The Nordic Sports Industry is a booming industry that has been expanding for the past few years. In this blog post, we are going to explore 15 stats about Nordic sports that might surprise you.
- The Nordic region has the highest number of Olympic gold medals
When Nordic countries are compared side by side, they dominate the gold medal per capita category.
- Estonia is the most successful winter Olympics country
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- Finland’s ice hockey team won 4 consecutive world championships
Finland is the only Nordic country that has won the world championships in any team event, either men’s or women’s.
- Sweden’s national football team had a record-breaking streak of 12 consecutive wins
Sweden has won the Nordic Championship a total of 18 times, more than any other Nordic country.
- Denmark is famous for their table tennis players, winning 3 out of 4 World Championships
The Danish table tennis team is also the only Nordic country to have reached number one in rankings by Nordic Championship 33 times.
- Iceland holds the record for being undefeated in international matches (22-0) between May and November 2016
Iceland’s men’s football team has never lost a Nordic Championship match.
- The Nordic countries are the best in the world at winter sports
Nordic countries have the largest share of Nordic Championship titles across all winter sports.
- Ice hockey is more popular than football in Sweden
This Nordic country has the best ice hockey team in Europe.
- Norway has a higher percentage of women playing soccer and basketball than any other country
Norway is ranked among the top three countries in Europe for women playing soccer and basketball.
- Iceland was ranked first for happiness in 2016 by World Happiness Report
World Happiness Report 2016 ranked Iceland first for happiness in Nordic countries.
- Finland had a higher percentage of adults doing the physical activity than any other Nordic country
A higher percentage of Finish adults did at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day throughout the week.
- The Nordic sports industry is worth approximately $7- $8 billion
The Nordic sports industry is worth about $11 billion.
- Nordic countries have more than 600,000 active athletes
Nordic countries had a total of over 500,000 athletes who are active in Nordic Countries.
- Norway has the most people playing Nordic skiing for an average winter day
Norway has the most Nordic skiing participants on average Nordic skiing day in Nordic Countries.
- Sweden produces more bicycles than any other country in the world Europe
Sweden produces about 20% of all bicycles produced throughout Europe and it imports most of its raw materials from outside Sweden’s
