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| opening            = {{Start date|1954|2|13|df=y}}
| closing            = {{End date|1954|2|21|df=y}}
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| previous           = [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950|1950]]
| next               = [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958|1958]] 
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The '''FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954''' took place 13–21 February 1954 in [[Falun]], [[Sweden]]. These were the first races where women competed with events in the 10&nbsp;km and 3 × 5&nbsp;km relay. It also saw the 18&nbsp;km reduced to 15&nbsp;km in men's cross-country along with the return of the 30&nbsp;km which was last held in [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1926|1926]]. The Nordic combined saw the ski jump held first with the cross-country distance reduced to 15&nbsp;km as well. The [[Soviet Union]] also debuted in these championships as well.

== Men's cross-country ==
=== 15 km ===
17 February 1954

{| class="wikitable"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold
| {{flagathlete|[[Veikko Hakulinen]]|FIN}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver
| {{flagathlete|[[Arvo Viitanen]]|FIN}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze
| {{flagathlete|[[August Kiuru]]|FIN}}
|
|}

=== 30 km ===
14 February 1954

{| class="wikitable"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold
| {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kuzin]]|URS|1936}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver
| {{flagathlete|[[Veikko Hakulinen]]|FIN}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze
| {{flagathlete|[[Martti Lautala]]|FIN}}
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|}

Vladimir Kuzin was the first person from the Soviet Union to win an event at the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]].

=== 50 km ===
21 February 1954

{| class="wikitable"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold
| {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kuzin]]|URS|1936}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver
| {{flagathlete|[[Veikko Hakulinen]]|FIN}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze
| {{flagathlete|[[Arvo Viitanen]]|FIN}}
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|}

===4 × 10 km relay===
20 February 1954

{| class="wikitable"
! Medal
! Team
! Time
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold
| {{FIN}} ([[August Kiuru]], [[Tapio Mäkelä]], [[Arvo Viitanen]], [[Veikko Hakulinen]])
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver
| {{flagcountry|URS|1936}} ([[Nikolay Koslov]], [[Fyodor Terentyev]], [[Aleksey Kuznetsov (skier)|Aleksey Kuznetsov]], [[Vladimir Kuzin]])
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze
| {{SWE}} ([[Sune Larsson]], [[Sixten Jernberg]], [[Arthur Olsson]], [[Per-Erik Larsson]])
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|}

== Women's cross-country ==
=== 10 km ===
21 February 1954

{| class="wikitable"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Time
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold
| {{flagathlete|[[Lyubov Kozyreva (cross-country skier)|Lyubov Kozyreva]]|URS|1936}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver
| {{flagathlete|[[Siiri Rantanen]]|FIN}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze
| {{flagathlete|[[Mirja Hietamies]]|FIN}}
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|}

Kozyreva was the first woman to win at the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]].

===3 × 5 km relay===
17 February 1954

{| class="wikitable"
! Medal
! Team
! Time
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold
| {{flagcountry|URS|1936}} ([[Lyubov Kozyreva (cross-country skier)|Lyubov Kozyreva]], [[Margarita Maslennikova]], [[Valentina Tsaryova]])
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver
| {{FIN}} ([[Sirkka Polkunen]], [[Mirja Hietamies]], [[Siiri Rantanen]])
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze
| {{SWE}} ([[Anna-Lisa Eriksson]], [[Märta Norberg]], [[Sonja Edström]])
|
|}

== Men's Nordic combined ==
=== Individual ===
16 February 1954 (Jumping)
17 February 1954 (Skiing, included in 15&nbsp;km run)

{| class="wikitable"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Points
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold
| {{flagathlete|[[Sverre Stenersen]]|NOR}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver
| {{flagathlete|[[Gunder Gundersen]]|NOR}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze
| {{flagathlete|[[Kjetil Mårdalen]]|NOR}}
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|}

== Men's ski jumping ==
=== Individual large hill ===
14 February 1954

{| class="wikitable"
! Medal
! Athlete
! Points
|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:gold;"| Gold
| {{flagathlete|[[Matti Pietikäinen]]|FIN}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:silver;"| Silver
| {{flagathlete|[[Veikko Heinonen]]|FIN}}
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|-
|style="text-align:center;background-color:#CC9966;"| Bronze
| {{flagathlete|[[Bror Östman]]|SWE}}
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|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
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 | gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 0 | name_URS = {{flagteam|URS|1936}}
 | gold_FIN = 3 | silver_FIN = 6 | bronze_FIN = 4
 | gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 1
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 3
}}

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312131857/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/medg/mgjp/mgwsc.html?category=&sector=CC&season=1954&nbr=4&search=Search FIS 1954 Cross-country results]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312222058/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/medg/mgjp12/mgwsc.html?category=&sector=NK&season=1954&nbr=4&search=Search FIS 1954 Nordic combined results]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312221908/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/medg/mgjp12/mgwsc.html?category=&sector=JP&season=1954&nbr=4&search=Search FIS 1954 Ski jumping results]
*[[:de:Nordische Skiweltmeisterschaft 1954|Results from German Wikipedia]]

==External links==
{{Nordic skiing World Championships}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150424104238/http://www.oppetarkiv.se/etikett/titel/Skid-VM%201954%20i%20Falun/ The event at SVT's open archive] {{in lang|sv}}

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