title: IPSC Nordic Rifle Championship
text: # IPSC Nordic Rifle Championship
  
  The IPSC Nordic Rifle Championship is a yearly IPSC level 3 rifle championship hosted in either Norway, Sweden, Finland or Denmark.
  
  ## History
  
  * 2001 Hell, 20-23. June
  * 2002 Steinsjøen
  * 2003 Borris, 31 May - 1 June
  * 2004 Oulu, 10-11 July
  * 2005 Elverum, 16-18 September
  * 2006 Borris, 27-28 May
  * 2007 Hamina, 14-15 July
  * 2008 Kongsberg, 12-13 July
  * 2009 (No championship held)
  * 2010 Kouvola and Hamina, 10-11 July
  * 2011 Copenhagen, 16-17 July
  * 2012 Herrljunga, 14-15 July
  * 2013 Snillfjord, 6-7 July
  * 2014 Kouvola and Heinola, 23-24 August
  * 2015 Copenhagen, 6-7 June
  * 2016 Snillfjord, 30-31 July
  * 2017 Karlskoga, 12-13 August
  * 2018 Hanko and Kirkkonummi, 7-8 July
  
  ## Nordic champions
  
  The following is a list of current and past champions.
  
  ### Overall category
  
  | Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Venue |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2001 | | Even Skaarer | Odd Strengenes | Frank Sandås | Hell, Norway |
  | 2002 | | Even Skaarer | Steinar Haugli | Flemming Pedersen | Steinsjøen, Norway |
  | 2003 | | Geir A. B. Wollmann | Mika Riste | Sverre Idland | Borris, Denmark |
  | 2004 | Open | Even Skaarer | Frank Sandås | Tommi Forsell | Oulu, Finland |
  | 2004 | Standard | Sverre Idland | Marko Kervola | Jari Karvonen | Oulu, Finland |
  | 2005 | Open | Raine Peltokoski | Odd Strengenes | Tommi Verho | Terningmoen, Norway |
  | 2005 | Standard | Sverre Idland | Jari Rastas | Runar Staveli | Terningmoen, Norway |
  | 2006 | Open | Frank Sandås | Even Skaarer | Raine Peltokoski | Borris, Denmark |
  | 2006 | Standard | Isto Hyyryaläinen | Sverre Idland | Per-Erik Salvesen | Borris, Denmark |
  | 2007 | Open | Hannu Uronen | Frank Sandås | Raine Peltokoski | Hamina, Finland |
  | 2007 | Standard | Sverre Idland | Tommi Verho | Isto Hyyryaläinen | Hamina, Finland |
  | 2008 | Open | Kristian Rommen | Antti Hintsanen | Mikael Kaislaranta | Heistadmoen, Kongsberg |
  | 2008 | Standard | Sverre Idland | Mika Riste | Jari Rastas | Heistadmoen, Kongsberg |
  | 2009 | No championship held | No championship held | No championship held | No championship held | No championship held |
  | 2010 | Open | Raine Peltokoski | Petri H Runtti | Juha Niemelä | Finland |
  | 2010 | Standard | Isto Hyyryläinen | Mika J Riste | Mikko Kuisma | Finland |
  | 2011 | Open | Christian Thomsen | Jarkko Laukia | Kimmo Iso-Tuisku | Denmark |
  | 2011 | Standard | Isto Hyyryläinen | Mikael Kaislaranta | Mika Riste | Denmark |
  | 2012 | Open | Jarkko Laukia | Frank Sandås | Tuukka Jokinen | Herrljunga, Sweden |
  | 2012 | Standard | Mika Riste | Mikael Kaislaranta | Ilkka Kervinen | Herrljunga, Sweden |
  | 2013 | Open | Jarkko Laukia | Kristian Rommen | Frank Sandås | Snillfjord, Norway |
  | 2013 | Standard | Sami Hautamäki | Sverre Idland | Kristian Førde | Snillfjord, Norway |
  | 2013 | Manual Open | Jan Terje Jørgensen | Lars Selven | Geir Ivar Bredgaten | Snillfjord, Norway |
  | 2013 | Manual Standard | Lars Bjarne Oddan | Frank Storsve | | Snillfjord, Norway |
  | 2014 | Open | Raine Peltokoski | Jarkko Laukia | Teemu Rintala | Finland |
  | 2014 | Standard | Sami Hautamäki | Timo Vehviläinen | Ilkka Siitonen | Finland |
  | 2015 | Open | Jarkko Laukia | Rasmus Gyllenberg | Michael Lindgjerdet | Denmark |
  | 2015 | Standard | Håvard Østgaard | Sami Hautamäki | Atte Vainionpää | Denmark |
  | 2015 | Manual Open | Christian Sandvik | Tom Karlsen | Henrik Lerfeldt | Denmark |
  | 2016 | Open | Teemu Rintala | Kristian Rommen | Tuukka Jokinen | Snillfjord, Norway |
  | 2016 | Standard | Håvard Østgaard | Atte Vainionpää | Isto Hyyryläinen | Snillfjord, Norway |
  | 2016 | Manual Open | Jørgen Løe | Jan Terje Jørgensen | Torleiv Rime | Snillfjord, Norway |
  | 2017 | Open | Jarkko Laukia | Vegard Fredriksen | Olle Ackehed | Karlskoga, Sweden |
  | 2017 | Standard | Sami Hautamäki | Håvard Østgaard | Atte Vainionpää | Karlskoga, Sweden |
  | 2017 | Manual Open | Jiro Nihei | Jon Johansson | Jørgen Tang Nielsen | Karlskoga, Sweden |
  | 2018 | Open | Jarkko Laukia | Marcus Madsen | Kristian Rommen | Hanko and Kirkkonummi, Finland |
  | 2018 | Standard | Sami Hautamäki | Teemu Rintala | Timo Vehviläinen | Hanko and Kirkkonummi, Finland |
  
