# Nordic Cross Country Championships

The Nordic Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition that is contested between the Nordic countries. The championships are generally held in mid-November and the host nation rotates every year between the Nordic countries.
Established in 1997, the championships comprises four separate races: the men's senior and junior competitions (9 kilometres and 6 km respectively), and a senior and junior competition for women (7.5 km and 4.5 km). The women's senior race was previously the same length as the junior race, but this was modified in 2008. The distances are approximate and vary slightly from year to year depending on the course.
In addition to the individual competitions, each race doubles as a team competition in which the finishing positions of the top three athletes from each country are combined, with the lowest scoring national team winning. At the championships the years 1997-2019 performances of the top four athletes was used for the men's senior team race. After an update in June 2021 of the Rules and Regulations covering the Meetings and Competitions between the Nordic Athletic Federations the finishing positions of the top three athletes also for the men's senior team race is used (article 3.5.8 The sizes of the teams).

## Editions

| Year | Edition | City | Country | Date |
| 1997 | 1st | Helsinki | Finland | November |
| 1998 | 2nd | Ålgård | Norway | November |
| 1999 | 3rd | Enhörna | Sweden | November |
| 2000 | 4th | Copenhagen | Denmark | November |
| 2001 | 5th | Perniö | Finland | November |
| 2002 | 6th | Geithus | Norway | November |
| 2003 | 7th | Kvarnsveden | Sweden | 9 November |
| 2004 | 8th | Ejby | Denmark | 14 November |
| 2005 | 9th | Hamina | Finland | 12 November |
| 2006 | 10th | Fredrikstad | Norway | 11 November |
| 2007 | 11th | Södertälje | Sweden | 4 November |
| 2008 | 12th | Copenhagen | Denmark | 15 November |
| 2009 | 13th | Perniö | Finland | 7 November |
| 2010 | 14th | Trondheim | Norway | 24 November |
| 2011 | 15th | Uddevalla | Sweden | 12 November |
| 2012 | 16th | Tårnby | Denmark | 11 November |
| 2013 | 17th | Reykjavík | Iceland | 9 November |
| 2014 | 18th | Vantaa | Finland | 8 November |
| 2015 | 19th | Gothenburg | Sweden | 7 November |
| 2016 | 20th | Kristiansand | Norway | 12 November |
| 2017 | 21st | Middelfart | Denmark | 11 November |
| 2018 | 22nd | Reykjavík | Iceland | 10 November |
| 2019 | 23rd | Vierumäki | Finland | 10 November |
| 2020 | 24th | (Covid-19) | | November |
| 2021 | 25th | Stockholm | Sweden | 7 November |
| 2022 | 26th | Kristiansand | Norway | 6 November |
| 2023 | 27th | Reykjavík | Iceland | 5 November |

