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Strength athletics in Norway

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Strength athletics in Norway refers to the participation of Norwegian competitors and holding national strongman competitions.

History

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The sport's roots have a long history going back many centuries before modern strongman competitions in the 1970s. However, Norway did not come onto the international scene in modern times until the mid-1990s. Norway has had mixed success on the international stage, with Svend Karlsen winning the 2001 World's Strongest Man title, Norway's only WSM title. In recent years, Norway has had several top international competitors in WSM, including Arild Haugen, Richard Skog, Odd Haugen and Espen Aune.

National Competitions

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Norway's Strongest Man

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Norway's Strongest Man
Tournament information
LocationNorway
Month playedSeptember
Established1998
FormatMulti-event competition
Current champion
Norway Mattis Bjorheim (2023)

Norway's Strongest Man (Norwegian: Norges Sterkeste Mann) is an annual strongman competition and the main national title of Norway. The event was established in 1998 and has produced fourteen champions throughout the years.[1] Kurt Kvikkstad won in 1998 & 1999, with Roy Holte winning the next 3 years. Then emerged Svend Karlsen, Norway's greatest strength athlete who took the 2003, 2005, and 2006 titles. In 2004 Mattis Bjorheim won the title. Arild Haugen won in 2007 & 2008 and Richard Skog won in 2009 & 2010.[1] Espen Aune won in 2011[2] and then emerged Ole Martin Hansen who won the title four times from 2012 to 2015.[3] Jørgen Skaug Aukland won in 2016 followed by Bjørn André Solvang in 2017. Then emerged Ole Martin Kristiansen who won the title three times from 2018 to 2020. Jonas Bathen won in 2021, Henrik Hildeskor in 2022 and Mattis Bjorheim in 2023.

Champions breakdown

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Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd place
1998 Norway Kurt Kvikkstad Norway Thomas Johansen Norway Roy Holte
1999 Norway Kurt Kvikkstad Norway Marius Bjerke Norway Roy Holte
2000 Norway Roy Holte Norway Odd Haugen Norway Olaf Dahl
2001 Norway Roy Holte Norway Kurk Kvikkstad Norway Frank Nagy
2002 Norway Roy Holte Norway Olaf Dahl Norway Frank Nagy
2003 Norway Svend Karlsen Norway Odd Haugen Norway Reider Kvåle
2004 Norway Reider Kvåle[4] Norway Espen Aune[5] Norway Olaf Dahl[5]
2005 Norway Svend Karlsen Norway Reider Kvåle Norway Olaf Dahl
2006 Norway Svend Karlsen Norway Arild Haugen Norway Reider Kvåle
2007 Norway Arild Haugen Norway Espen Aune Norway Odd Haugen
2008 Norway Arild Haugen Norway Richard Skog Norway Odd Haugen
2009 Norway Richard Skog Norway Arild Haugen Norway Lars Rørbakken
2010 Norway Richard Skog Norway Espen Aune Norway Bjørn André Solvang
2011 Norway Espen Aune Norway Lars Rørbakken Norway Bjørn André Solvang
2012 Norway Ole Martin Hansen Norway Lars Rørbakken Norway Espen Aune
2013 Norway Ole Martin Hansen Norway Bjørn Andre Solvang Norway Øyvind Rein
2014 Norway Ole Martin Hansen Norway Espen Aune Norway Bjørn Andre Solvang
2015 Norway Ole Martin Hansen Norway Bjørn Andre Solvang Norway Espen Aune
2016 Norway Jørgen Skaug Aukland Norway Ole Martin Hansen Norway Ole Martin Kristiansen
2017 Norway Bjørn André Solvang Norway Ole Martin Kristiansen Norway Jon Olav Granli
2018 Norway Ole Martin Kristiansen Norway Nils Kjetil Sande Norway Jonas Bathen
2019 Norway Ole Martin Kristiansen Norway Bjørn André Solvang Norway Jørn Erik Bolstad
2020 Norway Ole Martin Kristiansen Norway Henrik Hildeskor Norway Stefan Sekej
2021 Norway Jonas Bathen Norway Stefan Sekej Norway Øyvind Gustavsen
2022 Norway Henrik Hildeskor Norway Morten Linge Norway Dag Rune Stangeland
2023 Norway Mattis Bjorheim (To be confirmed) (To be confirmed)

Repeat champions

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Champion Times & years
Norway Ole Martin Hansen 4 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Norway Roy Holte 3 (2000, 2001, 2002)
Norway Svend Karlsen 3 (2003, 2005, 2006)
Norway Ole Martin Kristiansen 3 (2018, 2019, 2020)
Norway Arild Haugen 2 (2002, 2003)
Norway Richard Skog 2 (2009, 2010)

Regional Competitions

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Nordic Strongman Championships

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Nordic Strongman Championships consists of athletes from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.[6]

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2005 Norway Svend Karlsen Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Finland Juha-Matti Räsänen
2012[6] Sweden Johannes Årsjö Norway Lars Rorbakken Denmark Mikkel Leicht
2013 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Norway Ole Martin Hansen Finland Juha-Matti Järvi

International Competitions

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World's Strongest Viking

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Main article: World's Strongest Viking

Norway hosted the World's Strongest Viking competition every January in freezing weather conditions.

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2014 [7] Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Sweden David Nyström United Kingdom Terry Hollands
2015 [8] Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Canada Jean-François Caron
2016 [9] Canada Jean-François Caron Slovenia Matjaz Belsak Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski
2017 [10] Canada Jean-François Caron Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski United States Luke Herrick
2018 [11] Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Germany Dennis Kohlruss United States Luke Herrick
2019 [12] Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Norway Ole Martin Kristiansen Finland Mika Törrö
2020 [13] Republic of Ireland Sean O'Hagan Latvia Aivars Šmaukstelis Finland Mika Törrö
2021 [14] Latvia Dainis Zageris Netherlands Kelvin de Ruiter Norway Henrik Hildeskor

Giants Live

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Norway was also the venue for one of Giants Live grand prix competitions with the participation of top athletes of the world. The competition was named Viking Power Challenge.

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2009 United States Travis Ortmayer Norway Richard Skog Russia Mikhail Koklyaev

References

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  1. ^ a b "PREVIOUS STRONGMAN CONTESTS TOP 3". Davidhorne-gripmaster.com. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  2. ^ Norway’s Strongest Man: Strongman and More
  3. ^ "Norway's Strongest Man". Strongman Archives.
  4. ^ "iform.no". Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  5. ^ a b "treningsforum.no". Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  6. ^ a b "Nordic Strongman Championships: Viking Loses His Title!". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  7. ^ "2014 Giants Live Norway". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  8. ^ "2015 SCL Norway". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  9. ^ "2016 SCL Norway". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  10. ^ "2017 SCL Norway". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  11. ^ "2018 SCL Norway". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  12. ^ "2019 SCL Norway". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  13. ^ "2020 SCL Norway". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  14. ^ "2021 SCL Norway". strongmanarchives.com. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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