The 26th of December 1982 I was born in Lørenskog just outside of Oslo. 3550 grams heavy and 50 cm long I was the first born child of Ina Lund and Bjørn Svindal. When I was 2 years and three months old my brother Simen was born. The first six years of my life I lived in Fetsund and after that we moved to Skedsmo where I have lived most of my life. Both places are about a 20 min drive from Oslo.

My mom and dad were both skiers, so we would ski a lot. Every holiday we went to Geilo (one of the top ski destinations in Norway) and stayed with my grandparents at their cabin. Geilo is where I learned to ski. I got my first pair of skies for my 3rd birthday. Atomics that were 100cm long. I was the first to use them and since that my brother and my two cousins also used them as their first pair of skies.

I still have them at home. As I got a little older we would also go skiing at the smaller hills around Oslo on normal weekday evenings and in the weekends.

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