## Past medalists
### Men's senior

| Year | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team (points) | Team (points) | Team (points) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1997 | Carsten Jørgensen (DEN) | Claes Nyberg (SWE) | Dennis Jensen (DEN) | Denmark (14) | Sweden (39) | Finland (40) |
| 1998 | Carsten Jørgensen (DEN) | Claes Nyberg (SWE) | Dennis Jensen (DEN) | Sweden (26) | Denmark (26) | Norway (41) |
| 1999 | Klaus Hansen (DEN) | Claes Nyberg (SWE) | Erik Sjöqvist (SWE) | Sweden (18) | Denmark (25) | Finland (44) |
| 2000 | Dennis Jensen (DEN) | Erik Sjöqvist (SWE) | Knut Erik Rame (NOR) | Denmark (18) | Sweden (31) | Finland (40) |
| 2001 | Jari Matinlauri (FIN) | Claes Nyberg (SWE) | Dennis Jensen (DEN) | Finland (19) | Sweden (33) | Denmark (34) |
| 2002 | Jari Matinlauri (FIN) | Claes Nyberg (SWE) | Henrik Skoog (SWE) | Sweden (17) | Finland (21) | Norway (48) |
| 2003 | Samuli Vasala (FIN) | Mustafa Mohamed (SWE) | Claes Nyberg (SWE) | Sweden (15) | Finland (31) | Norway (45) |
| 2004 | Claes Nyberg (SWE) | Erik Sjöqvist (SWE) | Henrik Skoog (SWE) | Sweden (13) | Denmark (36) | Finland (37) |
| 2005 | Henrik Ahnström (SWE) | Øystein Sylta (NOR) | Jussi Utriainen (FIN) | Sweden (24) | Finland (29) | Denmark (37) |
| 2006 | Mustafa Mohamed (SWE) | Øystein Sylta (NOR) | Henrik Skoog (SWE) | Sweden (19) | Finland (30) | Norway (35) |
| 2007 | Jussi Utriainen (FIN) | Erik Sjöqvist (SWE) | Øystein Sylta (NOR) | Sweden (17) | Finland (34) | Norway (49) |
| 2008 | Øystein Sylta (NOR) | Oskar Käck (SWE) | Erik Sjöqvist (SWE) | Sweden (17) | Denmark (33) | Norway (44) |
| 2009 | Morten Munkholm (DEN) | Andreas Bueno (DEN) | Henrik Them (DEN) | Denmark (14) | Sweden (28) | Finland (50) |
| 2010 | Sondre Nordstad Moen (NOR) | Dabaya Badhaso (NOR) | Mustafa Mohamed (SWE) | Norway (22) | Sweden (30) | Finland (44) |
| 2011 | Urige Buta (NOR) | Mikael Ekvall (SWE) | Audun Nordtveit (NOR) | Norway (14) | Sweden (25) | Denmark (43) |
| 2012 | Abdi Hakin Ulad (DEN) | Mikael Ekvall (SWE) | Asbjørn Ellefsen Persen (NOR) | Norway (20) | Denmark (26) | Sweden (34) |
| 2013 | Abdi Hakin Ulad (DEN) | Ørjan Grönnevig (NOR) | Michael Nielsen (DEN) | Norway (23) | Denmark (24) | Sweden (42) |
| 2014 | Hans Kristian Fløystad (NOR) | Alexander Palm (SWE) | Mikael Ekvall (SWE) | Sweden (16) | Norway (22) | Denmark (53) |
| 2015 | Olle Walleräng (SWE) | Ole Hesselbjerg (DEN) | David Nilsson (SWE) | Sweden (15) | Denmark (29) | Norway (41) |
| 2016 | Ørjan Grønnevig (NOR) | David Nilsson (SWE) | Marius Vedvik (SWE) | Norway (15) | Sweden (32) | Denmark (40) |
| 2017 | Napolen Solomon (SWE) | David Nilsson (SWE) | Mikael Ekvall (SWE) | Sweden (13) | Denmark (35) | Norway (35) |
| 2018 | Amanuel Gergis (SWE) | Peter Glans (DEN) | David Nilsson (SWE) | Sweden (16) | Denmark (22) | Norway (46) |
| 2019 | David Nilsson (SWE) | Hlynur Andrésson (ISL) | Adhanom Abraha (SWE) | Sweden (20) | Norway (34) | Denmark (50) |
| 2021 | David Nilsson (SWE) | Bjørnar Lillefosse (NOR) | Oliver Löfqvist (SWE) | Sweden (8) | Norway (21) | Denmark (40) |
| 2022 | Mohammadreza Abootorabi (SWE) | Max Peter Bejmer (SWE) | Kasper Fosser (NOR) | Sweden (10) | Norway (14) | Denmark (27) |
| 2023 | Even Brøndbo DAHL (NOR) | Jacob BOUTERA (NOR) | Joel Ibler LILLESØ (DEN) | Norway (7) | Denmark (14) | Sweden (27) |

