At the 2023 Open Nordic Junior Championships held in Stockholm, Sweden the competition for the prestigeous Nordic Cup trophy was tight up to the last championship race JM8+ which was won by Denmark ahead of Norway. Final result in the Nordic Cup was no.1 Denmark, no.2 Norway, no.3 Sweden, no.4 Finland
A chance for all Masters rowers to race in Copenhagen in the 2023 Nordic Masters Regatta from the 25.08 to 27.08.2023 at Lake Bagsværd in Copenhagen.
Read more about the Regatta and sign up using https://www.nordicmastersrowing.com/program
World Rowing Focus on Faroe Island Rowing
After a succesful participation at the recent World Rowing Indoor Rowing Championships in Canada rowing in the Faroe Island has become focus in a World Rowing article. Read here
2023 Nordic Open Junior Championships
Nordic Rowing Federation together with Farstarodden in Stockholm, Sweden invite all Junior rowers from the Nordic and other countries to participate in the 2023 Nordic Open Junior Championships June 17-18, 2023 at the Farsta Lake in Stockholm.
Read more in the invitations from the Regatta Organizer
English version:
Swedish version:
Faroe Island Indoor Rowing
The Faroe Island rowers will participate under Danish World Rowing membership with their own Flag. Five strong lightweight women and one u/19 man are going for the medals as they have strong experience in Indoor rowing and were very succesful at the recent European Rowing Indoor Championships in Paris.
We wish them good luck in Toronto.
The Championships are set for February 25-26, 2023 in Mississauga, Toronto, Canada. Rowers from all over the world will participate in the event. Also rowers from the Nordic countries will participate in the indoor regatta.
If you want to know more about the Championships event read here.
A new challenging discipline has been introduced: World Rowing Versa Challenge #1 in which Finland and Sweden will have particiipants.
Education of new national umpires within the Nordic Rowing Federations has for some years been done annually via internordic umpiriing seminars thus ensuring that nordic umpires have the same high standard.
Recently a weekend seminar was held in Gothenburg, Sweden with 30 umpires participating from all the Nordic Rowing Federations. The seminar included among other information the latest news from Worldrowing as well as topics of mutual interest. Later this spring an internordic umpiring class for aspiring new umpires will be held in Copenhagen. If you take interest in becoming a rowing umpire please contact your National Rowing Federation.
Nordic Rowing Federation wish all followers and rowing members in the Nordic countries happy New Year and look forward to a new exciting year to come with a lot of rowing news from Nordic Rowing we can share with you.
FRIDA SVENSSON RE-ELECTED AS CHAIR OF WORLD ROWING ATHLETES’ COMMISSION
‘Following the elections and appointment of the member of the Athletes’ Commission, the outgoing and new members met for the first time during the 2022 World Rowing Joint Commissions Meeting in London last month, and voted for the position of Athletes’ Commission Chair. In accordance with the Athletes’ Commission regulations & Election Procedure, Appendix S5 of the World Rowing Statutes, the World Rowing Council ratified the Commission’s proposal last Friday, and Frida Svensson from Sweden has been appointed as Chair of the Athletes’ Commission.
Frida Svensson will serve as Chair for a four-year term until 31 December 2026 and sit in the World Rowing Executive Committee and Council with full voting rights.’
Swedish Rowing Federation is going new ways to get in contact with their rowers and other interested parties. Now it is possible to listen to ‘Rodd Podden‘ their new Podcast serie which can be found on Spotify. Interested? Then learn more here
