Vikingarännet
Sign in to saveis a long distance ice skating race and tour skating event between Uppsala and Stockholm in Sweden. The race length is about 80km. There is also a shorter 50km event called ('The Viking Tour').
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- competition
- Country
- Sweden
- Sport
- athletics
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- Vikingarännet 2010 mål.jpg
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- Vikingarännet
- inception
- 1999-01-01
- month of the year
- February
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is a long distance ice skating race and tour skating event between Uppsala and Stockholm in Sweden. The race length is about 80km. There is also a shorter 50km event called ('The Viking Tour').
==Name== The event is named after the Viking Age (ca. 1000 CE) because it follows historical water transportation routes on Lake Mälaren which have been used since then.
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