Petter Karlsson

a dog a day Moscow with petter

Petter Karlsson is a competitive dog musher and the breeder of some of the fastest long distance dogs on the planet. He has won Europe’s longest race (Finnmarksløpet, 1200km) twice, and the 650km Femundløpet in record breaking time. Although Finnmarksløpet and Femundløpet are recent high profile successes Petter has been striving to reach a peak …

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Angela Karlsson

Hailing from central Sweden, Angela has taken to life in the north and wouldn’t be anywhere else! While juggling work, business management, two raucous young boys and an equally raucous young toddler, somehow Angela still finds time to support Petter’s farming and training, and is a cornerstone of the team.

Matthias Schärer

Matthias is originally from Switzerland and has been working at our Kennel since 2019. He got his first taste of mushing in 2016 in Alaska while taking a tour at the Kennel of Iditarod Mushers Monica Zappa and Tim Osmar. He fell in love with the mushing lifestyle and in the following winters returned to …

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Rolf Gerber

Rolf is from Switzerland but has spent a lot of his past few years in Scandinavia working with Sleddogs. He is retired now but that doesn´t mean he´s not busy anymore. He has a house and dogs at home he takes care of himself and then a few times a week stops by at Petter …

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Markus Karlsson

Markus is Petter’s brother, and while he is not running dogs himself, he does a lot of the daily work around the kennel. He helps groom the trails, does a lot of the logistics on the multiday tours and helps moving snow, gear and dog food around. His house also serves as a checkpoint on …

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