Posts by Ulrika Back

On January 4-5, international Ski Jumping competitions will take place at the normal hill at Lugnet, featuring the Women’s Intercontinental Cup and the Men’s FIS Cup. For the World Championships organizing committee, these events serve as test events with the aim of building and training the future World Championship organization, as well as testing the…

We are glad to be back at Lugnet venue with a World Ski Championships office. From this fall the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of Falun 2027 has established an office at Lugnet Venue. The building was built before the World Ski Championships 2015 and was donated by Stora Enso to the LOC in 2015. It…

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2027 in Falun is happy to officially announce the dates of the competitions, which will be held between the 24th of February 24 and the 7th of March 2027. – It is exciting to imagine the 24th of February 2027 and the kick off of the World Ski Championships in…

The recruitment process for the position as CEO for FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun 2027 has started. The job advertisement is found here (in swedish)

At the FIS Coordination Group meeting in Falun last week, two key positions in the Falun 2027 organization were presented; Tomas Jons will be Chief of competition Cross-Country and Per Busk Chief of competition Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation, FIS, meets future World Ski Championships organizers twice a year…

Trondheim will host the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2025. On the 17th and 18th of April a delegation with seven persons from Falun is in Trondheim to attend Trondheim 2025’s Coordination Group meeting and World Broadcaster Meeting. – It will be very interesting to once again have the opportunity to visit Trondheim and attend…

Sustainability is an important foundation pillar for the World Ski Championships 2027. That Lugnet i Falun AB has energy optimization in focus in the ongoing maintenance work is a positive contribution to the World Ski Championships organization and its work with sustainability. The new swimming pool complex on Lugnet uses the excess heat from the…

This weekend Lugnet Venue is hosting Svenska Skidspelen and the FIS World Cup Final in Cross Country skiing. The competitions at the annual Svenska Skidspelen are important test events for the World Ski Championship in 2027. This year there will be a focus to observe the overall infrastructure and spectator flow. It is the local…

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships has previously been arranged in Falun four times. This week it is exactly 70 and 50 years since the two first championships; 1954 and 1974. 1954, between the 13th and 21st of February, Falun for the first time in history of skiing Falun hosted a World Ski Championships. The World…

More than 70 competitors from 10 nations will visit Falun and Lugnet for Västanhede Intercontinental Cup and Västanhede FIS Cup on the 6th and 7th of January. The competitions are so called test events for the World Ski Championships 2027 with the two purposes; building and educating an organization and using the venue for high…

The World Championships company Skid-VM i Falun 2027 AB is now registered and the board’s work towards a new World Ski Championships in Falun has started. The board members met for the first time in connection to the visit of the International Ski Federation, FIS’ in Falun this week. Skid-VM i Falun 2027 AB is…