Fjällmaraton


Fjällmaraton is a long distance race, considered one of the hardest and most important one-day mountain marathons in Sweden. The total route has a length of with a cumulative elevation gain of 2,100 meters and similar elevation loss. The race takes place between the mountain resorts Vålådalen and Trillevallen in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County since 2005. Until 2012 the race was known by the name Vértex Fjällmaraton, then AXA Fjällmarathon and from 2017 KIA Fjällmarathon depending on varying sponsors.
Over time additional races have been added to the original Fjällmaraton proper, currently:
In 2012-2014 Ottfjället upp was a vertical race to the peak of Ottfjället, but this was replaced by Vertical K to the peak of Åreskutan in 2015.

Winners

The course has changed over time in different ways so course records are not listed here. The fastest male winning times have been under 3 hours 30 minutes and female winning times just over 4 hours, so considerably slower than a normal asphalt marathon race.
Andreas Svanebo has won the race six times in seven starts. On the women's side, Emelie Forsberg and Ida Nilsson have each won three times in three starts. Forsberg's first win in 2009 is widely cited, including on CNN. She had borrowed a backpack from a friend and brought a chocolate mud cake that she had baked. Before the last big ascent, she stopped for 20 minutes and ate the cake, got new energy and won the race. Two years later she was back, did not stop to eat en route and improved her time by 30 minutes. In 2014 the by then established world class runner Forsberg was back again and improved her time by another 30 minutes.
YearCountryManCountryWoman
2005Andreas SvaneboHanna Wikberg
2006Fredrik SätterKicki Fransson
2007Andreas SvaneboTherese Svensson
2008Andreas SvaneboMaria Lundgren
2009Andreas SvaneboEmelie Forsberg
2010Anton SjöholmTherese Svensson
2011Andreas SvaneboEmelie Forsberg
2012Andreas SvaneboAnnika Billstam
2013Anders KleistLena Gavelin
2014Eirik HaugsnesEmelie Forsberg
2015Anders KleistIda Nilsson
2016Anders KleistIda Nilsson
2017Andreas SvaneboIda Nilsson