It bid ended fourth of seven at the 91st IOC Session on 17 September 1986, who awarded the 1992 Winter Olympics to Albertville, France.

German IOC member Wolfgang Müller when know the idea immediately contacted Mollén, and they held a meeting on 12 October 1981, where it was agreed that the planning would not yet be launched to the public.

[1] A petition was started in 1982 to stop the town from hosting the games, which gathered about a thousand signatures by 2 June 1982, when the municipal council was to evaluate the planning.

This action led the visits to the 70 IOC members in their home countries, with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs following up.

[3] The Information Committee published a white book in 1984, which was critical to both the application process and the impact of the games on the town, warning that the city would change character.