Overview
- An anonymous survey by NRK with SVT, DR and Yle contacted 413 athletes from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark between Sept. 23 and Oct. 7, 2025, and received 184 responses.
- Nearly half of respondents reported zero out‑of‑competition tests in the past year; 13.3% were tested once, 30.4% two to five times, 4.4% six to ten times, and 2.8% more than ten times.
- Among 64 Norwegian respondents, 42.2% said they had not undergone any out‑of‑competition testing in the past year.
- Men’s national hockey team members were not included because many play in the NHL, which follows different anti‑doping rules.
- Biathlete Sebastian Samuelsson said he believes he competes against doped athletes and estimated about two to three percent currently use or have used doping, while Norway’s Anders Solheim said testing aims to be targeted rather than universal.