Experience Nature and Community at Swedish Sporting Events
(March 2022) Swedes are famously fond of the outdoors to an almost religious degree, and have a long history of arranging athletic events, from the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm to the annual Vasaloppet, a 90-km cross-country skiing event that celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and the Swedish classic Vansbrosimmet, Sweden´s largest open water event now celebrating 70 years! Outdoor education for children such as "Mulle," an imaginary forest creature who teaches preschoolers about nature, along with scouting, "sports holidays" and companies offering their workers "wellness