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Sonja Henie

1912 - 1969

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Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European champion (1931–1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater. She is one of only two skaters to defend a ladies' singles Olympic title, the other being Katarina Witt, and her six consecutive European titles have only been matched by Witt. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sonja Henie is the most popular skater, the 63rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Skater.

Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater who won the gold medal in figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics, 1932 Winter Olympics, and 1936 Winter Olympics.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Sonja Henie ranks 1 out of 483. After her are Ulrich Salchow, Axel Paulsen, Andrea Kékesy, Katarina Witt, Gillis Grafström, Karl Schäfer, Hjalmar Andersen, Ivar Ballangrud, Ondrej Nepela, Clas Thunberg, and Sjoukje Dijkstra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Sonja Henie ranks 48. Before her are Pierre Boulle, Herbert C. Brown, Chien-Shiung Wu, Elsa Morante, Kim Philby, and James Callaghan. After her are Jozef Gabčík, Otto Ernst Remer, Shoichi Nishimura, Robert Doisneau, George Emil Palade, and Duško Popov. Among people deceased in 1969, Sonja Henie ranks 34. Before her are Dominique Pire, Levi Eshkol, Otto Dix, Moïse Tshombe, Arthur Friedenreich, and Witold Gombrowicz. After her are Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Abdirashid Shermarke, Josef von Sternberg, Alexandra David-Néel, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, and Vito Genovese.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Sonja Henie ranks 63 out of 1,039. Before her are Anders Behring Breivik (1979), Trygve Haavelmo (1911), Peder Severin Krøyer (1851), Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068), Eiríkr Hákonarson (957), and Ivar Giaever (1929). After her are Johan Galtung (1930), Jonas Lie (1833), Finn E. Kydland (1943), Gustav Vigeland (1869), Haakon Sigurdsson (930), and Sophus Lie (1842).

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Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Sonja Henie ranks 1. After her are Axel Paulsen (1855), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Fred Anton Maier (1938), Roald Aas (1928), Alexia Bryn (1889), Odd Lundberg (1917), Knut Johannesen (1933), Roar Grønvold (1946), Sverre Farstad (1920), and Finn Helgesen (1919).

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