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Show Ski Running Is Ancient With Finns and Swedes In Sweden ski running is at least 14 centuries old, and probably dates back to prehistoric times, according to Prof. Otto von Friesen, of the University Univer-sity of Upsala. A milestone at Boeksta, not far from Upsula, shows a picture of a ski runner and it is probable that long before they knew how to write runes, the Swedes learned the art of skiing from -the nomadic Lapps and Finns. Professor Friesen says that in the Sixth century southern European writers writ-ers described html ers in Sweden who were able to glide through the forest for-est at high speed. In the Viking age skis were in frequent fre-quent use. Winter sports had a special spe-cial divinity, Ull, who himself was devoted de-voted to the use of skis. Itoadp be-i be-i ii ir rare, the skis furnished means of enminiinlcatlon. no matter how serere il-e winter, mid speed on them wan highly esteemed. |