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Dundretkullen

A ski jump that in the 1990s was the Mecca of ski jumpers. Gällivare Municipality has an impressive sporting history in ski jumping. A history that stretches back over half a century contains great sporting successes, not least the V-style, which changed the whole sport and was introduced by the local celebrity Jan Boklöv.

Inauguration 1990
This ski jump was inaugurated on November 18, 1990. Then, they also drew lots to determine who would be the first to jump. Mikael Martinsson was first out, and Jim Lindqvist, two of the municipality's successful ski jumpers, was next.

The name Dundretkullen
The hill got its name through a name competition, and Pentti Hartikainen, coach of Koskullskulle AIF, wants to remember that Doris Boklöv came up with the winning suggestion. Doris, the mother of Jan Boklöv, intertwined the name of the place with the name of the place that has been the breeding ground and home of many of our successful ski jumpers, namely Koskullskulle, popularly known as Kullen.

Why was the ski jump built?
Jan "Janne" Boklöv, born in 1966 in Koskullskulle, became the first Swede to win a World Cup sub-competition in ski jumping on 10 December 1988. In connection with Janne's subsequent overall victory in the World Cup in 1989, it was decided that the ski jump should be built. A strong driving force in this was also Torgny Grönborg, KOS AIF section leader, who worked hard for more than 20 years for the ski jumpers in Kullen.

About the ski jump
The ski jump is a natural jump, i.e. without towers and is a K90 jump. K stands for the critical point, which is where the jump profile turns from getting steeper to starting to flatten out. Nowadays, the official measurement is given in HS - Hillsize. In a K90 jump, jumps are made of around 90 metres.

The world's best ski jump
Dundretkullen was one of the world's best training ski jump in the 1990s. All the world's ski jumpers came here to train during the pre-season. A presence from all ski jumping nations except two (Austria and Japan) is attested. There was a lot of activity on the ski jumps, and all training times were booked. The ski jump was also hosted, among other things, at the Junior WC in 1995.

Requirements and too few resources
Koskullskulle AIF managed the operation of the ski jump, and after almost a decade, it proved to be far too complicated and heavy. The machinery that the hill required was missing. That, combined with a lack of resources, rapid development in the sport, and increasing demands from the International Ski Federation, meant that the ski jump was discontinued. This reality affected several facilities around Sweden.

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Dundretvägen 1, 982 41 Gällivare External link, opens in new window.

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Senast uppdaterad:
2024-06-28
Publicerad:
2024-06-28