June 28, 2018 – It all started with a dream & 9 popular skiing races. In 1978 the vision of Tony Wise (USA) became true, when the first Worldloppet season was planned at a meeting in Uppsala, Sweden. The following winter the 9 most important ski races were united to the Worldloppet league.

Now in 2018, 40 years later, the Worldloppet Skifederation unites 20 races from 20 different nations and 4 different continents. The dream of “skiing around the world” became true for over 110.000 skiers every year.

Epp Paal, the CEO of Worldloppet: “Is 40 years a long time? For many people who have been involved in Worldloppet races form the beginning, this time has passed in a glimpse. Maybe because it has been so interesting. For WL President Juha it took 37 years to become a master. This shows that WL is a democratic organization and there is room and time for everyone to accomplish their goals.”

During the Worldloppet40 jubilee week, the Federation for popular skiing was celebrating this 40th anniversary with stories, pictures, videos, etc. from the good old times on the different Social Media Channels. With the hashtag #worldloppet40 you can find all the historic content.