Lillehammer, 12-02-2016 King Harald and Crown Princess Mette-Marit Departure at the Lillehamer Hotel Members of the Norwegian Royal Family attend an official reception on the occasion of the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympics RPE/Albert Nieboer/Netherlands OUT - NO WIRE SERVICE -

Snowboarding - Snowboard Cross - Full Replay | Lillehammer Feb 15, 2016 The Youth Olympic Games are an elite sporting event for young people from all over the world. The sports programme is based on that of the Olympic Games, with 28 sports featured on the summer programme and 7 on the winter programme. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) named Dakar, Senegal, as Dominika Sedlakova SVK in action against Stefanie Wetli SUI during the Ice Hockey Women’s Bronze Medal Game between Switzerland and Slovakia at the Kristins Hall during the Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway, 19 February 2016. Vice-Chair of the Coordination Commission for the Games of XXXIII Olympiad Paris 2024. Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission Los Angeles 2028. President of the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. Member of the Advisory Board of the World Academy of Sports. ICAS Member. WADA Executive Committee Member. GAISF President

Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics and 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. The coat-of-arms was granted in 1898 and show a birkebeiner, carrying a spear and a shield, who is skiing down a mountainside. Lillehammer is home to the largest literature festival in the Nordic countries, and in 2017 was designated as a UNESCO City of Literature.

Dominika Sedlakova SVK in action against Stefanie Wetli SUI during the Ice Hockey Women’s Bronze Medal Game between Switzerland and Slovakia at the Kristins Hall during the Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway, 19 February 2016.

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Lillehammer, 12-02-2016 King Harald and Crown Princess Mette-Marit Departure at the Lillehamer Hotel Members of the Norwegian Royal Family attend an official reception on the occasion of the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympics RPE/Albert Nieboer/Netherlands OUT - NO WIRE SERVICE - Lillehammer Olympics, once more with feeling? - The Apr 17, 2017 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer: meet our IBSF 70 young IBSF athletes take part – Monobob celebrates Olympic premiere The 2016 Youth Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer are underway. The YOG competitions in bobsleigh and skeleton will take place on the Olympic track of 1994 close to the city. VLOG: Lillehammer Winter Youth Olympics kicks off