Finn Hågen Krogh (born 6 September 1990) 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 the 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.Krogh til topps Nordlys. 20 November 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2014
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.
2020–2021 After the 2020–21 season, it was announced that Krogh had been dropped from the Norwegian National Cross-country Team.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2018 27 18 — — — — —
World Championships 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 bronze) Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2013 22 31 — — — — — 2015 24 5 — — — — Gold 2017 26 — Bronze — 4 Gold — 2019 28 — — — 12 — —
Season titles 1 title – (1 sprint) SeasonDiscipline2015 Sprint
Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverall Distance Sprint NordicOpening Tour deSki Ski Tour2020 World CupFinalSki TourCanada 2011 20 32 48 60 — — 2012 21 87 59 56 28 — — 2013 22 10 31 11 — — 2014 23 21 28 16 29 32 2015 24 4 18 — 2016 25 4 9 2017 26 10 17 4 8 70 2018 27 32 30 36 13 — 2019 28 31 46 13 20 — 2020 29 28 25 38 — — 11 2021 30 85 — 45 — — 2022 31 70 — 35 —
Individual podiums 8 victories – (4 , 4 ) 28 podiums – (17 , 11 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2010–1120 March 2011 Falun, Sweden 15 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 1st2 16–20 March 2011 World Cup Final Overall Standings World Cup 2nd3 2012–131 January 2013 Val Müstair, Switzerland 1.4 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 1st4 9 March 2013 Lahti, Finland 1.55 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd5 24 March 2013 Falun, Sweden 15 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 1st6 20–24 March 2013 World Cup Final Overall Standings World Cup 2nd7 2014–155 December 2014 Lillehammer, Norway 1.5 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 3rd8 6 December 2014 10 km Individual F Stage World Cup 2nd9 5–7 December 2014 Nordic Opening Overall Standings World Cup 2nd10 14 December 2014 Davos, Switzerland 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 1st11 21 December 2014 1.3 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd12 14 February 2015 Östersund, Sweden 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 1st13 15 February 2015 15 km Individual F World Cup 1st14 11 March 2015 Drammen, Norway 1.3 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd15 2015–1627–29 November 2015 Nordic Opening Overall Standings World Cup 3rd16 1 January 2016 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 3rd17 3 January 2016 10 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 3rd18 8 January 2016 Toblach, Italy 10 km Individual F Stage World Cup 1st19 1–10 January 2016 Tour de Ski Overall Standings World Cup 2nd20 20 February 2016 Lahti, Finland 1.6 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd21 21 February 2016 15 km + 15 km Skiathlon C/F World Cup 2nd22 2016–1711 December 2016 Davos, Switzerland 1.6 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd23 17 December 2016 La Clusaz, France 15 km Mass Start F World Cup 1st24 31 December 2016 Val Müstair, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 3rd25 18 February 2017 Otepää, Estonia 1.6 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd26 17 March 2017 Quebec City, Canada 1.5 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 2nd27 2018–19 9 February 2019 Lahti, Finland 1.6 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd28 2019–20 15 February 2020 Östersund, Sweden 15 km Individual F Stage World Cup 3rd
Team podiums 6 victories – (6 ) 8 podiums – (8 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates1 2011–12 20 November 2011 Sjusjøen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Rønning / Berger / Northug2 2013–14 8 December 2013 Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Rønning / Jespersen / Røthe3 2015–16 6 December 2015 Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Nyenget / Rundgreen / Sveen 4 24 January 2016 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Røthe / Sundby / Rundgreen5 2016–17 18 December 2016 La Clusaz, France 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Tønseth / Sundby / Gløersen6 22 January 2017 Ulricehamn, Sweden 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Krüger / Sundby / Gløersen72018–19 9 December 2018 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Iversen / Sundby / Røthe 8 2019–20 8 December 2019 Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Golberg / Holund / Røthe
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