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Annual orienteering competition in Sweden

O-Ringen Genre Sporting event Frequency Annually Location Sweden Inaugurated 1965; 61 years ago (1965) Website www.oringen.se/en/start.html O-Ringen 2025

The **O-Ringen** is an [orienteering](/source/Foot_orienteering) [competition](/source/Competition) based in [Sweden](/source/Sweden). It takes place annually in different parts of the country. Orienteers from all over the world come to the event. The competition attracts [significant media coverage](/source/Media_in_Sweden) and winning is often considered second only to the [World Orienteering Championships](/source/World_Orienteering_Championships) in prestige.

The competition takes place in the month of July, and takes place over 5 days, where every active day is a competition stage. Competitors are assigned start times for the first four stages of the race, but on the fifth and final stage a "chasing start" is used. In a chasing start the overall leader in each class starts first and the remaining competitors start according to the total time they trail. This means that the first runner over the finish line on the final stage is the winner.

## History

In 1965, the O-Ringen was first started in Denmark, Scania, and Blekinge by elite Swedish national team runners [Peo Bengtsson](/source/Peo_Bengtsson) and [Sivar Nordström](/source/Sivar_Nordstr%C3%B6m). They organised the competition at short notice from 19–23 July to fill the days between two already-organised weekend events in Simlångsdalen and Kallinge. Due to lack of available high-quality maps, the first day was organised in Hillerød. After being publicised in the *[Skogssport](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skogssport&action=edit&redlink=1) [[sv](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skogssport)]* and the *[Idrottsbladet](/source/Idrottsbladet)* magazines, 156 participants attended the first event, during which guest of honour [Torsten Tegnér](/source/Torsten_Tegn%C3%A9r) was forced to help with organisation due to lack of volunteers. The events were organised in the evenings to allow for people who had to work during the day. Following the first event, participation levels then steadily increased.[1]

The O-Ringen received its name from the union of Swedish national team runners that Bengtsson and Nordström were first part of; the union was started with the purpose to improve international orienteering in 1962 by ten Swedish national team runners, including most Swedish competitors at the 1962 [European Orienteering Championships](/source/European_Orienteering_Championships). Some of the first members included European Championships medallists [Bertil Norman](/source/Bertil_Norman) and [Emy Gauffin](/source/Emy_Gauffin). The O-Ringen union was important in organising the event through to 1978, and held some administrative roles until 2003.[1]

Up until today the highest participant level was in 1985 in Dalarna/Falun were there were 25,021 participants.

The O-Ringen was included in the [Orienteering World Cup](/source/Orienteering_World_Cup) series in 1998, 2007, and 2008.

In 2009 there were prize money in the Elite series, the main classes for both the men and the women, totalling to half a million kronor. The final result in the junior elite classes will count towards the Silva Junior Cup.

From 2008, [multi-sport](/source/Multi-sport) has been represented at the competition in the form of the O-Ringen Multi. The competition on the Tuesday will be a part of the [Swedish](/source/Sweden) [Multi-sport](/source/Multi-sport) Cup.

The O-Ringen Academy is a training program which consists of three sections; International, Leadership and Sports. The International section focuses on training orienteers from all over the world who want to learn more about [orienteering](/source/Orienteering) in order to develop the sport in their home countries. The Leadership section is a leadership training course in the form of seminars and speeches. The Sports section is more concerned with the physical side with training camps of different sorts, including a week for juniors before the O-Ringen.

## Records

- The first ever stage of the [Swedish](/source/Sweden) 5-Days was held in [Denmark](/source/Denmark).

- [Ulla Lindkvist](/source/Ulla_Lindkvist) has the most titles in the women's class with eight wins.

- [Lars Lönnkvist](/source/Lars_L%C3%B6nnkvist) has won the men's class four times

