FIS Ski-Flying World Championships
Vikersundbakken opened as Northern Europe's only ski flying hill in March 1966. The hill was later renovated and expanded ahead of the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1977 and again ahead of the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1990. Holmenkollen National Arena and Holmenkollbakken were declared the national venue for Nordic skiing in 1997, ahead of Granåsen in Trondheim and Lysgårdsbakken in Lillehammer. By then ideas had been launched to build a national ski flying hill in Rødkleiva. However, it was rejected both by Holmenkollen director Rolf Nyhus and ski jumping director Odd Hammernes, who stated that a new ski flying hill would be too expensive.