More imports arrived, some more influental in breeding than others. Up to 1981 about 50 dogs were imported to Norway. After that, a limited number of dogs has arrived. Norway has like England had strict quarantene-rules ,which has made it quite expensive to import dogs. Today, there is still 4 months quarantine from countries outside Europe, but since 1994, european dogs can now be taken in with rabiesshots and bloodtests.
Norwegian mushers compete abroad and foreigners race here.
The most importent lift of the scandinavian Siberian-world came when the swede Ingvar De Forest, Snowtrail kennel, took a roundtrip to USA and Canada. and bought 11 dogs. Igloo Paks Shagtoolik. There have been some major debates in the Siberian-world over the years. The first one was about show-dogs versus racing dogs. Then the discussion was about nordic racing.