Finland–Sweden Athletics International

Finland–Sweden athletics international
SportAthletics
First season1925
No. of teams2
Countries Finland
Sweden
Germany (1940 only)
Most recent
champion(s)		Men: Sweden
Women: Sweden
Most titlesMen: Finland (46)
Women: Sweden (42)
Official websitewww.ruotsiottelu.fi (in Finnish)
www.finnkampen.se (in Swedish)

Finnkampen (English: The Finn Battle), also known as Suomi–Ruotsi-maaottelu (The Finland–Sweden match) or Ruotsi-ottelu/Sverigekampen (The Sweden Battle), is a yearly international athletics competition held between Sweden and Finland since 1925.

It is (since the late 1980s) the only annual athletics international with only two participating countries still held at a professional level. The two-day event attracts significant audiences, with a combined total of over 50,000 tickets sold for the 2011 competition.

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