NTNUI Ski Team, Norway’s only fully student-run Pro Team, undergoes a major changing of the guard for Season XVIII.

All athletes are full-time students at NTNU in Trondheim, balancing high-level cross-country skiing with academic life. The setup remains one of the most distinctive in Ski Classics, a team built entirely around combining student life with competitive racing.

Linnea Holst takes over as Pro Team Director, replacing Aud Øyen Halås, who departs the team along with four other athletes from last season’s roster. Only Ferdinand Fremming and Ida F. Mathiesen remain. Fremming had a breakthrough season, climbing in the SC Ranking to #290 in the SC Ranking.

Five new athletes join for Season XVIII: Erik Munch-Finne, Halvor Bakken, Andreas Skjelle, Signe Fjeld Bjonviken, and Holst herself, who doubles as both director and athlete.

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NTNUI Ski Team

• Country: Norway
• Pro Team Director: Linnea Holst
• Pro Team Ranking : 24th
• Website: NTNUI Ski Team
• Instagram: NTNUI Ski Team

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Ski Classics World Championship Season XVIII (2026/2027) 

• Event 1: December 11, 2026 – Bad Gastein Prologue – Austria – 1km 
• Event 2: December 13, 2026 – Sportgastein Criterium – Austria – 30km 
• Event 3: December 19, 2026 – Bad Gastein ITT – Austria – 7km 
• Event 4: December 20, 2026 – Bad Gastein Criterium – Austria – 36km 
Bad Gastein Tour (Events 1–4 of Ski Classics World Championship Season XVIII) 
• Event 5: January 16, 2027 – Engadin La Diagonela – Switzerland – 55km 
• Event 6: January 17, 2027 – Zuoz–St. Moritz Sprint – Switzerland – 30km 
• Event 7: January 31, 2027 – Marcialonga – Italy – 70km 
• Event 8: February 12, 2027 – Bedřichov Heat Sprint – Czech Republic – 1.5km 
• Event 9: February 14, 2027 – Jizerská 50 – Czech Republic – 50km 
• Event 10: February 27, 2027 – Oxberg–Mora Sprint Women – Sweden – 30km 
• Event 11: February 28, 2027 – Oxberg–Mora Sprint Men – Sweden – 30km 
• Event 12: March 7, 2027 – Vasaloppet – Sweden – 90km 
• Event 13: March 20, 2027 – Birkebeinerrennet – Norway – 53km 
• Event 14: April 3, 2027 – Reistadløpet – Norway – 35km 
• Event 15: April 4, 2027 – Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja – Norway – 60km 

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