Emelie Forsberg is one of the most versatile mountain athletes in the world. She has won world and European titles in skyrunning, medalled at the ski mountaineering World Championships and set fastest known times on some of the best-known peaks in the Alps and the Nordics. She joined Team COROS in 2022.
Last updated: 26 October 2026
From Sweden's High Coast to the mountains of the world
Emelie grew up in Noraström in Kramfors Municipality, on Sweden's High Coast. She first saw herself as a climber, and started running in the mountains purely for the joy of it. She ran her first serious trail race in 2009 and quickly became one of the best in the world at technical mountain distances. Her ski mountaineering career began in 2012, when she entered a race on borrowed skis and finished third.
She lives in Måndalen in Rauma, Norway, with her partner Kilian Jornet and their two daughters, born in 2019 and 2021. The family runs a small farm with a focus on self-sufficiency.
2025–2026: back on the podium
After an ankle injury in the spring of 2026 she had only around four weeks of proper running before Transvulcania, a race she won in 2013 and 2015. She still finished third.
- Romsdalseggløpet (September 2025): 1st
- Els Tres Mils, Mallorca, 56 km (November 2025): 3rd
- Cursa Tomir, 22 km (March 2026): 1st
- Transvulcania, La Palma, 73 km (May 2026): 3rd in 8:14:40
- Monte Rosa Walser Waeg, 82 km (July 2026): 2nd
- Grand Trail des Templiers, 80.7 km (October 2026): 12th
Selected titles and wins
- Skyrunning World Champion, ultra distance (2014)
- Skyrunner World Series champion (2012) and ultra series champion (2013, 2014, 2015)
- European Skyrunning Champion (2013, 2015)
- Ski Mountaineering World Championships: silver in sprint and vertical (2017), plus four bronze medals (2013, 2015, 2017)
- Transvulcania winner (2013, 2015)
- Fjällmaraton winner (2009, 2011, 2014)
- Trofeo Kima winner (2016) and Trofeo Mezzalama winner (2015, 2017)
Fastest known times (women)
- Kebnekaise, up and down: 2:00:40 (2014)
- Mont Blanc from Chamonix: 7:53:12 (2018)
- Matterhorn, up and down: 5:52 (2013)
- Kungsleden, Abisko to Hemavan: 4 days 21:45:28 (2018)
This is Emelie Forsberg
| Full name | Emelie Forsberg |
| Born | 11 December 1986 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Home | Måndalen, Rauma, Norway |
| Disciplines | Skyrunning, trail and ultra running, ski mountaineering |
| Books | Sky Runner (2018) and Moonvalley Diaries with Ida Nilsson and Mimmi Kotka (2019) |
| Sponsors | COROS, NNormal |
