Inga-Lami Race – Norway’s biggest cross-country skiing event
On March 10, 2010, the traditional Inga-Lami Race will once again start in Lillehammer, a well-known ski resort near Trondheim, Norway. This cross-country skiing event is open exclusively to women and is considered the largest women’s cross-country race not only in Norway but throughout Scandinavia. The Inga-Lami Race takes place at Birkebeiner Ski Stadium near the ski hotels in Lillehammer as part of a cross-country marathon over the nearby mountain Fjell, covering 56 kilometers and 1,100 meters of elevation gain. Both women and men may take part in the marathon. At the Inga-Lami Race, women with sporting ambitions can choose between distances of 15 and 30 kilometers.
Inga-Lami Race – Norway’s biggest cross-country skiing event
Date: 30/09/2026
Given the exceptionally high demand for places in the cross-country event in Lillehammer, registrations for the Inga-Lami Race in Norway are already open, and discounted entry is available until January 1, 2010. The 15-kilometer course costs 510 kroner (NOK) with timing, while entry without timing costs just 480 NOK, equivalent to 55–60 euros. The 30-kilometer distance costs the women taking part in the Inga-Lami Race in Lillehammer 540 NOK, or 65 euros. After the early-registration deadline, the organizers will charge a late-entry fee of 3–5 euros.
Cross-country skiing in Norway, or more precisely the Inga-Lami Race in Lillehammer, has its roots in the story of a woman of that name who, around 800 years ago, is said to have been the king’s lover and to have borne him an heir to the throne. The Birkebeiner, a people who lived in Norway at the time, helped Inga Lami and the heir to the throne, Haakon Haakonsson, escape across Mount Fjell, which today is at the heart of the cross-country event in Lillehammer near Trondheim.
