Nordic Pulse

Sven Wiik, a native of Sweden, immigrated to the United States in 1949 to be employed by Western State College as Professor of Health and Physical Education. In 1960 he became the US Olympic Nordic coach. In 1968, he and his wife Birthe and daughter Birgitta moved to Steamboat Springs to build the Scandinavian Lodge and Mt. Werner Training Center. For over 30 years, this facility drew athletes from around the world and enabled them to achieve their Olympic dreams with Sven’s guidance.

The Wiik family expanded their operation to the Steamboat Ski Touring Center in 1980. Birgitta Wiik-Lindgren and her daughter Kajsa Lindgren currently run the center, continuing the family history.