Nordic orienteering championships

The Nordic Orienteering Championships ( English : Nordic Orienteering Championships , abbreviated NOC ) were first held 1955th After that they took place every two years until 2009.

The venues were always areas in Sweden, Finland, Norway or Denmark and initially only runners from these countries took part in the Nordic championships. Later, the event was also opened to runners from outside of Scandinavia.

In 2009 the Nordic Championships were held for the last time so far. Since 2010, a Nordic Orienteering Tour (NORT) has been held annually as part of the Orienteering World Cup .

Venues

year	date	Host country	venue
1955		Sweden	Kolmården
1957		Norway	Trondheim
1959		Denmark	Ålborg
1961		Finland	Tampere
1963		Sweden	Borgvik
1965		Norway	Hokksund
1967		Denmark	Viborg
1969		Finland	Pargas
1971		Sweden	Sundsvall
1973		Norway	Stord
1975		Denmark	Nørre Snede
1977		Finland	Joensuu
1980		Sweden	Bor length
1982		Denmark	Bornholm
1984		Norway	Tromso
1986		Finland	Saltvik
1988		Sweden	Halmstad
1990		Denmark	Fanø
1992		Norway	Rena
1993		Finland	Sipoo
1995		Sweden	Skellefteå
1997		Denmark	Fjerritslev
1999	June	Norway	Malvik
2001		Finland	Mikkeli
2003		Sweden	Flen
2005		Norway	Notodden
2007		Denmark	Bornholm
2009	June 6-10	Finland	Salo

Winners list

Men's

Single / classic / long

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1955	Marthe Andersson	Juhani Salmenkylä	Leo Backman
1957	Magne Lystad	Ola Tellesbø	Per Kristiansen
1959	Magne Lystad	Juhani Salmenkylä	Sivar Nordström
1961	Erkki Kohvakka	Per-Olof Skogum	Magne Lystad
1963	Rolf Koskinen	Bertil Norman	Per Kristiansen
1965	Peer H. Staff	Stig mountains	Magne Lystad
1967	Bernt Frilén	Morelius is different	Göran Öhlund
1969	Åge Hadler	Veikko Kostiainen	Karl Johansson
1971	Åge Hadler	Bernt Frilén	Stefan Persson
1973	Eystein Weltzien	Svein Jacobsen	Bengt Gustavsson
1975	Bernt Frilén	Hannu Mäkirinta	Risto Nuuros
1977	Sigurd Dæhli	Rolf Pettersson	Kjell Lauri
1980	Lars Lönnkvist	Tore Sagvolden	Harald Thon
1982	Jörgen Mårtensson	Øyvin Thon	Kent Olsson
1984	Tore Sagvolden	Lars Palmqvist	Morten Berglia
1986	Lars Lönnkvist	Michael Wehlin	Øyvin Thon
1988	Jörgen Mårtensson	Joakim Ingelsson	Rolf Vestre
1990	Allan Mogensen	Håvard Tveite	Niklas Löwegren
1992	Petter Thoresen	Allan Mogensen	Bjørnsgaard is different
1993	Jon Tvedt	Petter Thoresen	Rolf Vestre
1995	Jörgen Mårtensson	Lars Holmquist	Johan Ivarsson
1997	Mikael Bostrom	Petter Thoresen	Fredrik Löwegren
1999	Petter Thoresen	Bjørnar Valstad	Carsten Jørgensen	13.5 km, 22 posts
2001	Jørgen Rostrup	Bjørnar Valstad	Janne Salmi
2003	Emil Wingstedt	Mikhail Mamleev	Jani Lakanen
2005	Nordberg is different	Olle Kärner	Holger Hott
2007	Matthias Merz	David Andersson	Jonas Pilblad
2009	Daniel Hubmann	Matthias Merz	Thierry Gueorgiou	15.3 km, 30 items

