# Ski jumping hills in Norway, Finland and Sweden

A ski jumping hill is a purpose-built ramp and landing slope on which athletes are judged on jump length and style. This article covers the principal named ski jumping hills of Norway, Finland, and Sweden, their K-points (the reference point on the landing slope for jump-length scoring), hill records and renovation histories; it excludes the competitions held at them and hills in other countries. The documented evidence base for this topic is narrow: it rests on the official Holmenkollen venue fact sheet and on reference material for [Vikersundbakken](https://www.edgepedia.org/vikersundbakken), so the article centers on those two Norwegian hills and flags plainly where Finnish and Swedish hills cannot be covered from sourced data.<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup>

## How a ski jumping hill works

Two numbers describe a hill's scale: the K-point and the hill size (HS). The sources used here give these measured values for individual hills but do not describe the general formula by which K-point and hill size are calculated for an arbitrary hill. Holmenkollbakken in Oslo, for example, has a hill size of 134 meters and a K-point of 120 meters.<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup>

The landing slope's geometry determines how safely a jump can be landed. At [Holmenkollbakken](https://www.edgepedia.org/holmenkollbakken) the steepest point of the downhill slope is 35.7 degrees, measured 105.6 meters from the take-off; the angle at the hill size point is 30.8 degrees, and the width of the landing slope is 25.2 meters.<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup>

## The flagship hills: Holmenkollen and Vikersund

**Holmenkollbakken**'s first ski jump dates to 1892, which makes it one of the world's oldest ski jumps, and the original jump was built out of snow and twigs.<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup> The hill was rebuilt for the World Championships in 2011, and the new hill was officially opened on 3 March 2010; the venue claims to be the world's most modern ski jumping hill.<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup> Holmenkollen has hosted the Nordic/World Ski Championships in 1930, 1966, 1982, and 2011.<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup> The hill record is 144 meters, held by the Norwegian Robert Johansson, jumped in 2019.<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup>

**Vikersundbakken** is a ski flying hill.

## By the numbers

| Hill | Country | K-point | Hill size | Hill record |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Holmenkollbakken (Oslo) | Norway | 120 m | 134 m | 144 m, Robert Johansson (2019)<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup> |

The comparison shows the gap between an ordinary large hill and a ski flying hill: Vikersund's hill size of 240 m is more than 100 meters beyond Holmenkollen's 134 m, and its record exceeds Holmenkollen's by 109.5 meters.<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup> No sourced data on the K-points, hill sizes, or records of hills in Finland (such as Lahti) or Sweden (such as Falun) is available in the evidence for this article, so they are not listed.

## Renovation and funding

The documented renovation case is Holmenkollen: the ski jumping hill was rebuilt for the 2011 World Championships and the new hill was officially opened on 3 March 2010.<sup>[1](https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf)</sup> The sources do not cover renovation costs, ownership structures, or funding arrangements for either hill, so those questions cannot be answered here.

## References

1. VENUE — Holmenkollen Ski Festival (official venue fact sheet, uploaded February 2025) — https://holmenkollenskifestival.no/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/venue-nordic.pdf

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