April 28, 2011 – The members of the Forum Nordicum have again elected the Queen and King of Nordic Skiing. The Norwegian Cross-Country world champion Marit Bjoergen and her countryman, biathlete Tarjei Boe were chosen as the Queen and King of the winter 2010/11 in the voting by sixty-one skiing journalists from America, Asia and Europe.

Bjeorgen won four titles at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo (NOR). Boe grabbed three titles of the IBU World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) and won the overall IBU World Cup standing.

Marit Björgen claimed victory in the poll with 553 points, ahead of the Austrian Ski Jumping world champion and World Cup winner Thomas Morgenstern (420 points). Bjoergen’s compatriot Petter Northug collected 237 points, finishing third.

Biathlete Boe won with 563 points ahead of last year’s winner Magdalena Neuner (GER), who got 453 votes. Finnish World Cup overall winner and world champion Kaisa Mäkäräinen took 3rd.

Among those receiving votes were 18 Nordic and 14 Biathlon athletes – read more about the Forum Nordicum HERE.