### Men's junior

| Year | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team (points) | Team (points) | Team (points) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1997 | Jussi Utriainen (FIN) | Ivar Arnesen (NOR) | Mustafa Mohamed (SWE) | Finland (14) | Sweden (25) | Denmark (33) |
| 1998 | Johan Bergström (SWE) | Gustav Svedbrant (SWE) | Henrik Ahnström (SWE) | Sweden (6) | Norway (22) | Finland (27) |
| 1999 | Gunnar Osmundsen (NOR) | Gustav Svedbrant (SWE) | Henrik Ahnström (SWE) | Sweden (13) | Norway (21) | Finland (24) |
| 2000 | Ingemund Askeland (NOR) | Erik Emilsson (SWE) | Jukka Keskisalo (FIN) | Sweden (11) | Norway (15) | Finland (33) |
| 2001 | Mats Granström (SWE) | Bjørnar Kristensen (NOR) | Mårten Boström (FIN) | Sweden (14) | Norway (15) | Finland (21) |
| 2002 | Mats Granström (SWE) | Mohammed Bashir (DEN) | Matti Räsänen (FIN) | Denmark (14) | Finland (19) | Norway (21) |
| 2003 | Tuomas Jokinen (FIN) | Mohammed Bashir (DEN) | Martin Johansson (SWE) | Finland (11) | Denmark (14) | Sweden (25) |
| 2004 | Joel Lewis Jonsson (SWE) | Øystein Andersen (NOR) | Thomas Stave Gabrielsen (NOR) | Sweden (12) | Norway (13) | Finland (24) |
| 2005 | Tuomas Jokinen (FIN) | Thomas Stave Gabrielsen (NOR) | Kári Steinn Karlsson (ISL) | Sweden (15) | Finland (18) | Norway (21) |
| 2006 | Alexander Söderberg (SWE) | Sondre Nordstad Moen (NOR) | Sindre Buraas (NOR) | Sweden (12) | Norway (13) | Denmark (27) |
| 2007 | Sondre Nordstad Moen (NOR) | Alexander Söderberg (SWE) | Sindre Buraas (NOR) | Norway (9) | Sweden (13) | Denmark (27) |
| 2008 | Sondre Nordstad Moen (NOR) | Sindre Buraas (NOR) | Andreas Åhlwall (SWE) | Norway (8) | Sweden (16) | Denmark (40) |
| 2009 | Sondre Nordstad Moen (NOR) | Henrik Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | Anton Danielsson (SWE) | Norway (11) | Sweden (17) | Denmark (18) |
| 2010 | Johan Bugge (NOR) | Örjan Rönnevik (NOR) | Napoleon Solomon (SWE) | Norway (7) | Denmark (23) | Sweden (24) |
| 2011 | Jeppe Harboe (DEN) | Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) | Mads Taersböl (DEN) | Denmark (10) | Norway (16) | Sweden (25) |
| 2012 | Napoleon Solomon (SWE) | Ferdinand Kvan Edman (NOR) | Jakob Dybdal (DEN) | Norway (14) | Sweden (15) | Denmark (17) |
| 2013 | Erik Udø Pedersen (NOR) | Anders Lund Hansen (DEN) | Andreas Johansson (SWE) | Denmark (14) | Sweden (16) | Norway (18) |
| 2014 | Kristian Tjørnhom (NOR) | Vidar Johansson (SWE) | Jacob Simonsen (DEN) | Norway (10) | Sweden (18) | Denmark (20) |
| 2015 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | Stian Aarvik (NOR) | Suldan Hassan (SWE) | Norway (7) | Denmark (18) | Sweden (21) |
| 2016 | Kristian Holm Jensen (NOR) | David Nilsson (SWE) | Simen Halle Haugen (NOR) | Denmark (12) | Norway (12) | Sweden (25) |
| 2017 | Simen Halle Haugen (NOR) | Thomas Jefferson Byrkjeland (NOR) | Miguel Palm (SWE) | Norway (7) | Sweden (21) | Denmark (27) |
| 2018 | Håkon Stavik (NOR) | Omar Ismail (SWE) | Emil Millan de la Olivá (SWE) | Norway (17) | Sweden (18) | Finland (21) |
| 2019 | Håkon Stavik (NOR) | Joel Ibler Lillesø (DEN) | Jonatan Vedvik (NOR) | Norway (11) | Denmark (17) | Sweden (26) |
| 2021 | Abdullahi Dahi Rabi (NOR) | Axel Vang Christensen (DEN) | Joel Ibler Lillesø (DEN) | Norway (10) | Denmark (21) | Sweden (27) |
| 2022 | Esten Hansen Möllerud Hauen (NOR) | Vebjörn Hovdejord (NOR) | Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen (NOR) | Norway (6) | Sweden (25) | Denmark (32) |
| 2023 | Karl Ottfalk (SWE) | Kristian Bråthen Börve (NOR) | Simen Gløgård Stensrud (NOR) | Norway (6) | Sweden (19) | Finland (30) |