Short / medium

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1992	Petter Thoresen	Allan Mogensen	Jörgen Mårtensson
1993	Kaj Roine	Petter Thoresen	Rolf Vestre
1995	Kenneth Cederberg	Per Ek	Petter Thoresen
1997	Chris Terkelsen	Odin Tellesbø	Fredrik Löwegren
1999	Bjørnar Valstad	Kjetil Bjørlo	Goals Sandvik	4.26 km, 16 items
2001	Jørgen Rostrup	Mikhail Mamleev	Valentin Novikov
2003	Pasi icons	Holger Hott	Janne Salmi
2005	Nordberg is different	Holger Hott	Jorgen Wikholm
2007	Jarkko Huovila	David Andersson	Mats Haldin
2009	Peter Öberg	Thierry Gueorgiou	Valentin Novikov	6.0 km, 21 items

sprint

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2003	Emil Wingstedt	Jamie Stevenson	Johan Näsman
2005	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	Mårten Boström	Martin Johansson
2007	Matthias Merz	Jonas Pilbad	Matthias Müller
2009	Daniel Hubmann	Andrei Khramov	Thierry Gueorgiou	3.0 km, 20 items

Season

year	gold	silver	bronze
1963	Finland Aimo Tepsell Osmo Tepsell Erkki Kohvakka Rolf Koskinen	Sweden Björn Ekblom Ulf Smedberg Pontus Carlsson Bertil Norman	Norway Odd Petter Thoresen Stig Berge Peer H. Staff Jostein Nilsen
1965	Norway Ola Skarholt Åge Hadler Peer H. Staff Stig Berge	Norway 2 goals Langaard Erik Engebråten Jostein Nilsen Magne Lystad	Sweden Bertil Norman Per-Olof Skogum Sven-Olof Åsberg Pontus Carlsson
1967	Sweden Björn Ekblom Sven-Olof Åsberg Sture Björk Anders Axelsson	Finland Juhani Salmenkylä Reijo Kujansuu Pauli Reunamäki Markku salt mines	Sweden 2 Gösta Lundqvist Rolf Jakobsson Lennart Carlström Sten-Olov Carlström
1969	Finland 3 Tuomo Peltola Markku Salminen Matti Mäkinen Raimo Nissi	Finland Veikko Kostiainen Reijo Kujansuu Rolf Koskinen Juhani Salmenkylä	Sweden 2 Björn Nordin Sören Runeson Bernt Frilén Stefan Green
1971	Norway 2 Per Fosser Jostein Nilsen Eystein Weltzien Åge Hadler	Sweden 2 Lars-Erik Hult Stefan Persson Karl Johansson Bernt Frilén	Sweden Benny Fredriksson Lennart Carlström Lars-Ivar Svensson Olle Morelius
1973	Finland Risto Nuuros Simo Nurminen Tuomo Peltola Seppo Väli-Klemelä	Norway Svein Jacobsen Stig Berge Eystein Weltzien Åge Hadler	Sweden 2 Lennart Carlström Henrik Lövhammer Lars Andersson Håkan Gustavsson
1975	Sweden Rolf Pettersson Håkan Gustavsson Arne Johansson Bernt Frilén	Norway 2 Egil Johansen Ivar Formo Svein Jacobsen Per Herman Krøger	Sweden 2 Göran Hedberg Erik Johansson Lars-Henrik Undeland Stefan Persson
1977	Sweden 2 Lars-Henrik Undeland Anders Silvemark Karl-Gunnar Gustavsson Björn Rosendahl	Norway Eystein Weltzien Sigurd Dæhli Egil Johansen Svein Jacobsen	Sweden Björn Nordin Gert Pettersson Kjell Lauri Rolf Pettersson
1980	Norway Øyvin Thon Egil Johansen Tore Sagvolden Sigurd Dæhli	Sweden Anders Silvemark Kjell Lauri Lars Lönnkvist Göran Andersson	Norway 2 Jan Fjærestad Morten Berglia Harald Thon Eystein Weltzien
1982	Norway Morten Berglia Egil Johansen Sigurd Dæhli Øyvin Thon	Sweden Kent Olsson Åke Jönsson Jörgen Mårtensson Lars Lönnkvist	Norway 2 Atle Hansen Sindre Langaas Harald Thon Tore Sagvolden
1984	Norway Morten Berglia Øyvin Thon Sindre Langaas Tore Sagvolden	Norway 2 Sigurd Dæhli Erlend Slokvik Per Einar Pedersli Harald Thon	Finland 2 Mika Ruuhiala Vesa Tonder Pekka Nikulainen Esa Turunen
1986	Norway Morten Berglia Øyvin Thon Tore Sagvolden Truls Nygaard	Sweden Anders Erik Olsson Joakim Ingelsson Michael Wehlin Lars Lönnkvist	Norway 2 Jarle Teigland Atle Hansen Jo Wiklund Håvard Tveite
1988	Sweden Niklas Löwegren Michael Wehlin Jörgen Mårtensson Joakim Ingelsson	Sweden 2 Lars Palmqvist Lennart Larsson Kent Olsson Lars Lönnkvist	Finland 2 Reijo Mattinen Ari Kattainen Ari Anttas Markko Kaartinen
1990	Norway Rolf Vestre Bjørnar Valstad Håvard Tveite Petter Thoresen	Sweden 2 Lars Palmqvist Peter Jacobsson Åke Jönsson Joakim Ingelsson	Finland Timo Karppinen Ari Kattainen Mika Ruuhiala Jukka Pohjonen
1992	Norway Bjørnar Valstad Håvard Tveite Anders Bjørnsgaard Petter Thoresen	Norway 2 Rolf Vestre Gjermund Hanssen Kjetil Bjørlo Jon Tvedt	Sweden Arto Rautiainen Per Ek Martin Johansson Joakim Ingelsson
1993	Finland 2 Kimmo Liljeström Heikki Peltola Petri Forsman Reijo Mattinen	Norway Rolf Vestre Jon Tvedt Håvard Tveite Petter Thoresen	Finland Sören Nymalm Janne Salmi Kaj Roine Keijo Parkkinen
1995	Sweden Lars Holmquist Per Ek Johan Ivarsson Jörgen Mårtensson	Norway Bjørnar Valstad Håvard Tveite Kjetil Bjørlo Petter Thoresen	Finland Timo Karppinen Reijo Mattinen Kenneth Cederberg Janne Salmi
1997	Denmark Torben Skovlyst Chris Terkelsen Allan Mogensen Carsten Jørgensen	Norway Bjørnar Valstad Petter Thoresen Odin Tellesbø Kjetil Bjørlo	Sweden Jörgen Olsson Jörgen Mårtensson Johan Ivarsson Fredrik Löwegren
1999	no medals awarded
2001	United Kingdom Stephen Palmer Steven Hale Jamie Stevenson	Finland	Norway
2003	no medals awarded
2005	Norway Tore Sandvik Øystein Kristiansen Anders Nordberg	Finland Jarkko Huovila Mats Haldin Petteri Muukkonen	Sweden David Andersson Erik Axelsson Mats Troeng
2007	Switzerland Matthias Müller Baptiste Rollier Matthias Merz	Finland Jonne Lakanen Pasi Icons Jani Lakanen	Sweden Jonas Pilblad Johan Modig Peter Öberg
2009	Sweden David Andersson Emil Wingstedt Peter Öberg	Switzerland Baptiste Rollier Daniel Hubmann Matthias Merz	Finland Mats Haldin Jorgen Wikholm Tuomas Tervo

