It will be skifest in Kollen !

The ring has closed and Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo is back skiing full-time. After many years in business, but always with a connection to the sport, she is now back skiing as a full-time job – as general manager of Holmenkollen. Skifestival . And the goal is skifest in Holmenkollen in March.

-I'm looking forward to continuing to build on Holmenkollen as the world's best skifest I have been a board member of Holmenkollen. Skifestival for several years, but have now had the opportunity to work full-time here, and I am very much looking forward to working together with skilled employees and volunteers to give participants, spectators and TV viewers unforgettable experiences during the events in Nordic branches and biathlon in March, says Nykkelmo

Nykkelmo has previously been active as both a cross-country skier and a biathlete, winning World Cup gold medals in both sports from Seefeld (1985) and Lahti (1991). In addition to extensive experience from management positions in business, she also has experience from the skiing sport as marketing manager for the 1997 World Ski Championships, as a sponsor for both cross-country skiing and biathlon, and as a board member for the 2016 World Biathlon Championships and for Holmenkollen. Skifestival .

She has been following the start of this year's season closely, and believes that tough competition in most disciplines bodes well for the upcoming season. - We see that both Norwegian and international athletes have prepared well, and that there will be close duels this winter, both in biathlon and the Nordic "It bodes well for all of us who love winter sports," she says.

Grete is particularly keen on the winter's new launch in Holmenkollen: Double five-mile! – We are launching a world first in Holmenkollen in March: Women and men will run five miles at the same time, with the women starting half an hour after the men's start. It will be exciting, there will be many exciting competitions in the competition, and that is why we are planning extra arena production so that the audience will get a compressed ski thriller. So stay tuned – and come to Kollen , concludes Nykkelmo.