Lars Bergendahl

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Medal record
Men's cross country skiing
World Championships
Gold	1937 Chamonix	18 km
Gold	1937 Chamonix	4 x 10 km
Gold	1939 Zakopane	50 km
Silver	1938 Lahti	4 x 10 km
Bronze	1938 Lahti	50 km

Lars Bergendahl (January 30. 1909-1997) was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the 1930's.

He won several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. In 1937, Bergendahl earned golds in the 18 km cross country event and 4 x 10 km relay. In 1938, he earned a silver in the 4 x 10 km relay and a bronze in the 50 km Cross country event. In 1939, Bergendahl won the 50 km cross-country skiing event. Bergendahl won the men's 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1940. Because of his successes, Bergendahl was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1939 (Shared with Sven Selånger and Trygve Brodahl.). His uncle, Lauritz, won the medal in 1910.

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FIS-Ski: Lars Bergendahl - statistics
Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

v • d • e World champions in men's 18 km/ 15 km cross country

As 18 km	1925: Otakar Německý * 1927: John Lindgren * 1929: Veli Saarinen (17 km) * 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (17 km) * 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1933: Nils-Joel Englund * 1934: Sulo Nurmela * 1935: Klaes Karppinen * 1937: Lars Bergendahl * 1938: Pauli Pitkänen * 1939: Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala * 1950: Karl-Erik Åström

As 15 km	1954: Veikko Hakulinen * 1958: Veikko Hakulinen * 1962: Assar Rönnlund * 1966: Gjermund Eggen * 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund * 1974: Magne Myrmo * 1978: Józef Łuszczek * 1982: Oddvar Brå * 1985: Kari Härkönen * 1987: Marco Albarello * 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan * 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi * 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie * 2001: Per Elofsson * 2003: Axel Teichmann * 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer * 2007: Lars Berger

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World champions in men's 50 km cross country

1925: František Donth * 1926: Matti Raivio * 1927: John Lindgren * 1929: Anselm Knuuttila * 1930: Sven Utterström * 1931: Ole Stenen * 1933: Veli Saarinen * 1934: Elis Wiklund * 1935: Nils-Joel Englund * 1937: Pekka Niemi * 1938: Kalle Jalkanen * 1939: Lars Bergendahl * 1950: Gunnar Eriksson * 1954: Vladimir Kuzin * 1958: Sixten Jernberg * 1962: Sixten Jernberg * 1966: Gjermund Eggen * 1970: Kalevi Oikarainen * 1974: Gerhard Grimmer * 1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck * 1982: Thomas Wassberg * 1985: Gunde Svan * 1987: Maurilio De Zolt * 1989: Gunde Svan * 1991: Torgny Mogren * 1993: Torgny Mogren * 1995: Silvio Fauner * 1997: Mika Myllylä * 1999: Mika Myllylä * 2001: Johann Mühlegg * 2003: Martin Koukal * 2005: Frode Estil * 2007: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset

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World champions in men's 4 x 10 km cross country relay

1933 Sweden - Per Erik Hedlund, Sven Utterström, Nils-Joel Englund, & Hjalmar Bergström * 1934 Finland - Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Martti Lappalainen, & Veli Saarinen * 1935 Finland - Mikko Husu, Klaes Karppinen, Väinö Liikkanen, & Sulo Nurmela * 1937 Norway - Annar Ryen, Oskar Fredriksen, Sigurd Røen, & Lars Bergendahl * 1938 Finland - Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, & Klaes Karppinen * 1939 Finland - Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, & Klaes Karppinen * 1950 Sweden - Nils Täpp, Karl-Erik Åström, Martin Lundström, & Enar Josefsson * 1954 Finland - August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen, & Veikko Hakulinen * 1958 Sweden - Sixten Jernberg, Lennart Larsson, Sture Grahn, & Per-Erik Larsson * 1962 Sweden - Lars Olsson, Sture Grahn, Sixten Jernberg, & Assar Rönnlund * 1966 Norway - Odd Martinsen, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter, & Gjermund Eggen * 1970 Soviet Union - Vladimir Voronkov, Valery Tarakanov, Fyodor Simashev & Vyacheslav Vedenin * 1974 East Germany - Gerd Hessler, Dieter Meinel, Gerhard Grimmer & Gert-Dietmar Klause * 1978 Sweden - Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Christer Johansson, Tommy Limby & Thomas Magnusson * 1982 Norway - Lars-Erik Eriksen, Ove Aunli, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, & Oddvar Brå and 1982 Soviet Union - Vladimir Nikitin, Alexander Batyuk, Yuriy Burlakov, & Alexander Zavyalov * 1985 Norway - Arild Monsen, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Tor Håkon Holte, & Ove Aunli * 1987 Sweden - Erik Östlund, Gunde Svan, Thomas Wassberg, & Torgny Mogren * 1989 Sweden - Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Lars Håland, & Torgny Mogren * 1991 Norway - Øyvind Skaanes, Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, & Bjørn Dæhlie * 1993 Norway - Sture Sivertsen, Vegard Ulvang, Terje Langli, & Bjørn Dæhlie * 1995 Norway - Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard * 1997 Norway - Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, & Thomas Alsgaard * 1999 Austria - Markus Gandler, Alois Stadlober, Mikhail Botvinov, & Christian Hoffmann * 2001 Norway - Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Thomas Alsgaard, & Tor Arne Hetland * 2003 Norway - Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Tore Ruud Hofstad, & Thomas Alsgaard * 2005 Norway - Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger, & Tore Ruud Hofstad * 2007 Norway - Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Lars Berger, & Petter Northug

Preceded by Reidar Andersen & Johan R. Henriksen	Holmenkollen medal with Sven Selånger & Trygve Brodahl 1939	Succeeded by Oscar Gjøslien & Annar Ryen