Ladies

Single / classic / long

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1955	Eila Hanelius	Siri Lundkvist	Inga-Lisa Eriksson
1957	Evy Garsell	Siri Lundkvist	Anny Carlsten
1959	Evy Garsell	Inga-Lisa Eriksson	Grete Brustad
1961	Ulla Lindkvist	Siri Lundkvist	Eila Hanelius
1963	Elvy Fredin	Ulla Lindkvist	Marie-Louise Eriksson
1965	Ingrid Thoresen	Ulla Lindkvist	Astrid Hansen
1967	Ulla Lindkvist	Claire Olsson	Ingrid Thoresen
1969	Ulla Lindkvist	Ingrid Hadler	Eivor Steen-Olsson
1971	Ulla Lindkvist	Ingrid Hadler	Birgitta Johansson
1973	Ulla Lindkvist	Birgitta Johansson	Kristin Danielsen
1975	Mona Nørgaard	Liisa Veijalainen	Monica Andersson
1977	Outi Borgenström	Whom Jacobsen	Monica Andersson
1980	Liisa Veijalainen	Outi Borgenström	Karin Rabe
1982	Eva Charlotte Tønnesen	Outi Borgenström	Karin Rabe
1984	Brit Volden	Jorunn Teigen	Karin Gunnarsson
1986	Brit Volden	Barbro Lönnkvist	Katarina Borg
1988	Ragnhild Bratberg	Anne-Line Nydal	Brit Volden
1990	Yvette Hague	Anne Line Nydal	Anette Nilsson
1992	Marita Skogum	Alida Abola	Yvette Hague
1993	Ragnhild Bente Andersen	Eija Koskivaara	Yvette Hague
1995	Annika Viilo	Katarina Borg	Katja Honkala
1997	Sabrina Meister-Fesseler	Johanna Asklöf	Hanne Staff
1999	Hanne Sandstad	Yvette Baker	Elisabeth Ingvaldsen	9.0 km, 15 items
2001	Hanne Staff	Simone Niggli	Johanna Asklöf
2003	Hanne Staff	Jenny Johansson	Heli Jukkola
2005	Vroni King Salmi	Simone Niggli	Jenny Johansson
2007	Simone Niggli	Minna Kauppi	Lena Eliasson
2009	Minna Kauppi	Merja Rantanen	Anne Margrethe Hausken	10.4 km, 24 items

