This weekend, on the 13th and 14th of March, the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup Nordic will be held at Holmenkollen with over 30,000 people expected to attend. The jump is to be held as a trial test before the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships next year in Oslo, 24th of February – 6th March 2011.

On the 3rd of February, the International Ski Federation (FIS) certified the New Holmenkollen Fyr (HS134) that the facility passed all technical and safety standards required for international ski jumping competitions.

Though the ski jump is not fully completed, plans are being met and carried through as scheduled. On the 3rd of March, Annette Sagen became the first official ski jumper to jump 106.5 meters during the opening ceremony of the Skijump, which set a new Holmenkollen jump record. From the 20 ski jumpers taking part of the opening ceremony, Rune Vetla, a local ski jumper had the longest jump at 141 meters, breaking and currently holding the record at Holmenkollen!

After this weekend’s event, JDS Architects will continue the remaining work on the completion plans until 2011. At the end of 2010, visitors can enjoy a bar at 418 meters above sea level and get the experience of looking down the in-run like a ski jumper. At the top of the of the 69 meter inclined-cantilever tower, a 110m2 plateau will reveal an amazing view over the city of Oslo and its fjords.

photography by Håkon Mosvold Larsen/Scanpix via Aftenposten.no

Anette Sagan has been announced today to be the first jumper on the New Holmenkollen Ski jump.   The jump will take place at the opening ceremony this Wednesday, March 3rd between 19.00 and 20.00.

Read more here, here and here [Norwegian text].

As the Holmenkollen jump nears completion, the International Ski Federation (FIS) certified the 134 long ski jump last week! This means that it meets all technical and safety standards for international ski jump competitions.

The trial championship will be on the 12^th – 14^th of March.

Scroll down for some of the latest construction photos of the Holmenkollen ski jump, the exterior metal mesh facade is installed all the way to the top!

The new Holmenkollen Ski Jump game is now available to play on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

“Holmenkollen Ski Jump is an addicting ski jumping game.  Easy to play, really hard to master!  The game is situated in the new Holmenkollen, Norway’s national ski jumping arena in Oslo.  Jump as far as possible with maximum style!” -from Agens, iTunes App Store.

The game was just released today and is available on the iTunes App Store.  Click here for the link.

You can also compete against your friends on Facebook with the Holmenkollen Facebook app.  Click here for the link.

JDS Architects is proud to announce the release of the new Holmenkollen Ski Jump Game available on visitnorway.com – test your hopping skills by clicking here.

Made possible by:

www.visitoslo.com, www.agens.no, www.norwegian.no, www.colorline.no, www.skiforeningen.no, www.oslo2011.no, www.jdsa.no

Screenshots below.

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After a few days of bad weather, the top piece of the Holmenkollen structure is finally getting mounted. What a beautiful day! Watch the live construction here.

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On Tuesday the 24 of November 2009 the final section mounting will take place, if wind and weather conditions allow for it.  An exciting day for JDS …and the engineers too we suspect!  The picture shows Section 8, the final section of the steel superstructure being prepared for the final lift!

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The Copenhagen community came together for a nice Sunday afternoon soapbox race! Organized by CPHMOVES, 17 teams constructed their karts and raced it 3km through Nørrebrogade.  We entered the race by recycling an old Holmenkollen Skijump model.  Though we did not take 1st place, we did win the best car award!

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Steel sections 1-2 south elevation have been mounted on the side of  the judges tribune and up along side the knoll construction.

The pictures view towards the south/southeast.

A rainy day on site with an awesome view!

EOM -JDS OSL

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