What is Finnmarksløpet 2024?
[[File:Finnmarksløpet.jpg|thumb|Finnmarksløpet in 2011]] [[Image:10seppalasleddogs.jpg|thumb|200px|A team of [[sled dog]]s (with a person), in another country]] '''Finnmarksløpet 2024''' are three [[Dog sled racing|dog sled races]] in [[Finnmark|Norway's northernmost county]]. They started in [[Alta (municipality)|Alta, Finnmark]] in March 2024. All the races have winners. ==''FL1200''== ''FL1200'' is Europe's longest [[Sled dog racing|sled dog race]]; It started on March 8, 2024. Teams started with 14 [[sled dog]]s. Checkpoints and other places in the race, *The 12. checkpoint was [[Jotka]] ([https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11979404 map]). The first team (Petter Karlsson's) started on the last leg of the race at 6 PM, March 15; The team went on with only 8 (of the team's 14) dogs; The team went on the [[Alta River]] and passed [[Sorrisniva]] (settlement) in Alta municipality (at 9 PM).<ref name=ScrollFri15/><ref name=SNL>https://snl.no/Finnmarksl%C3%B8pet. [[SNL.no]]. Retrieved 2024-03-09</ref> The team won the race.<ref>https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/se-direkte_-petter-karlsson-forst-over-malstreken-i-finnmarkslopet-1.16805720. Retrieved 2024-03-16</ref> *The 11. checkpoint was in [[Karasjok (village)]]. The first team (Petter Karlsson's) left at 7 AM, March 15; The team went on with only 9 (of the team's 14) dogs.<ref name=ScrollFri15>https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-03-15</ref> *The tenth checkpoint was ''Levajok 2'' ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Levajok map]) on the western shore of [[Tana River (Europe)]]. The first team (Petter Karlsson's) left at 7 PM, March 14.<ref name=ScrollThu>https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/. NRK.no. Retrieved 2024-03-14</ref> *The ninth checkpoint was [[Varangerbotn]] ([https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4129770 map]) in [[Nesseby]] municipality. The first team (Petter Karlsson's) left at 11 PM, March 13.<ref name=ScrollThu/> The team went on with only 10 (of the team's 14) dogs.<ref name=VelgEtLøpChoseAraceThu>[https://portal.finnmar