Nordic Quizzing Championships

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	Tero Kalliolevo	Ole Martin Halck	Thomas Kolåsæter
Pairs	Tero Kalliolevo Jussi Suvanto	Ole Martin Halck Harald Aastorp	Øystein Aadnevik Dag Fjeldstad
Teams	Tero Kalliolevo Jussi Suvanto Jari-Pekka Vuorela Tuomas Tumi	Dag Fjeldstad Harald Aastorp Lars Heggland Knut Heggland	Tore Dahl Trine Aalborg Thomas Kolåsæter Ole Martin Halck

2010: Turku

22 and 23 May 2010.[7]

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

2012: Copenhagen

19 and 20 May 2012.[8]

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

2015: Oslo

25 and 26 April 2015.[9]

Competition	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
Singles	Thomas Kolåsæter	Ove Põder	Tero Kalliolevo
Pairs	Tero Kalliolevo Jussi Suvanto	Tore Dahl Thomas Kolåsæter	Ole Martin Halck Harald Aastorp
Teams	Thomas Kolåsæter Ole Martin Halck Geir Kristiansen Harald Aastorp	Arne Blakkisrud Lars Heggland Knut Heggland Stig Sanner	Jari Hakalax Tero Kalliolevo Jussi Suvanto 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	Igor Habal	Ole Martin Halck	Tero Kalliolevo
Pairs	Igor Habal Kaarel Silmato	Tore Dahl Thomas Kolåsæter	Ove Põder Tauno Vahter
Teams	Igor Habal Ove Põder Kaarel Silmato Tauno Vahter	Thomas Kolåsæter Lars Heggland Tore Dahl Geir Kristiansen	Markku Virtanen Tero Kalliolevo Jussi Suvanto Tuomas Tumi

References

1. Põhjamaade meistrivõistlused 10.05.2008
2. Nordisk mesterskap 2010 - parkonkurransen
3. NQC 2012
4. Nordic Quizzing Championship 2015
5. Nordic Quizzing Championship 2018
6. Hooaeg 2007/08 10.05 - Põhjamaade MV
7. NQC 2010 in English
8. NQC 2012
9. Results from the Nordic Quizzing Championships 2015
10. Põhjamaade MV - üksikmäng
11. Põhjamaade MV - võistkonnamäng
12. Põhjamaade MV - paarismäng

External links

• Official website of the Nordic Quizzing Championships 2012