Short / medium

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1992	Marita Skogum	Anette Nilsson	Marlena Jansson
1993	Kirsi Tiira	Ragnhild Bente Andersen	Eija Koskivaara
1995	Anette Granstedt	Katarina Borg	Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Katja Honkala
1997	Johanna Asklöf	Anna Bogren	Katarina Borg
1999	Hanne Staff	Liisa Anttila	Gunilla Svärd	3.30 km, 12 posts
2001	Anette Granstedt	Vroni King Salmi	Jenny Johansson
2003	Jenny Johansson	Anette Granstedt	Heli Jukkola
2005	Minna Kauppi	Simone Niggli	Emma Claesson
2007	Simone Niggli	Minna Kauppi	Paula Iso-Markku
2009	Helena Jansson	Marianne Andersen	Minna Kauppi	5.2 km, 21 items

sprint

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2003	Marie-Luce Romanes	Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard	Heli Jukkola
2005	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Simone Niggli	Lena Eliasson
2007	Helena Jansson	Minna Kauppi	Heli Jukkola
2009	Minna Kauppi	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Marianne Andersen	2.8 km, 19 items

Season

year	gold	silver	bronze
1963	Norway Astrid Hansen Marie Tjomsland Marit Økern	Sweden Elvy Fredin Emy Gauffin Ulla Lindkvist	Finland Irja Niemelä Varpu Lavikainen Tyyne Leskinen
1965	Norway Astrid Hansen Ingrid Thoresen Marit Økern Jensen	Sweden Inga-Britt Bengtsson Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist	Finland Raila Hovi Tuula Hovi Marja Uusikumpa
1967	Sweden 2 Claire Olsson Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist	Norway Astrid Hansen Marit Økern Jensen Ingrid Thoresen	Finland 2 Tuula Hovi Salme Arminen Tuula Oikari
1969	Sweden Birgitta Larsson Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist	Norway Astrid Hansen Agnes Skarholt Ingrid Hadler	Sweden 2 Claire Ek Gunborg Åhling Ann-Mari Fehrnström
1971	Norway 2 Astrid Rødmyr Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler	Sweden 2 Birgitta Larsson Birgitta Johansson Ulla Lindkvist	Sweden Gunn-Britt Nyberg Kerstin Granstedt Gunborg Åhling
1973	Norway Kristin Danielsen Torid Kvaal Else Beitnes	Finland Sirkka-Liisa Koskela Sinikka Kukkonen Liisa Veijalainen	Sweden Birgitta Johansson Elsa Arnesson Ulla Lindvist
1975	Norway Wenche Jacobsen Torid Kvaal Linda verde	Norway 2 Anne Berit Eid Karen Marie Eid Kjellrun Sporild	Sweden 2 Eva Jonsson Eva-Britta Lidström Anne Lundmark
1977	Norway Tine Fjogstad Wenche Jacobsen Anne Berit Eid	Sweden 2 Ingird Ohlsson Elsa Arnesson Bibbi Siljeblad-Fahlén	Sweden Karin Rabe Kristin Cullman Monica Andersson
1980	Sweden 2 Eva Moberg Barbro Storbjörk Christina Karlsson	Sweden Ulla Klingström Karin Rabe Lena Tjernlund	Norway Linda Verde Gabrielle Wave-Beach Anne Berit Oath
1982	Sweden Karin Rabe Marita Skogum Kerstin Månsson Annichen Kringstad	Norway Anne Berit Eid Ragnhild Bratberg Brit Volden Eva Charlotte Tønnesen	Sweden 2 Barbro Lönnkvist Elisabeth Angberg Eva Rabe Lena Tjernlund
1984	Norway Ragnhild Bratberg Jorunn Teigen Brit Volden Ellen Sofie Olsvik	Sweden 2 Kerstin Månsson Marie Gustafsson Eva Rabe Marita Skogum	Sweden Arja Hannus Karin Rabe Karin Gunnarsson Annichen Kringstad
