Career
Foreign the Finnish ice hockey player, see Henrik Forsberg (ice hockey). Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finishes at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville in cross country skiing with a fourth in the 4 x 10 km relay and ninth in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit. Forsberg"s best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the 50 km event at Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1995.
His lone World Cup victory was in a 30 km event in Sweden in 1991.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Forsberg finished 14th in the 4 x 7.5 km relay and 47th in the 20 km individual events. Forsberg"s best individual finish was second in a 10 km sprint event in Slovakia during the 2001-2002 season.
Forsberg"s wife, Magdalena, competed from 1988 to 1996 in cross country skiing, and 1993 to 2002 in biathlon.