Nordic Quizzing Championships

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Finalists of the individual competition at the 2018 Nordic Quizzing Championships in Tallinn, Estonia

The Nordic Quizzing Championships is a bi-annual quiz event in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Top quizzers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Åland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are invited.

The event includes three different competitions: An Individual Competition, a Team Competition, and a Pairs Competition.

International Quizzing Association delegates from Estonia, Finland and Norway, meeting at the European Quizzing Championships in Blackpool in November 2007, began talks with a view to instituting a Nordic Championships. The first event was hosted by Tallinn, Estonia in 2008.[1] In 2010 the competition was in Turku, Finland.[2] The 2012 championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark.[3] In 2015 the competition was held in Oslo, Norway following a 3-year break.[4] In 2018 the championships took place in Tallinn, Estonia.[5]

Results[]

2008: Tallinn[]

10 May 2008.[6]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Finland Tero Kalliolevo Norway Ole Martin Halck Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
Pairs Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Finland Jussi Suvanto
Norway Ole Martin Halck
Norway Harald Aastorp
Norway Øystein Aadnevik
Norway Dag Fjeldstad
Teams Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Finland Jussi Suvanto
Finland Jari-Pekka Vuorela
Finland Tuomas Tumi
Norway Dag Fjeldstad
Norway Harald Aastorp
Norway Lars Heggland
Norway Knut Heggland
Norway Tore Dahl
Norway Trine Aalborg
Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
Norway Ole Martin Halck

2010: Turku[]

22 and 23 May 2010.[7]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Finland Tero Kalliolevo Norway Tore Dahl Norway Harald Aastorp
Pairs Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Finland Tuomas Tumi
Norway Tore Dahl
Norway Ole Martin Halck
Norway Knut Heggland
Norway Lars Heggland
Teams Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Finland Tuomas Tumi
Finland Jari-Pekka Vuorela
Finland Jari Hynninen
Norway Sigve Sørland
Norway Harald Aastorp
Norway Stig Sanner
Norway Lars Heggland
Norway Tore Dahl
Norway Jon Strøm
Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
Norway Knut Heggland

2012: Copenhagen[]

19 and 20 May 2012.[8]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Finland Tero Kalliolevo Norway Thomas Kolåsæter Norway Harald Aastorp
Pairs Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Finland Tuomas Tumi
Estonia Ove Põder
Estonia Tauno Vahter
Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
Norway Tore Dahl
Teams Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
Norway Ole Martin Halck
Norway Lars Heggland
Norway Tore Dahl
Estonia Ove Põder
Estonia Igor Habal
Estonia Arko Olesk
Estonia Tauno Vahter
Norway Harald Aastorp
Norway Ingrid Sande Larsen
Norway Stig Sanner
Norway Geir Kristiansen

2015: Oslo[]

25 and 26 April 2015.[9]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Norway Thomas Kolåsæter Estonia Ove Põder Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Pairs Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Finland Jussi Suvanto
Norway Tore Dahl
Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
Norway Ole Martin Halck
Norway Harald Aastorp
Teams Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
Norway Ole Martin Halck
Norway Geir Kristiansen
Norway Harald Aastorp
Norway Arne Blakkisrud
Norway Lars Heggland
Norway Knut Heggland
Norway Stig Sanner
Finland Jari Hakalax
Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Finland Jussi Suvanto
Finland Tuomas Tumi

2018: Tallinn[]

The Finnish bronze medalists at the 2018 team competition (left to right: Markku Virtanen, Tero Kalliolevo, Tuomas Tumi, Jussi Suvanto)

19 and 20 May 2018.[10][11][12]

Competition Winner Runner-up Third Place
Singles Estonia Igor Habal Norway Ole Martin Halck Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Pairs Estonia Igor Habal
Estonia Kaarel Silmato
Norway Tore Dahl
Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
Estonia Ove Põder
Estonia Tauno Vahter
Teams Estonia Igor Habal
Estonia Ove Põder
Estonia Kaarel Silmato
Estonia Tauno Vahter
Norway Thomas Kolåsæter
Norway Lars Heggland
Norway Tore Dahl
Norway Geir Kristiansen
Finland Markku Virtanen
Finland Tero Kalliolevo
Finland Jussi Suvanto
Finland Tuomas Tumi

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