1986	Norway Ragnhild Bratberg Brit Volden Ellen Sofie Olsvik Jorunn Teigen	Sweden Arja Hannus Katarina Borg Karin Rabe Barbro Lönnkvist	Norway 2 Linda Vibeke Nielsen Monica Hatlen Anne Line Nydal Ragnhild Bente Andersen
1988	Norway Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bente Andersen Brit Volden Anne Line Nydal	Sweden 2 Lena Molin Carina Svensson Kerstin Haglund Barbro Lönnkvist	Sweden Katarina Borg Christina Blomqvist Karin Rabe Marita Skogum
1990	Sweden Anette Nilsson Kerstin Haglund Katarina Borg Christina Blomqvist	Norway Anne Line Nydal Siri Størmer Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ragnhild Bratberg	Sweden 2 Marie Nilsson Arja Hannus Cecilia Brinkenberg Lena Molin
1992	Sweden Anette Nilsson Marlena Jansson Annika Zell Marita Skogum	Norway Heidi Arnesen Torunn Fossli Hanne Sandstad Ragnhild Bente Andersen	Finland Marja-Liisa Portin Kirsi Tiira Annika Viilo Eija Koskivaara
1993	Finland Marja-Liisa Portin Marja Pyymäki Kirsi Tiira Eija Koskivaara	Finland 2 Sanna Turakainen Auli Hovikorpi Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Johanna Tiira	Norway Hanne Sandstad Berit Sofie Grydeland Torunn Fossli Ragnhild Bente Andersen
1995	Finland 2 Anniina Paronen Marika Mikkola Kirsi Tiira Johanna Tiira	Norway Hanne Sandstad Torunn Fossli Ragnhild Bente Andersen Hanne Staff	Sweden Anette Granstedt Anna Bogren Annika Zell Katarina Borg
1997	Finland Reeta Kolkkala Anniina Paronen Katja Honkala Johanna Asklöf	Sweden Anna Bogren Gunilla Svärd Katarina Borg Marlena Jansson	Sweden 2 Karolina Arewång Anette Granstedt Cecilia Nilsson Karin Craig
1999	Switzerland Vroni König-Salmi Simone Luder Brigitte Wolf Sabrina Meister	Norway Birgitte Husebye Hanne Sandstad Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff	Sweden Katarina Allberg Anette Granstedt Marlena Jansson Gunilla Svärd
2001	Norway Birgitte Husebye Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff	Sweden 2 Karolina Arewång Cecilia Nilsson Gunilla Svärd	Switzerland
2003	Sweden Katarina Smith Gunilla Svärd Jenny Johansson	Finland	Norway
2005	Finland Anni-Maija Fincke Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Norway Marianne Andersen Lene Moe Anne Margrethe Hausken	Switzerland Angela Wild Simone Niggli Vroni König-Salmi
2007	Sweden Emma Carlsson Kajsa Nilsson Helena Jansson	Switzerland Sara Gemperle Martina Fritschy Simone Niggli	Finland Heli Jukkola Bodil Holmström Minna Kauppi
2009	Sweden Lina Gustafsson Kajsa Nilsson Helena Jansson	Finland Anni-Maija Fincke Minna Kauppi Merja Rantanen	Norway Mari Fasting Marianne Andersen Anne Margrethe Hausken

Individual evidence

1. ↑ noc2009.fi: The Open Nordic Orienteering Championships 2009 (NOC 2009) and The World Cup in Orienteering 2009, Events 1 & 2 ( Memento from June 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ntnu.no: Long distance results  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ntnu.no: Results short distance  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ntnu.no: Long distance results  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ntnu.no: Results short distance  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Results on World of O Runners from 1993 and 1995 and from 2001 onwards
• Results on old.orientering.no
• Map collection on World of O Maps