Finn Hågen Krogh


Finn Haagen Krogh is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed at FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2011.

Career

Krogh was born in Alta. He is of Sami and Norwegian descent.
Krogh represents Tverrelvdalen IL. In addition to being a cross-country skier, he played for Tverrelvdalen's senior football team in the 3. divisjon before he had to choose between football and skiing. As Krogh was selected for youth national team in cross-country skiing, he chose to quit football, but said in an interview with Norwegian TV 2 in 2011 that he believes he could have been a professional Tippeligaen player if he had chosen football ahead of skiing. In the same interview he stated that he thinks it is more fun to play football than to compete in cross-country skiing.

2009–2013

Krogh participated in the 2009 Junior World Ski Championships in Praz de Lys-Sommand, Haute-Savoie where he won bronze in the 4x5 km relay. The next year, Krogh won the relay race in the junior world championship in Hinterzarten, along with Tomas Northug, Didrik Tønseth and Pål Golberg. Krogh also won a bronze in the 20 km skiathlon, and finished fourth at 5 km classic. Krogh won gold in 10 km freestyle in the Norwegian youth championship in 2010.
He made his break-through in the World Cup when he finished second behind Petter Northug in the race in Falun on 20 March 2011. He won his first World Cup relay with Eldar Rønning, Lars Berger and Petter Northug on 20 November 2011 at Sjusjøen.

2013–2014

On 1 January 2013 he won the third stage of the 2012–13 Tour de Ski, which was a sprint. In the Norwegian skiing championship in 2013 at Gåsbu in Hamar, he was number two on the 15 free with individual start, 5.1 seconds behind Martin Johnsrud Sundby.
On 28 January 2014, after the Norwegian championship at Lillehammer, the national team coach Arild Monsen stated that Krogh would go the individual sprint in the 2014 Winter Olympics on 11 February 2013 along with Eirik Brandsdal and Anders Gløersen, while the fourth spot was to be decided after the sprint in Toblach. While Petter Northug was one of the favourites to win the Olympic sprint, Ola Vigen Hattestad won the sprint in Toblach, and on 5 February 2014 the national team decided to select both Hattestad and Northug to compete in the sprint at the expense of Krogh.

2014–2015

Krogh won the World Cup title in the sprint discipline. He also won the team freestyle sprint at the FIS World Championships in Falun, with Petter Northug.

2015–2016

Krogh placed second overall in the Tour de Ski.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

World Championships

Year Age 15 km
individual		 30 km
skiathlon 		50 km
mass start		 Sprint 4 × 10 km
relay 		Team
sprint
20132231—————
2015245————Gold
201726—Bronze—4Gold—
201928———12——

Season titles

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
12010–1120 March 2011 Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup1st
22010–1116–20 March 2011 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
32012–131 January 2013 Val Müstair, Switzerland1.4 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
42012–139 March 2013 Lahti, Finland1.55 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
52012–1324 March 2013 Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit FStage World Cup1st
62012–1320–24 March 2013 World Cup FinalOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
72014–155 December 2014 Lillehammer, Norway1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
82014–156 December 2014 Lillehammer, Norway10 km Individual FStage World Cup2nd
92014–155–7 December 2014 Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
102014–1514 December 2014 Davos, Switzerland1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
112014–1521 December 2014 Davos, Switzerland1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
122014–1514 February 2015 Östersund, Sweden1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
132014–1515 February 2015 Östersund, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
142014–1511 March 2015 Drammen, Norway1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
152015–1627–29 November 2015 Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
162015–161 January 2016 Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
172015–163 January 2016 Lenzerheide, Switzerland10 km Pursuit FStage World Cup3rd
182015–168 January 2016 Toblach, Italy10 km Individual FStage World Cup1st
192015–161–10 January 2016 Tour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
202015–1620 February 2016 Lahti, Finland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
212015–1621 February 2016 Lahti, Finland15 km + 15 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup2nd
222016–1711 December 2016 Davos, Switzerland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
232016–1717 December 2016 La Clusaz, France15 km Mass Start FWorld Cup1st
242016–1731 December 2016 Val Müstair, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
252016–1718 February 2017 Otepää, Estonia1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
262016–1717 March 2017 Quebec City, Canada1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
272018–199 February 2019 Lahti, Finland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
282019–2015 February 2020 Östersund, Sweden15 km Individual FStage World Cup3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
12011–1220 November 2011 Sjusjøen, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stRønning / Berger / Northug
22013–148 December 2013 Lillehammer, Norway4 × 7.5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndRønning / Jespersen / Røthe
32015–166 December 2015 Lillehammer, Norway4 × 7.5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2nd Nyenget / Rundgreen / Sveen
42015–1624 January 2016 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 7.5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stRøthe / Sundby / Rundgreen
52016–1718 December 2016 La Clusaz, France4 × 7.5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stTønseth / Sundby / Gløersen
62016–1722 January 2017 Ulricehamn, Sweden4 × 7.5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stKrüger / Sundby / Gløersen
72018–199 December 2018 Beitostølen, Norway4 × 7.5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stIversen / Sundby / Røthe
8 2019–20 8 December 2019 Lillehammer, Norway4 × 7.5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdGolberg / Holund / Røthe