Finnish Ski Association

The Finnish Ski Association (Finnish: Suomen Hiihtoliitto, Swedish: Finlands skidförbund[1]) is a skiing governing body in Finland. It is based in the towns of Helsinki and Lahti. It is a member of FIS. It runs cross-country skiing, ski jumping and Noridc skiing. Sections for alpine skiing and freestyle skiing are instead within the Ski Sport Finland.

Finnish Ski Association
Formation1908 (1908)
Typesports governing body
HeadquartersHelsinki & Lahti
LocationFinland
Official languagesFinnish
Swedish

It was established in 1908 as Liitto Suomen hiihtourheilun edistämiseksi. The first chairman was Lennart Munck Af Flukila. It modern name was adopted in 1931.

Chairmen

References

  1. Liselott Lindström (12 December 2010). "Sundberg fortsätter leda Skidförbundet" (in Swedish). Yle Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Other websites