Trondheim
Aug 31, 2018·Nordic Combined
General Information
With a population of about 180.000 people, Trondheim is the third biggest city in Norway and located in Sør-Trøndelag county. It was founded as early as 997 as a trading post and was the capital of Norway in the Viking Age until 1217. Trondheim it also famous for its Nidaros cathedral.
The venue
The Nordic skiing venue in Trondheim is called Granåsen and Nordic Combined World Cup and Continental Cup competitions have been hosted there quite regularly in the last years. Granåsen features a large HS 140 and a normal HS 105 hill and the stands can host up to 40.000 visitors. The first hill was inagurated in Graåsen in 1940 and since then, many reconstructions have taken place, the last one in 2008 when the large hill was transformed from HS 131 to HS 140. From 2013/14, the World Cup tours of ski jumping, ladies ski jumping and Nordic Combined stop in Trondheim. In 1997, Trondheim hosted the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Past winners & podiums
Media & Communications
www.wctrondheim.org
www.facebook.com/worldcuptrondheim
https://twitter.com/FISWCTrondheim
#wctrondheim
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