### Women's senior

| Year | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team (points) | Team (points) | Team (points) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1997 | Annemari Sandell (FIN) | Sara Wedlund (SWE) | Annemette Jensen (DEN) | Denmark (12) | Sweden (15) | Finland (?) |
| 1998 | Lene Hove (NOR) | Bente Landøy (NOR) | Charlotte Sass Larsen (DEN) | Norway (7) | Sweden (19) | Denmark (23) |
| 1999 | Gunhild Halle (NOR) | Hilde Hovdenak (NOR) | Stine Larsen (NOR) | Norway (6) | Finland (16) | Sweden (27) |
| 2000 | Gunhild Halle (NOR) | Malin Öhrn (SWE) | Linda Sjöström (SWE) | Sweden (10) | Denmark (20) | Finland (39) |
| 2001 | Gunhild Halle (NOR) | Annemari Sandell (FIN) | Malin Öhrn (SWE) | Norway (14) | Sweden (20) | Finland (20) |
| 2002 | Dorte Vibjerg (DEN) | Ulla Tuimala (FIN) | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) | Finland (13) | Norway (19) | Sweden (25) |
| 2003 | Ulla Tuimala (FIN) | Dorte Vibjerg (DEN) | Runa Bostad (NOR) | Sweden (15) | Finland (18) | Denmark (25) |
| 2004 | Susanne Wigene (NOR) | Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (NOR) | Runa Bostad (NOR) | Norway (6) | Sweden (21) | Finland (22) |
| 2005 | Louise Mørch (DEN) | Runa Bostad (NOR) | Minna Kauppi (FIN) | Denmark (12) | Norway (15) | Finland (20) |
| 2006 | Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (NOR) | Karolina Höjsgaard (SWE) | Ragnhild Kvarberg (NOR) | Norway (8) | Sweden (14) | Finland (25) |
| 2007 | Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (NOR) | Lisa Blommé (SWE) | Ida Nilsson (SWE) | Sweden (9) | Norway (22) | Finland (23) |
| 2008 | Annemari Sandell (FIN) | Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (NOR) | Ida Nilsson (SWE) | Sweden (13) | Norway (22) | Finland (26) |
| 2009 | Ulrika Johansson (SWE) | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR) | Maria Sig Möller (DEN) | Sweden (11) | Norway (14) | Denmark (29) |
| 2010 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR) | Kirsten Marathon Melkevik (NOR) | Sandra Eriksson (SWE) | Norway (9) | Finland (21) | Sweden (27) |
| 2011 | Tone Hjalmarsen (NOR) | Johanna Lehtinen (FIN) | Kirsten Melkevik (NOR) | Norway (12) | Sweden (18) | Finland (19) |
| 2012 | Simone Glad (DEN) | Ulrika Flodin (SWE) | Veronika Blom (NOR) | Norway (13) | Denmark (14) | Sweden (29) |
| 2013 | Charlotta Fougberg (SWE) | Inger Liv Bjerkrem Nilsen (NOR) | Simone Glad (DEN) | Sweden (12) | Norway (15) | Denmark (18) |
| 2014 | Veronika Blom (NOR) | Simone Glad (DEN) | Janica Mäkelä (FIN) | Finland (14) | Norway (19) | Sweden (23) |
| 2015 | Johanna Peiponen (FIN) | Simone Glad (DEN) | Sara Holmgren (SWE) | Finland (18) | Denmark (19) | Sweden (23) |
| 2016 | Charlotta Fougberg (SWE) | Camilla Richardsson (FIN) | Annemari Kiekara (FIN) | Sweden (10) | Finland (18) | Norway (22) |
| 2017 | Sara Christiansson (SWE) | Camilla Richardsson (FIN) | Maria Larsson (SWE) | Sweden (12) | Norway (20) | Denmark (21) |
| 2018 | Anna Emilie Møller (DEN) | Lisa Havell (SWE) | Sara Christiansson (SWE) | Finland (18) | Denmark (19) | Sweden (12) |
| 2019 | Anna Emilie Møller (DEN) | Sara Christiansson (SWE) | Maria Sagnes Wågan (NOR) | Norway (15) | Sweden (18) | Denmark (23) |
| 2021 | Sara Christiansson (SWE) | Charlotte Andersson (SWE) | Mathilde Theisen (NOR) | Sweden (12) | Finland (18) | Norway (20) |
| 2022 | Nathalie Blomqvist (FIN) | Kristine Meinert Röd (NOR) | Hanne Mjöen Maridal (NOR) | Norway (12) | Finland (17) | Denmark (21) |
| 2023 | Ina Halle Haugen (NOR) | Hanne Mjøen MARIDAL (NOR) | Juliane Hvid (DEN) | Norway (8) | Sweden (19) | Denmark (21) |

