Denmark Confirmed As New FESA Member

The Federation of European Ski and Snowboard Associations (FESA) is thrilled to announce that the Ski Federation Denmark has joined as its 19th member. This milestone was achieved during the recent presidential conference held in Sölden, Austria.

The inclusion of the Ski Federation Denmark reflects FESA’s commitment to expanding and strengthening the European ski and snowboard community. With Denmark’s rich history of winter sports and its growing enthusiasm for skiing and snowboarding, this new partnership promises to bring fresh perspectives and new opportunities for collaboration within the FESA network.

FESA President Roswitha Stadlober warmly welcomes Denmark’s entry into the FESA family, highlighting the federation’s vision of expanding and embracing as many European associations as possible. “Our goal is to unite Europe’s diverse winter sports communities under the FESA umbrella,” she emphasized, “and we are thrilled to see our family grow with each new member, strengthening the spirit of collaboration and shared passion for winter sports across the continent.”

Anna Harboe, President of Ski Federation Denmark about the new FESA Membership: “Denmark is proud to become a member of FESA and we strongly support FESAs vision and mission. Denmark has no mountains and no snow, but will work hard to contribute to the FESA family as best we can. We believe that we are stronger together in facing the opportunities and challenges in our fantastic sport.”

As FESA continues to grow, our collective efforts will focus on enhancing training opportunities, facilitating knowledge exchange, and promoting sustainable development in winter sports across Europe. With the Ski Federation Denmark now part of the FESA family, we are more committed than ever to driving the growth and evolution of skiing and snowboarding.

Ski Federation Denmark is the governing body for skiing and snowboarding in Denmark. Founded in 1938 and has been a key part of promoting various skiing disciplines throughout the period. Ski Federation Denmark has approximately 13.200 members in 55 official skiing clubs. Ski Federation Denmark are member of Danish Confederation of Sport, FIS and IBU. Skiing in Denmark is a very popular sport, approximately 10% of all Danish inhibitors are regular skiers. The aim is to be relevant for all national skiers and snowboarders, and gather more passionate happy skiers and snowboard athletes in our skiing clubs.

At its annual General Assembly in Sölden, the Federation of European ski and snowboard associations (FESA) decided to further professionalise its transnational cooperation. In addition, Denmark was admitted to the FESA. This means that FESA now represents the interests of a total of 18 national associations.

‘Our top priority remains the development of young athletes,’ explained FESA President Roswitha Stadelober. ‘That is why we have agreed to further modernise our structures and adapt them so that we can continue to fulfil this task with a clear vision for the future.’

Under the leadership of the Management Team in charge since February 2024, the best possible framework conditions for organising the various competitions are now to be created for all members from Northern, Eastern and Central Europe. This further professionalisation of the entire FESA organisation is to be driven forward even more intensively than before via the various discipline-specific commissions and as continental body of the European Ski- and Snowboard family.

The medium-term goal remains the implementation of joint FESA Games as a preliminary stage to possible European Championships at the end of each season.

The Federation, based in Planegg near Munich, is a registered association. Its primary aim is to prepare young athletes for the next level of competition and to give them their first international experience. FESA members are the national ski and snowboard associations from Andorra, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Norway, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic and Hungary.