Resting on the Trail

One of Petters favorite tool to use in long distance races is resting on the trail. In the races the distances between the Checkpoints are not always the same and can vary between 60 and 130km. Different teams will choose different strategies, and Petter himself is switching it up a bit every year. For example …

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Metsjöviddafjäll Race, 15-17 January 2022

  The 320km Metsjöviddafjäll Race is always an important one as the Mushers get to see their teams in a real race for the first time in the season. Last year Matthias Schärer made the unthinkable possible and beat 6-time Champion Petter Karlsson on his own turf. In an epic 120km run to the finish …

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Experienced sled guide wanted!

Petter Karlsson

We are looking for people with a passion for dog sledding and with the energy and motivation to be an important part of our team with the goal to build up the best dog team in the world. We live in Slussfors, Sweden at the border of Vindelfjällens nature reserve, here we have a long snow …

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Arctic Circle Sleddog Expedition Completed!

From the 8 teams that started out on the 580km expedition on Thursday 25th of March 2021, 5 teams got back home 3 days and some hours later on Sunday, while the rest had to scratch either in Vuoggatjålme or Ammarnäs. But in the end all the dogs and mushers participating had a great time …

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Metsjöviddafjäll Race 2021

Training Race turns into main event The Metsjövidda fjäll Race is a 320km race that starts right here in and around our Kennel. Usually it is a training race to prepare our and others teams for the upcomming races of the season, but with all other big races cancelled this year, the Metsjövidda fjäll Race …

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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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Luka Music

In search of real winters Luka, originally from Slovenia, moved to Norway in 2019. First he worked a season at a big tour kennel in Kirkenes where he guided shorter dogsledding trips, followed by a season with Musher Andreas In Albon at Fjell-Huskies. Andreas was a big reason that he fell in love with dog …

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