### Women's junior

| Year | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team (points) | Team (points) | Team (points) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1997 | Susanne Wigene (NOR) | Irina Koistinen (FIN) | Jessica Carlberg (SWE) | Finland (11) | Sweden (16) | Denmark (36) |
| 1998 | Minna Myllykoski (FIN) | Tuula Laitinen (FIN) | Minna Nummela (FIN) | Finland (6) | Sweden (15) | Denmark (20) |
| 1999 | Minna Myllykoski (FIN) | Ida Nilsson (SWE) | Mia Larsson (SWE) | Finland (10) | Sweden (11) | Denmark (30) |
| 2000 | Ida Nilsson (SWE) | Johanna Nilsson (SWE) | Mia Larsson (SWE) | Sweden (6) | Finland (22) | Denmark (30) |
| 2001 | Riina Tolonen (FIN) | Elina Lindgren (FIN) | Minna Myllykoski (FIN) | Finland (6) | Sweden (20) | Norway (26) |
| 2002 | Elina Lindgren (FIN) | Marte Elden (NOR) | Anna Holm Jørgensen (DEN) | Finland (10) | Norway (17) | Sweden (28) |
| 2003 | Anna Holm Jørgensen (DEN) | Jonna Välimaa (FIN) | Kari Anne Myhre (NOR) | Finland (16) | Norway (20) | Sweden (22) |
| 2004 | Ingunn Opsal (NOR) | Anna Holm Jørgensen (DEN) | Paula Holma (FIN) | Finland (14) | Denmark (24) | Sweden (27) |
| 2005 | Ingunn Opsal (NOR) | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR) | Anna Holm Jørgensen (DEN) | Norway (8) | Finland (25) | Sweden (29) |
| 2006 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (NOR) | Suvi Miettinen (FIN) | Anna Holm Jørgensen (DEN) | Norway (11) | Finland (18) | Denmark (20) |
| 2007 | Kristine Eikrem Engeset (NOR) | Suvi Miettinen (FIN) | Charlotte Sinclair (SWE) | Finland (13) | Sweden (14) | Norway (19) |
| 2008 | Sandra Eriksson (FIN) | Mary Alenbratt (SWE) | Veronika Blom (NOR) | Sweden (14) | Finland (16) | Norway (17) |
| 2009 | Saara Nikander (FIN) | Johanna Peiponen (FIN) | Silje Bæra Hørthe (NOR) | Finland (9) | Sweden (20) | Norway (23) |
| 2010 | Saara Nikander (FIN) | Anna Segersson (SWE) | Nina Persson (SWE) | Sweden (13) | Finland (15) | Norway (18) |
| 2011 | Vivi Rantanen (FIN) | Sarah Lahti (SWE) | Oona Kettunen (FIN) | Finland (11) | Norway (19) | Sweden (20) |
| 2012 | Agnes Sjöström (SWE) | Heidi Mårtensson (NOR) | Aníta Hinriksdóttir (ISL) | Sweden (10) | Norway (21) | Finland (30) |
| 2013 | Heidi Mårtensson (NOR) | Oona Kettunen (FIN) | Sarah Lahti (SWE) | Finland (17) | Norway (21) | Sweden (23) |
| 2014 | Johanna Matintalo (FIN) | Maria Larsen (DEN) | Anna Emilie Møller (DEN) | Denmark (11) | Norway (16) | Finland (26) |
| 2015 | Alisa Vainio (FIN) | Anna Emilie Møller (DEN) | Johanna Matintalo (FIN) | Finland (11) | Denmark (11) | Norway (27) |
| 2016 | Christine Næss (NOR) | Stine Wangberg (NOR) | JMariann Roe (NOR) | Norway (6) | Denmark (15) | Sweden (36) |
| 2017 | Alberte Kjær Pedersen (DEN) | Saija Seppa (FIN) | Anna Mark Helwigh (DEN) | Denmark (9) | Norway (26) | Finland (27) |
| 2018 | Moona Korkealaakso (FIN) | Laura Valgreen Petersen (DEN) | Astrid Snäll (FIN) | Finland (15) | Denmark (16) | Norway (23) |
| 2019 | Ingeborg Østgård (NOR) | Andrea Modin Engesæth (NOR) | Natalie Blomqvist (FIN) | Norway (8) | Sweden (17) | Finland (26) |
| 2021 | Ingeborg Østgård (NOR) | Sofia Thøgersen (DEN) | Ilona Mononen (FIN) | Norway (10) | Sweden (24) | Denmark (24) |
| 2022 | Sofia Thøgersen (DEN) | Ingeborg Östgård (NOR) | Ina Hallen Haugen (NOR) | Norway (13) | Sweden (20) | Denmark (21) |
| 2023 | Sofia Thøgersen (DEN) | Elsa Sundqvist (SWE) | Majken Larsson (SWE) | Sweden (11) | Norway (17) | Denmark (25) |