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Vansbrosimningen
Vansbrosimningen or Vansbrosimmet is an annual open water swimming competition held in July in Vansbro, Dalarna, Sweden since 1950. The distance is 3,000 m, first 2,000 m downstream in Vanån then 1,000 m upstream in Västerdal River Västerdalälven (literally ''West Dal River'') is a 300 km long river in Sweden that flows southeast through Dalarna. Its sources are Görälven and Fuluälven and the end point is Djurås, in the municipality of Gagnef, where it connect .... It is part of '' En svensk klassiker'', the "Swedish Classic" which also includes crosscountry skiing (Vasaloppet, 90 kilometers), biking (Vätternrundan, 300 kilometers) and running (Lidingöloppet, 30 kilometers). Winners Men No winners were selected the years 1950–1955. External linksOfficial Website {{coord, 60, 30, 19, N, 14, 13, 49, E, type:landmark_source:kolossus-svwiki, display=title Recurring sporting events established in 1950 Open water swimming competitions 1950 establishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Svensk Klassiker
En svensk klassiker, ''Swedish classic circuit'', is a diploma awarded to those who have finished races in four race disciplines (cross country skiing (sport), cross country skiing (90 km), cycle sport, cycling (300 km), swimming (sport), swimming (3 km), and cross country running (30 km)) during a 12-month period. The diploma was first awarded in 1972. Thousands of people, mostly Swedes, take part in all four each year and receive the Swedish Classic Circuit award. More than 28,000 people (more than 4,500 women) have achieved this. Races There is a special version ''The women's classic circuit'', ''Tjejklassikern'', with four events, but about one-third so long distances, meant for those women who believe the real Classic Circuit is too demanding. Another special version is ''The half classic circuit'', ''Halvklassikern'', where the distances cover half the original events. Special achievements * The fastest summarised time to participate in all four official race events wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Water Swimming
Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. Competitive open water swimming is governed by the International Swimming Federation, World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), except when it is part of multi-sport events, which are governed by the World Triathlon. In the first edition of the modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, the swimming competition was held in open water. In 2000, the Olympic Games first included a triathlon with a 1500 m swim leg, and in 2008, a Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre, 10 km open water swim. The FINA World Aquatics Championships has featured open water swimming events since 1992. The FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was held from 2000 to 2010. Since 2007, the FINA Marathon Swim World Series, FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup is held in several events around the world. Events such as the Midmar Mile in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vansbro
Vansbro () is a locality in Dalarna and the seat of Vansbro Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden. It had 2,026 inhabitants in 2010, out of a total municipal population of 7,000. The town is situated by the end of the Vanån, or Van River, the main tributary of the Västerdal River. History The first time Vansbro was mentioned in writing was by Carl von Linné during early 18th century. The place have also been mentioned in different texts from the same era under the name - Wahnbro or Wansbro. The name is believed to stem from a bridge built across the Vanå river. The railway between Kristinehamn and Mora was inaugurated in 1890 and the Vansbro railway station was constructed. Industry Vansbro's early industrial history was closely connected to timber and logging. The first sawmill in the area, Danielssågen, began operating soon after the railway was built. More sawmills were built in the following years: Dalasågen (the largest sawmill in Sweden at the time) in 1892, and Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanån
Vanån is a river in Sweden and the largest tributary of Västerdal River. The annual open water swimming competition Vansbrosimningen Vansbrosimningen or Vansbrosimmet is an annual open water swimming competition held in July in Vansbro, Dalarna, Sweden since 1950. The distance is 3,000 m, first 2,000 m downstream in Vanån then 1,000 m upstream in Västerdal River Västerda ... takes place in Vanån (2000 m) and Västerdal River (1000 m). References Rivers of Dalarna County {{Sweden-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Västerdal River
Västerdalälven (literally ''West Dal River'') is a 300 km long river in Sweden that flows southeast through Dalarna. Its sources are Görälven and Fuluälven and the end point is Djurås, in the municipality of Gagnef, where it connects with Österdalälven to form Dalälven. The annual open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. Competitive open water swimming is governed by the International Swimming Federation, World Aquatics (formerly kno ... competition Vansbrosimningen takes place in Vanån (2000 m) and Västerdal River (1000 m). References Rivers of Dalarna County Dalarna Dalälven basin {{Sweden-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Västerås SS
