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[[File:Forsränning Uppsala 2015 07.png|thumb|The event in 2015.]]
'''The Uppsala River Rafting Event''' is an event organized in Uppsala, Sweden on [[Fyris|the Fyris River]] at the end of April each year.
Started in 1975 by the students Anders Ahnesjö and Carl-Johan Hansson,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Urborn |first=Christoffer |date=2024-04-30 |title=Här är vurporna från forsränningen i Uppsala |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/har-ar-alla-vurpor-fran-forsranningen-i-uppsala |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=[[Sveriges Television]] |language=sv}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lindqvist |first=Ola |date=2015-04-04 |title=Veteraner i ån när Forsränningen fyller 40 |url=https://www.unt.se/nyheter/bildspel/artikel/veteraner-i-an-nar-forsranningen-fyller-40/lywydy6j |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=[[Upsala Nya Tidning]] |language=sv}}</ref> the event is organized by the Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students (UTN).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larsson |first=Emil |date=2017-03-21 |title=Forsränningen är nu miljömärkt |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/forsfestivalen-ar-nu-miljomarkt |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=[[Sveriges Television]] |language=sv}}</ref>
== The River Rafting ==
The rafting takes place on 30 April every year, [[Walpurgis Night]]. Normally about 100 participants<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liljeholm |first=Ylva |date=2024-04-20 |title=De bygger för forsränningen: "Vår ambition? Att överleva!" |url=https://www.unt.se/nyheter/uppsala/artikel/de-bygger-for-forsranningen-var-ambition-att-overleva-/lw42gx7r |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=[[Upsala Nya Tidning]] |language=sv}}</ref> float the Haglund bridge in Uppsala to Islandsfallet in home-built<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-04-28 |title=Följ med när studenterna bygger en haj inför forsränningen |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/folj-med-nar-studenterna-bygger-en-haj-infor-forsranningen |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=[[Sveriges Television]] |language=sv}}</ref> [[polystyrene]] rafts.
A few of the rafts represent different organizations but the vast majority of the participants are students at the [[Uppsala_University|University of Uppsala]] or other universities.
== The River Festival ==
The River [[Festival]], which takes place during the preceding week, allows participants to build their rafts in the raft-construction area
== The Rafting committee ==
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