The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1938 took place February 24–28, 1938 in Lahti, Finland. This was the Finnish city's second time hosting the championships after having done so in 1926.

February 25, 1938

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Pauli Pitkänen (FIN)	1:09:37
Silver	Alfred Dahlqvist (SWE)	1:10:02
Bronze	Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)	1:10:56

187 of 188 skiers completed the event.

February 27, 1938

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)	4:06:09
Silver	Alvar Rantalahti (FIN)	4:10:44
Bronze	Lars Bergendahl (NOR)	4:10:54

62 of the 99 skiers completed the event.

February 28, 1938

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Finland (Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, Klaes Karppinen)	2:38:42
Silver	Norway (Ragnar Ringstad, Olav Økern, Arne Larsen, Lars Bergendahl)	2:42:30
Bronze	Sweden (Sven Hansson, Donald Johansson, Sigurd Nilsson, Martin Matsbo)	2:43:05

February 24, 1938

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR)	432.60
Silver	John Westbergh (SWE)	412.80
Bronze	Hans Vinjarengen (NOR)	411.20

February 27, 1938

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold	Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)	226.4
Silver	Stanisław Marusarz (POL)	226.2
Bronze	Hilmar Myhra (NOR)	225.0

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	3	1	1	5
2	Norway (NOR)	2	1	3	6
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	1	3
4	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 entries)		5	5	5	15

• FIS 1938 Cross country results
• FIS 1938 Nordic combined results
• FIS 1938 Ski jumping results
• Results from German Wikipedia
• Hansen, Hermann & Sveen, Knut. (1996) VM på ski '97. Alt om ski-VM 1925-1997 Trondheim: Adresseavisens Forlag. p. 59. ISBN 82-7164-044-5. (in Norwegian)