Svend and Lene Karlsen: Viking Power Productions Update

by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2012 IronMind


"We have a new web page up and running," Lene Alexandra Karlsen told IronMind®, as she and her husband - World's Strongest Man winner Svend Karlsen - expand their business activities and announce their 2009 strongman contest schedule.

Among its features:

On the contest front, here's what the Karlsens will be unveiling this year.

"Norway's Strongest Man is set for 22 - 23 May. We will run an open qualifier on Friday, May 22, 2009 and 12 athletes go on to the final TV2 show on Saturday, May 23, 2009," said Karlsen.

"The top three from Norway's Strongest Man qualify for the Viking Power Challenge, and the winner of Norway's Strongest Man has an invitation already from IMG Sport for World's Strongest Man 2009," Karlsen told IronMind®, adding that the date for this year's Viking Power Challenge will be announced later this week.



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