1913 Nordic Games

International multi-sport event 1913 Nordic Games Stockholm, Östersund Sweden 1911 1915 The 1913 Nordic Games was the fifth Nordic Games and was held in Stockholm in February 1913. It was formally international sports competitions in many disciplines, but because of the communications of the time it was still mostly domestic sportspeople participating. Among the sports were winter sports like bandy, speed skating and skiing but also motorsports and equestrian sports. Bandy The bandy tournament was a club tournament. Beside the Swedish teams, IFK Helsingfors from Finland also participated. Leipziger HC from Germany was scheduled to appear but the Germans eventually favoured to take part in the 1913 European Bandy Championships, which were held in Switzerland at the same time. The Stockholm team AIK beat IFK Uppsala in the final game by 3-1.http://www.oocities.org/~bandytips/Kalenderbiteri/Svetab/NS.html Nordiska spelen Bandytipsets arkiv Swedish 16 July 2015 Cross-country skiing The winter of 1913 had left Stockholm little snow, so this year the cross-country skiing was arranged in Östersund. Beside Swedish skiers, there were competitors from Finland, Norway and Russia. The events were 30, 60 and 90 kilometers for men, and for women 10 kilometer. 90 km was the most prestigious event and this was won by Swede Haldo Hansson.http://www.op.se/allmant/jamtland/nordisk-kampaglod-i-tidiga-spel Nordisk kämpaglöd i tidiga spel Stefan Nolervik Östersunds-Posten Swedish 1 February 2014 16 July 2015 Media The games were depicted in the film Nordiska spelen 1913 by cinematographer Adrian Bjurman, a film shown in several cinemas in Sweden in the same year. References May 2024 Category:Multi-sport events in Sweden Category:1913 in multi-sport events Category:1913 in bandy Category:1913 in cross-country skiing Category:1913 in Swedish sport Category:International sports competitions in Stockholm Category:Sports competitions in Östersund Category:1913 in winter sports Category:1910s in Stockholm Category:Winter sports competitions in Sweden Category:20th century in Jämtland County