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Britta Johansson Norgren

Britta Johanna Helena Johansson Norgren (; born 30 March 1983) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who has competed between 2002 and 2022, first in World Cup events, then in marathon events. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. Her best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is 26th in the individual sprint at Sapporo in 2007.

Career

Britta Norgren was born and raised in Bälinge, Uppsala Municipality and moved to Sollefteå to attend the skiing .

Johansson Norgren's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 11th in the 10 km event at Turin in 2006.

She has a total of eight individual victories at various levels up to 30 km since 2002. Johansson Norgren's best individual World Cup finish was eighth in the sprint event in Germany in 2006.

After the 2013–14 season, Johansson Norgren switched to marathon cross-county skiing. On 31 January 2016 she won the women's edition of the Marcialonga ski marathon race in Italy.

She won the Tjejvasan in 2016, On 25 February 2017, she once again won Tjejvasan. She also won Tjejvasan in 2019. and the ski marathon Vasaloppet in 2017 and 2019. In February 2020, she won Tjejvasan once again. On 26 February 2022, she again won the same race.

On 8 April 2022, she announced her retirement from cross-country skiing.

Personal life

Britta Norgren is married to Jonas Johansson, a former national coach for the Sweden biathlon team.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Team podiums

  • 2 victories – (1 , 1 )
  • 8 podiums – (5 , 3 )

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