Nordic Games
nordic game first international multisport event focused primarily winter sport held varying interval organized sweden swedish central association promotion athletics specifically viktor balck member association one five original member international olympic committee ioc many way precursor modern winter olympic game whose success contributing factor along social economic turmoil following world war nordic gamess discontinuation nordic game began stockholm february conceived swedish central association promotion sport scfif led viktor balck wellknown swedish sport figure quoted saying placed national goal rendering service fatherland bringing honor country nordic game become national concern entire people held every four year thereafter many believe event led implementation winter olympics know today nordic game began effort bolster swedish national sentiment along swedish tourism nordic game featured snow ice related sport country excelled also showcased swedish cultural event theatre opera folklore tourist attraction also highlighted similar game held helsinki finland according source nordic game unclear whether formally named nordic game nordic game consisted winter sport popular scandinavia time ski jumping downhill racing crosscountry skiing skeleton speed skating figure skating hockey time term used bandy curling nonwinter sport also included like fencing swimming longdistance equestrian ride many sport rarer less commonly thought winter sport today also included horsedriven sledding glima hunting skiing behind reindeer aka skijoring military sport car racing motorcycle racing ballooning kicksled pulka racing sport bandy featured nordic game beginning final match second real bandy match played sweden first took place team earlier year stockholm many team took part game game aik participated swedish football association bteam beaten final consisted player ifk uppsala djurgårdens ifk gävle ifk stockholm sea cadet way final aik defeated copenhagen skating association seven team participated ifk helsinki responsible nonswedish element finn lost however already quarterfinal final winner aik even german team leipziger hk would participated absent event clashed european bandy championship bandyem switzerland european bandy championship england six participating nation germany switzerland italy france belgium holland denmark bandy union participated tournament came fourth six team losing match stockholm semifinal västmanland match third prize dane also invited game despite unusually bandyfriendly winter denmark year abstained nordic game bandy sm semifinal final also decided part arrangement national team tournament sweden beat norway semifinal first meeting two country norwegian time played man side bandy match also arranged norway stockholm combining smaller one variant match stockholmers last nordic game bandy tournament existed provincial team norway foreign element nordic game one first lead international championship winter sport example skating championship raised international appeal nordic game viktor balck founder nordic game also charter member international olympic committee president international skating union credited holding isu together end world war also established world championship event lady pair recognised balck known isu president longest tenure year president elected first honorary president isu participation helped olympics take hold winter olympics know today began chamonix france prior time winter sport figure skating ice hockey held summer olympics nordic game mainly included competitor nordic country denmark finland iceland sweden norway country ended opposing establishment separate winter olympics would take away nationalistic effort sweden norway political difference time led norway cease participation game caused controversy viktor balck died one champion cause particularly game cancelled due lack snow winter olympics turned highly successful right beginning international appeal overshadowed nordic game nordic game