Britta Johanna Helena Johansson Norgren (; born 30 March 1983) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who has competed between 2002 and 2022, first in World Cup events, then in marathon events. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec. Her best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is 26th in the individual sprint at Sapporo in 2007.
Career Britta Norgren was born and raised in Bälinge, Uppsala Municipality and moved to Sollefteå to attend the skiing .
Johansson Norgren's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 11th in the 10 km event at Turin in 2006.
She has a total of eight individual victories at various levels up to 30 km since 2002. Johansson Norgren's best individual World Cup finish was eighth in the sprint event in Germany in 2006.
After the 2013–14 season, Johansson Norgren switched to marathon cross-county skiing. On 31 January 2016 she won the women's edition of the Marcialonga ski marathon race in Italy.
She won the Tjejvasan in 2016, On 25 February 2017, she once again won Tjejvasan. She also won Tjejvasan in 2019. and the ski marathon Vasaloppet in 2017 and 2019. In February 2020, she won Tjejvasan once again. On 26 February 2022, she again won the same race.
On 8 April 2022, she announced her retirement from cross-country skiing.
Personal life Britta Norgren is married to Jonas Johansson, a former national coach for the Sweden biathlon team.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2006 22 11 15 28 — 4 — 2010 26 29 52 — 13 — — 2014 30 — 38 — 14 — —
World Championships 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2007 23 — 27 32 26 4 4 2009 25 — — 38 Bronze — 2011 27 — — 31 — Silver —
World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 2003 20 102 67 2004 21 2005 22 — 2006 23 35 36 23 2007 24 38 80 22 41 2008 25 96 73 — — 2009 26 30 35 16 — 2010 27 50 44 42 26 36 2011 28 32 31 24 29 17 30 2013 30 61 32 — — — 2014 31 36 44 26 11 — —
Team podiums 2 victories – (1 , 1 ) 8 podiums – (5 , 3 )
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)1 2005–06 18 March 2006 Sapporo, Japan 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Strömstedt2 2006–07 29 October 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Andersson 3 17 December 2006 La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Andersson / Lindborg / Kalla4 4 February 2007 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Andersson / Strömstedt / Kalla 5 25 March 2007 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Dahlberg / Rydqvist / Kalla6 2007–08 28 October 2007 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Kalla7 2008–09 23 November 2008 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Hansson / Haag / Kalla8 2010–11 21 November 2010 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Haag / Rydqvist / Kalla
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