Ultravasan

Ultravasan is an annual ultramarathon and trail run in Sweden, which was hosted for the first time in 2014 following the route of the ski race Vasaloppet. The 90 km race is the largest ultramarathon race in Sweden, and attracts more participants than the 45 km event.^[1]

Ultravasan
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date	August
Frequency	annual
Location	Dalarna
Country	Sweden
Inaugurated	2014 (2014)
Organised by	Vasaloppet

The race is arranged on two distances:

• Ultravasan 90: Start in Sälen and finish in Mora, following the same trail as Vasaloppet. The race was originally 90 km, but after some modifications in 2023, the course is now 92 km.^[2] The course has also had several minor changes over the years, notably incorporating more technical terrain in the first half of the race.
• Ultravasan 45: Start in Oxberg and finish in Mora, following the second half of the Vasaloppet trail. The course is around 45 km in distance.^[3]

The races are part of the Vasaloppet Summer Week, along with the bike races CykelVasan and the shorter running races TrailVasan.^[4]

Notable performances

Jonas Buud was involved in the creation of the race^[5], and won the first two editions of Ultravasan 90. His time in 2015 is still held as the course record, although the course is now longer.

In 2019, Jim Walmsley tried to break Buud's record time, but fell two minutes short.^[6]

In 2024, Norwegian former crosscountry skier Laila Kveli won Ultravasan 90 and became the first athlete to win both the skiing race and the running race.^[7]

In 2025, Olle Meijer took the lead with one kilometer to go and won for the third year in a row. He became the first man to win Ultravasan 90 three times, and the second person to do so after Alexandra Morozova.^[8]

Also in 2025, Agnes Josefsson won Ultravasan 45 at only 19 years of age, setting a course record in the process.^[8]

Past winners

Winners and official times. Course records with green background.^[9]

Winners of Ultravasan 90

Year	Country	Men	Time	Country	Women	Time
2014	Sweden	Jonas Buud	6:02:03	Great Britain	Holly Rush	7:09:04
2015	Sweden	Jonas Buud	5:45:08	Switzerland	Jasmin Nunige	7:02:35
2016	Norway	Jarle Risa	6:11:49	Switzerland	Jasmin Nunige	6:54:32
2017	Sweden	Elov Olsson	6:07:37	Sweden	Ida Nilsson	6:51:26
2018	Sweden	Fritjof Fagerlund	6:01:56	Russia	Alexandra Morozova	6:43:55
2019	USA	Jim Walmsley	5:47:28	Russia	Alexandra Morozova	7:11:07
2021	France	Sébastien Spehler	6:09:45	Russia	Alexandra Morozova	6:48:36
2022	Sweden	Viktor Stenqvist	6:19:07	Sweden	Anna Hellström	7:40:51
2023	Sweden	Olle Meijer	6:46:13	Sweden	Ida Nilsson	7:23:52
2024	Sweden	Olle Meijer	6:15:18	Norway	Laila Kveli	7:18:23
2025	Sweden	Olle Meijer	6:07:23	Poland	Dominika Stelmach	6:54:59

Winners of Ultravasan 45

Year	Country	Men	Time	Country	Women	Time
2014	Russia	Roman Ryapolov	2:49:47	Sweden	Gloria Vinstedt	3:28:13
2015	Sweden	Fritjof Fagerlund	2:45:30	France	Caroline Dubois	3:13:22
2016	Russia	Roman Ryapolov	2:41:47	Sweden	Lisa Ring	3:04:18
2017	Sweden	Erik Ahnfält	2:40:28	Great Britain	Joasia Zakrzewski	3:06:12
2018	Sweden	David Nilsson	2:39:33	Sweden	Lisa Ring	3:03:00
2019	Sweden	Fredrik Eriksson	2:49:21	Sweden	Sofia Byhlinder	3:09:40
2021	Sweden	Kristofer Låås	2:41:04	Sweden	Liselotte Hellsten	3.05.38
2022	Sweden	Jesper Lundberg	2:34:29	Sweden	Barbro Näsström	3.02.47
2023	Sweden	Kristofer Låås	2:39:47	Sweden	Erica Lech	3.02.09
2024	Sweden	Jesper Lundberg	2:35:52	Sweden	Malin Starfelt	2.55.18
2025	Sweden	Linus Rosdahl	2:32:22	Sweden	Agnes Josefsson	2.53.19