List of skiers awarded Stora grabbars och tjejers märke

[1][2] Stora grabbars och tjejers märke are honorary awards within several Swedish sports, first named in 1928 by Bo Ekelund.

[3] To be awarded, a sportsperson has to gather a certain number of points in international (and sometimes national events) according to different rules depending on the sport in question.

[13] When women gain the title, the recipient is called a 'Stor tjej' (lit.

[14] According to Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv in the 1940s, the skiers' stor grabb was the hardest one to obtain after the wrestlers' as it needed wins in at least one major international competition, i.e. the Olympic Games, a skiing world championship, the Holmenkollen Ski Festival, or the Lahti Ski Games, and exceptional national results.

[15] Each different event and result gives different numbers of points e.g., in alpine skiing and cross-country skiing, 50 points for an individual Olympic, FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, or FIS Nordic World Ski Championships gold medal, 40 points for a silver medal in said events, three points for an individual Swedish Alpine Skiing Championships or Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Championships title, four points for an individual FIS Alpine Ski World Cup or FIS Cross-Country World Cup win, and one point for a world cup relay appearance.