The Vansbrosimningen is a large river swimming competition in Vansbro, Sweden that reached 16.000 participants in 2018. The 3 km race is the classical Vansbrosimningen which has been swum since 1960 and is one of the World’s Top 100 Open Water Swims, part of the Global Swim Series and one of the World’s Top 100 River Swims. All races start at different point in the Vanån River and end in the Västerdalälven River The swimmers swim downstream in Vanån and upstream the last ca. 1000 m in Västerdalälven.