skiing |
| 2007 | Frode Estil | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 2007 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 2007 | Harald V | Norway | Royalty |
| 2007 | Sonja | Norway | Royalty |
| 2007 | Simon Ammann | Switzerland | Ski jumping |
| 2010 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 2011 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | Biathlon |
| 2011 | Michael Greis | Germany | Biathlon |
| 2011 | Andrea Henkel | Germany | Biathlon |
| 2011 | Janne Ahonen | Finland | Ski jumping |
| 2012 | Magdalena Neuner | Germany | Biathlon |
| 2012 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Norway | Biathlon |
| 2013 | Tora Berger | Norway | Biathlon |
| 2013 | Martin Fourcade | France | Biathlon |
| 2013 | Therese Johaug | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 2013 | Gregor Schlierenzauer | Austria | Ski jumping |
| 2014 | Magnus Moan | Norway | Nordic combined |
| 2014 | Eric Frenzel | Germany | Nordic combined |
| 2014 | Thomas Morgenstern | Austria | Ski jumping |
| 2014 | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | Biathlon |
| 2015 | Eldar Rønning | Norway | Cross-country skiing |
| 2015 | Anders Bardal | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 2015 | Anette Sagen | Norway | Ski jumping |
| 2015 | Kamil Stoch | Poland | Ski jumping |
| 2016 | Noriaki Kasai | Japan | Ski jumping |
| 2016 | Tarjei Bø | Norway | Biathlon |
| 2017 | Marie Dorin Habert | France | Biathlon |
| 2017 | Sara Takanashi | Japan | Ski jumping |
| 2018 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | Cross-country skiing |
| 2018 | Princess Astrid | Norway | Royalty |
| 2018 | Hannu Manninen | Finland | Nordic combined |
| 2018 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | Biathlon |
Medalist breakdown
- 162 medalists total as of 2012.
- Gender: 137 men, 25 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), 5 biathletes and 11 non-Nordic skiers total (listed above).
- Nationality: 107 Norwegians, 15 Finns, 11 Germans (combines East Germany, West Germany, and unified Germany), 8 Swedes, 8 Russians (includes the Soviet Union), 3 Austrians, 2 Japanese, 2 Italians, 2 Swiss, 2 Poles, 1 Kazakh, 1 Estonian and 1 Frenchman.
- Holmenkollen victories: 230.
- Olympic medals (golds): 323 (136), including the medals of Eriksen and Stenmark.
- World championship medals (gold): 451 (216), 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 (Falkanger - 1952, Ulvang - 1991, Ogiwara - 1995).
- Five future doping disqualifications (Yegorova - 1994 (caught in 1997), Lazutina - 1998 (2002), H. Kirvesniemi - 1998 (2001), Chepalova - 2004 (2009), Johaug 2013 (2016)).
- One future lighter of the Olympic Flame (Belmondo - 1997).
References
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file.
- 2007 Holmenkollen medalists announced - Accessed March 18, 2007.
- Holmenkollen medal presented to Estil and Hjelmeset - Accessed March 21, 2007