Trondheim 2025 Nordic World Ski Championships

The 44th Nordic Skiing World Championships was held in the Norwegian city of Trondheim from 26 February to 9 March 2025. It was the second time the World Championships were held in Trondheim, as the 30th Championships in 1997 were also held in the city.

It was the 6th time the Nordic Skiing Championships were held in Norway, as the Championships in 1930, 1966, 1982 and 2011 were all held in Oslo.

Trondheim is located in Trøndelag in central Norway. It has roots dating back more than 1000 years and is one of Norway's oldest cities. With more than 200.000 inhabitants, it is Norway's third largest city.

All competitions in the championships were held in the impressive winter sports area Granåsen Ski Centre [1].

Top Athletes and Highlights

Norwegian Cross Country skier Johannes Hæsflot Klæbo proved to be the strongest athlete in the World Championships setting a record that will likely never be equalled. He won all 6 possible events he could participate in (only excluding the para events) from the individual sprint to the 50 km. Easily one of the greatest achievements all-time in cross country skiing.

But all was not glory for the host nation in Cross Country skiing as Sweden upset the Norwegians by winning all non-para competitions for the women. Jonna Sundling and Ebba Andersson took three gold each and Frida Karlsson two.

In Nordic Combined, Norwegian Jark Magnus Riiber dominated the men’s competitions and won three gold and a bronze medal.

In Ski Jumping, it was notable that the gold medals in the individual competitions in the Large Hill were won by two Slovenian siblings, Nica Prevc in the women's event and Domen Prevc in the men's event. The two siblings were also part of the Slovenian team that won silver in the Mixed Team competition.

But the Ski Jumping competitions will also be remembered for the fact that the Norwegian team manipulated the jump suites for three of the Norwegian ski jumpers prior to the competition in the Men's Large Hill event. An action that was clearly against the rules and which resulted in the disqualification of several ski jumpers [2].

Developments in the programme

The Trondheim 2025 championships as always included the three nordic skiing sports: cross-country skiing, ski jumping and nordic combined (a combination of cross-country skiing and ski jumping).

There were several changes to the programme aimed towards gender parity which meant changes for both men’s and women's events. In addition, new formats were introduced in Nordic Combined and para events emerged in the programme for the first time.

In cross country both women and men this time competed individually in 10 km and 50 km and for the first time both team relays were 4x7,5 km events. There was also 3 para-events (sitting, standing and for visually impaired) added to the program for both women and men.

In Nordic Combined new developments were a socalled compact event for men and a mass start event for women.

In Ski Jumping the programme consisted of the same seven events as in the previous championships in Planica in 2023.