## Statistics

Year Location Contestants[1] Women's winner[2] Men's winner[3] 1965 Scania, Blekinge, Denmark 156 Inga-Britt Bengtsson Nils Bohman 1966 Småland, Västergötland 672 Kerstin Granstedt Juhani Salmenkylä 1967 Motala 1,910 Ulla Lindkvist Kalle Johansson 1968 Borås 3,250 Ulla Lindkvist Åge Hadler 1969 Rommehed 5,355 Ulla Lindkvist Stefan Green 1970 Kristianstad 6,378 Ulla Lindkvist Bernt Frilén 1971 Malmköping 8,627 Ulla Lindkvist Hans Aurell 1972 Eksjö 8,253 Ulla Lindkvist Hans Aurell 1973 Rättvik 10,449 Ulla Lindkvist Bengt Gustafsson 1974 Kristianstad 10,196 Ulla Lindkvist Ernst Jönsson 1975 Haninge 9,322 Anne Lundmark Matti Mäkinen 1976 Ransäter 14,843 Sarolta Monspart Gert Pettersson 1977 Visby 7,186 Liisa Veijalainen Sigurd Dæhli 1978 Skara 15,148 Liisa Veijalainen Kjell Lauri 1979 Örebro 15,842 Britt-Marie Karlsson Lars-Henrik Undeland 1980 Uppsala 15,142 Liisa Veijalainen Lars Lönnkvist 1981 Mohed 18,983 Annichen Kringstad Jörgen Mårtensson 1982 Luleå 13,631 Annichen Kringstad Lars Lönnkvist 1983 Anderstorp 22,498 Annichen Kringstad Håkan Eriksson 1984 Bräkne-Hoby 16,123 Karin Gunnarsson Kent Olsson 1985 Falun 25,021 Annichen Kringstad Joakim Ingelsson 1986 Borås 17,353 Annichen Kringstad Anders Erik Olsson 1987 Norrköping 16,216 Katarina Borg Lars Lönnkvist 1988 Sundsvall 16,413 Barbro Lönnkvist Lars Lönnkvist 1989 Östersund 17,818 Barbro Lönnkvist Niklas Löwegren 1990 Gothenburg 20,172 Ragnhild Bente Andersen Per Ek 1991 Arboga 16,581 Arja Hannus Håkan Eriksson 1992 Södertälje 17,806 Gunilla Svärd Allan Mogensen 1993 Falkenberg 15,006 Annika Zell Petter Thoresen 1994 Örnsköldsvik 14,414 Katarina Borg Petter Thoresen 1995 Hässleholm 14,304 Eija Koskivaara Jörgen Olsson 1996 Karlstad 17,007 Annika Zell Jörgen Mårtensson 1997 Umeå 11,179 Katarina Borg Jörgen Mårtensson 1998 Gävle 13,249 Hanne Staff Johan Ivarsson 1999 Borlänge 15,238 Jenny Johansson Fredrik Löwegren 2000 Hallsberg 13,740 Hanne Staff Jimmy Birklin 2001 Märsta 12,525 Marlena Jansson Johan Ivarsson 2002 Skövde 14,651 Simone Niggli-Luder Mats Haldin 2003 Uddevalla 14,998 Heather Monro Mats Haldin 2004 Gothenburg 13,259 Jenny Johansson Valentin Novikov 2005 Skillingaryd 12,657 Emma Engstrand Emil Wingstedt 2006 Mohed 13,500 Simone Niggli-Luder Simonas Krepsta 2007 Mjölby 14,300 Simone Niggli-Luder Anders Nordberg 2008 Sälen 24,375 Anne Margrethe Hausken Tero Föhr 2009 Eksjö 15,589 Helena Jansson Martin Johansson 2010 Örebro 16,069 Simone Niggli-Luder David Andersson 2011 Mohed 12,939 Tove Alexandersson Erik Rost 2012 Halmstad 21,172 Tatiana Ryabkina Olav Lundanes 2013 Boden 12,907 Tove Alexandersson Thierry Gueorgiou 2014 Kristianstad 23,088 Tove Alexandersson Thierry Gueorgiou 2015 Borås 18,058 Anne Margrethe Hausken William Lind 2016 Sälen 24,313 Tove Alexandersson Thierry Gueorgiou 2017 Arvika 15,127 Tove Alexandersson William Lind 2018 Örnsköldsvik 17,171 Simone Niggli-Luder Magne Daehli 2019 Norrköping 21,171 Tove Alexandersson Ruslan Glebov 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2022 Uppsala 20,271[4] Sara Hagström Gustav Bergman 2023 Åre 15,657[5] Sara Hagström Olli Ojanaho 2024 Oskarshamn 19,304 Tove Alexandersson Emil Svensk 2025 Jönköping TBA Simona Aebersold Emil Svensk 2026 Gothenburg TBA TBA TBA 2027 Stockholm TBA TBA TBA 2028 Sundsvall TBA TBA TBA

## See also

- [Tiomila](/source/Tiomila)

- [Jukola relay](/source/Jukola_relay)

- [List of sporting events in Sweden](/source/List_of_sporting_events_in_Sweden)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-history_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-history_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-history_1-2) ["O-Ringens historia - O-Ringen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190703225916/http://www.oringen.se/213/arsneutrala-sidor/om-oss/vad-ar-o-ringen/o-ringens-historia.html). *www.oringen.se* (in Swedish). Archived from [the original](http://www.oringen.se/213/arsneutrala-sidor/om-oss/vad-ar-o-ringen/o-ringens-historia.html) on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Vinnare Damklassen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141226121551/http://www.oringen.se/omoringen/statistik/vinnaredamklassen.933.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.oringen.se/omoringen/statistik/vinnaredamklassen.933.html) on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Vinnare herrklassen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141226121523/http://www.oringen.se/omoringen/statistik/vinnareherrklassen.934.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.oringen.se/omoringen/statistik/vinnareherrklassen.934.html) on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Tidigare O-ringen"](https://oringen.se/huvudmeny/om-oss/tidigare-o-ringen.html). Retrieved 20 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["O-Ringen Åre överträffade målet - trots utmaningarna"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230811201636/https://oringen.se/nyheter/nyheter/2023-07-28-o-ringen-are-overtraffade-malet---trots-utmaningarna.html). Archived from [the original](https://oringen.se/nyheter/nyheter/2023-07-28-o-ringen-are-overtraffade-malet---trots-utmaningarna.html) on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

## External links

- [The 1973 edition at SVT's open archive](http://www.oppetarkiv.se/etikett/titel/Tjejvasan) (in Swedish)

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