Snowmobiling in Northern Europe is very popular and growing. There were 35,026 new snowmobiles sold in the countries of Finland, Sweden and Norway, Russia and others in 2006-2007. There are over 300 snowmobile clubs in Sweden alone and they, like their North American brothers and sisters, participate in fund raising, trail development, shows and more. In the Scandinavian countries, snowmobiling is a big part of their winter economic engine and provides thousands of full time jobs.
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