  ### Lady category
  
  | Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Venue |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2010 | Open | Cathrine Normann | Paula Takkumäki | Ritva Kaase | Finland |
  | 2012 | Open | Marianne Schön | Sofia Dohmen | Kattis Edfeldt | Herrljunga, Sweden |
  | 2016 | Open Lady | Emilie Skårild | Kristina Olsson | Ann-Kathrin Mulstad | Snillfjord, Norway |
  | 2017 | Open | Marika Koskinen | Emilie Skårild | Pia Clerté | Karlskoga, Sweden |
  | 2018 | Open | Ann-Kathrin Mulstad | Marika Koskinen | Miia Kaartinen | Hanko and Kirkkonummi, Finland |
  
  ### Junior category
  
  | Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Venue |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2007 | Open | Marko O Espo | Toni Palmola | Juha-Matti Jääskeläinen | Hamina, Finland |
  
  ### Senior category
  
  | Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Venue |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2006 | Open | Tim Andersen | | | Borris, Denmark |
  | 2010 | Open | Ari Honkala | Wilhelm R Backlund | Markku Koistinen | Finland |
  | 2011 | Open | Tomas Hemander | Kim Snerup Nielsen | Anders Nilsson | Denmark |
  | 2012 | Open | Kim Snerup Nielsen | Anders Nilsson | Tomas Hermander | Herrljunga, Sweden |
  | 2014 | Open | Johan Hansen | Johan Lindberg | Pertti Karhunen | Finland |
  | 2014 | Standard | Sverre Idland | Ilkka Kervinen | Jari Prittinen | Finland |
  | 2015 | Open | Johan Hansen | Tore Fiborg | Svein Helge Hennum | Copenhagen, Denmark |
  | 2015 | Standard | Mikael Kaislaranta | Sverre Idland | Atte Vainionpää | Copenhagen, Denmark |
  | 2016 | Open | Johan Hansen | Tåle Johnstad | Per Bergfeldt | Snillfjord, Norway |
  | 2017 | Open | Per Bergfeldt | Tore Fiborg | Patrik Gren | Karlskoga, Sweden |
  | 2018 | Open | Lars Syversen | Mika Riste | Leif Madsen | Hanko and Kirkkonummi, Finland |
  | 2018 | Standard | Mikael Kaislaranta | Ilkka Siitonen | Sverre Idland | Hanko and Kirkkonummi, Finland |
  
  ### Super Senior category
  
  | Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Venue |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2010 | Open | Tarmo Rinne | Markku Koistinen | | Finland |
  | 2017 | Open | Per Jonasson | Johan Mattsson | Walter Kitzinger | Karlskoga, Sweden |
  | 2018 | Open | Pertti Karhunen | Per Jonasson | Veijo Ratilainen | Hanko and Kirkkonummi, Finland |
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Year | Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Venue |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2006 | Open | Norway Frank Sandås, Even Skaarer, Odd Strengenes, Henning Wallgren | Finland Raine Peltokoski, Tommi Verho, Tommi Forsel, Mikael Kaislaranta | Denmark Kim Nielsen, Peter Stausholm, Ib Rene Hansen, K B Svendsen | Borris, Denmark |
  | 2006 | Standard | Finland Isto Hyyryaläinen, Jari Rastas, Jarno Rantanen, Petri Syvänne | Norway Sverre Idland, Per-Erik Salvesen, Øystein Grande, Runar Staveli | Denmark Lars Hagemann, Carl Erik Sander, Michael Bickham, Per Jensen | Borris, Denmark |
  