Västerås Simsällskap, commonly known as Västerås SS or VSS, is a Swedish swimming club from Västerås founded 3 November 1910, who competes in swimming, diving, water polo, and masters swimming. The home pool of Västerås SS is Lögarängsbadet in Västerås. Athletes Swimmers ''Swimmers that have participated in the Summer Olympics while representing Västerås SS:'' * Gary Andersson * Agneta Eriksson * Patrik Isaksson *Ulla Jäfvert * Sven-Göran Johansson * Thomas Lejdström Water polo players ''Water polo players that have participated in the Summer Olympics while representing Västerås SS:'' * Per-Arne Andersson * Peter Carlström * Folke Eriksson * Kenth Karlsson *Bo Larsson Bo-Göran "Bosse" Larsson (5 May 1944 – 18 December 2023) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a midfielder and striker. Best remembered for his time with Malmö FF, he also represented VfB Stuttgart and Trelleborgs FF during ... References External links Väster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernt Zarnowiecki
Bernt Lennart Zarnowiecki (born 26 May 1954) is a Swedish swimmer, international competititor and 1972 Munich Olympic participant in the freestyle relay. Zarnowiecki was born 26 May 1954 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He swam for the Simklubben S02 club, in his hometown of Gothenburg. Zarnowiecki won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships. 1972 Munich Olympics Competing in the 200 metres individual freestyle relay event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was eliminated in the preliminaries. Zarnowiecki placed 34th in the 200 with a time of 2:01.34. Being Jewish, he competed at the 1973 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and won three gold medals, including in the men's 400 m freestyle and the 1,500 m freestyle. His twin sister, Anita Zarnowiecki, also competed in freestyle swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the ninth Maccabiah Games The Maccabiah Games (, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falu SS
Falu (born Falguni Shah; in Bombay, India) is an American singer whose music blends ancient classical Indian melodies with contemporary western sounds. She has worked and collaborated with a wide array of artists including A. R. Rahman (''Slumdog Millionaire'', Yo-Yo Ma (in The Silk Road Project), Philip Glass, Wyclef Jean, her teacher Ustad Sultan Khan, Blues Traveler, Ricky Martin and Bernie Worrell ( Parliament Funkadelic). In 2022, she won the Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for her album ''A Colorful World''. She was also nominated for Best Children's Album for her 2019 release of ''Falu's Bazaar'', and for Best Global Music Performance for her 2023 release of '' Abundance in Millets''. Biography In her early years in Mumbai, Falu was trained in the ''Jaipur gharana'' musical tradition, honing her talent for up to 16 hours a day. She later continued studying under the sarangi/vocal master Ustad Sultan Khan. Falu moved to the States in 2000, and joined the Boston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borlänge SS
Borlänge () is a locality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality which as of 2017 had a total population of 51,604 inhabitants. History Originally Borlänge was the name of a tiny village, and traces back to at least the 1390s. The village was insignificant up until about 1870. In 1872 the construction of ''Domnarfvets Jernverk'', the ironworks of neighbouring village Domnarvet started. In 1875 a railway between Falun and Ludvika, via Borlänge was inaugurated. Thanks to its railway station the village of Borlänge became highly important in servicing the ironworks. In 1898, Borlänge was granted privileges by the national Swedish government as a market town (Swedish: ''köping'') with about 1,300 inhabitants, but still today it belongs to the Church of Sweden's regionally historically dominant parish of Stora Tuna, centered on a large medieval church by that name (meaning ''great enclosed farmyards''), now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Södertälje SS
Södertälje ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. It is also a part of Stockholm urban area, Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area. As of 2020, it has 73,872 inhabitants. Södertälje is located at Mälarens confluence in to the Baltic Sea through the lock in the Södertälje Canal.Nationalencyklopedin, Södertälje. http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/södertälje-(tätort-södertälje-kommun) (hämtad 2020-06-13) Since year 2000, it is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, city located entirely within the province of Södermanland. History Ancient history It is estimated that the first people reached the area around what is today Södertälje during the Stone Age, about 4000 BC. They formed settlements around 3000 BC, when the peasant culture is believed to have reached the area.Svartsjö, Christina 2004, ''Centrumförnyelse i Södertälje - utopi eller verklighet!''. Blekinge tekniska högskola Around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
