Telemark University College and the Norwegian Sports Federation have the pleasure to invite you to a conference on the history of outdoor winter sports from February 23rd – 26th, 2011.

In 2011 the Norwegian Sports Federation celebrates its 150th anniversary, and this conference is part of the celebration. Our conference is also supported by ISHPES.

Norway will simultaneously be inviting the skiing world to the FIS World Championship in Nordic Skiing in Oslo. After the conference we will help provide tickets to events on the Sunday after the end of the conference. Please check the program at: www.oslo2011.no.

We know that several researchers worldwide are heading for Telemark in 2011. We hope a winter conference in the heart of Telemark, Norway, will be of interest. We have included an afternoon trip to Morgedal during the time you are here. www.morgedal.com

The conference locations at our university college (www.hit.no) have modern facilities, and coffee breaks and lunches will be served on campus. The Bø Hotel is situated just a three minutes walk away and will host most of you (70 + rooms). If you already are planning to attend the conference, we suggest that you book a hotel room as soon as possible. Since we have reserved the whole hotel we ask that you make your reservations by e-mail post@bohotell.no og by phone + 47 35 06 08 00. We aim to make this conference a social and warm event to be remembered. Bø Hotel will be the centre of social activities.

Call for papers will be announced soon. Please follow the instructions and respect the dates for both abstracts and papers. Vest-Telemark Museum has decided to sponsor the final report. We promise that an edited proceedings of accepted papers will be available some months after the conference.

Any practical questions after reading all the attached material can be mailed to the conference coordinator at Kjarsti.Skjeldal@hit.no.

We wish you a warm welcome to winter Telemark, Norway in 2011!

From the conference committee: Gerd von der Lippe, Jan Ove Tangen, Pål Augestad, Andre Horgen, Halvor Kleppen and Kjærsti Skjeldal.