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| Website | www.petterkarlsson.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sleddog Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | World Champion Long Distance 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Petter Karlsson (*6 September 1975 in Slussfors, Sweden) is a Swedish musher and world champion in long-distance sled dog racing. He has won the Finnmarksløpet dog sled race four times (2016, 2018, 2023 and 2024).[1][2][3] In 2016, he was the first non-Norwegian to achieve this victory.[4][3][5]
Sporting career
editKarlsson's mushing career began in the late 1990s. In 2005 he won the European Championship in Hamar, Norway.[6][7]
Petter has mainly competed in long-distance races for decades. He won the La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc in 2008 with a finish time of 36:03:51.[8][9][10]
In 2016, he took part in the Europe's longest sled dog race, the Finnmarksløpet, for the first time. He was the first non-Norwegian to achieve this success, breaking the Norwegian dominance in this sport.[4][3][5] The following year, he also won the Femundløpet.[11][12][13]
In 2018, the Swede returned to Finnmarksløpet and was able to achieve a victory 7 minutes ahead of the Norwegian Birgitte Næss.[14][15][16]
Karlsson was in the lead when the race in 2020 had to be stopped due to the covid pandemic.[17][18][19] The race was also cancelled in the following years due to the pandemic.[20]
The Finnmarksløpet 2023 was also the world championship in the long distance, which Karlsson won with a time of 6 days 19 hours 35 min.[21]
In 2024, he won the Finnmarksløpet for the fourth time in a time of 7 days 9 hours 30 minutes. In addition to this victory, he was honoured with the Best Dog Care Award by the race vets.[22][23][24]
Karlssons dogs have also competed in numerous races with other mushers where they have achieved good results.[25]
Awards and honours
editIn addition to the various victories in his career, Karlsson has been honoured with several sports awards. In 2024 he was honoured by the Swedish Kennel Club with Segebadenplaketten for his sporting achievements. He is the first in 11 years to receive this award.[26][27]
At the Finnmarksløpet 2024 Karlsson was also honoured with the popular Best Dog Care Award, an award given by the official race veterinarians to the musher who has shown the greatest care for his dogs throughout the course of the race.[23]
Personal life
editKarlsson is also a breeder of Alaskan huskies and runs a tourist kennel in Slussfors, where he offers 5-Day-Tours and expeditions for guests. His kennel currently consists of 90 dogs. In addition to dog sledding, Karlsson is a farmer. He is married and has three children. He lives with his family in Slussfors, Sweden.[28]
Career highlights
edit| Year | Pos | Race | Distance | Time | Notes | Ref |
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| 2024 | 1 | Finnmarksløpet | 1243 km | 09d 07h 30m | [24] | |
| 2023 | 1 | Finnmarksløpet | 1209 km | 06d 19h 35m | World Championship | [21] |
| 2018 | 1 | Finnmarksløpet | 1209 km | 07d 02h 47m | [16] | |
| 2017 | 1 | Femundløpet | 600 km | [13] | ||
| 2016 | 1 | Finnmarksløpet | 1047 km | 06d 00h 03m | [4] | |
| 2013 | 2 | Amundsen Race | 307 km | 00d 20h 17m | [29] | |
| 2011 | 2 | Amundsen Race | 349 km | 01d 02h 46m | [30] | |
| 2008 | 1 | La Grande Odyssée | 900 km | 01d 12h 03m | [9][31] | |
| 2005 | 1 | European Championship | 00d 05h 48m | [7] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Petter Karlsson is the winner of FL-1200". Finnmarksløpet. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ Groseth, Julie Kristin Karlsen (2024-03-15). "Se direkte: Petter Karlsson først over målstreken i Finnmarksløpet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b c Føleide, Anita (2016-03-11). "I dag ble Karlsson historisk i Finnmarksløpet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b c "Resultatservice: Resultatliste". results.finnmarkslopet.no. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b "Finnmarksløpet". portal.finnmarkslopet.no. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (2008-02-29). "Han lever ett riktigt hundliv". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b "Historical results -IFSS". sleddogsport.net. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (2008-02-29). "Han lever ett riktigt hundliv". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b La Grande Odyssée (2008). "Classement Général de La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc de l'édition 2008" (PDF). La Grande Odyssée. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Mushers Finishers". La Grande Odyssée VVF. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ Kongsrud, Helle Therese (2017-02-13). "Petter Karlsson vant i F600". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Femundløpet - Sled Dog Talk". sleddogtalk.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b Bakke, Nils (2017-03-11). "Okänd här hemma – men hjälte i Norge". www.folkbladet.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ Bendixen, André (2018-03-16). "Svenske vant Finnmarksløpet etter høydramatisk innspurt". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Nothing could stop the Swede". Finnmarksløpet. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b "Finnmarksløpet 2018". portal.finnmarkslopet.no. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "- Det føltes brutalt å måtte stoppe FL-1200". Finnmarksløpet. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ Bozita Robur (2021-08-10). "Petter Karlsson and his huskies were in the lead when the Finnmarkslöpet 2020 was interrupted". Bozita International. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Finnmarksløpet 2020". portal.finnmarkslopet.no. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "En sort dag i vår historie – Finnmarksløpet 2021 avlyses". Finnmarksløpet. 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b "Finnmarksløpet 2023". portal.finnmarkslopet.no. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Petter Karlsson vant FL-1200". Finnmarksløpet. 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b "Finnmarksløpet 2024". portal.finnmarkslopet.no. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Sleddog Race World Champion - Meet Petter Karlsson". 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Segebadenplaketten -statuter". draghundsport.se. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Our Team - Petter Karlsson Sleddogs". Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Amundsen Race 2013". rs.k2.no. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Amundsen Race 2011". rs.k2.no. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "La Grande Odyssée", Wikipedia, 2024-01-09, retrieved 2024-06-09