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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonja Henie has received more than 1,339,858 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Sonja Henie is the most popular skater, the 51st most popular biography from Norway (down from 43rd 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 Adelina Sotnikova, Oleg Protopopov, Ulrich Salchow, Axel Paulsen, Tonya Harding, Clas Thunberg, Katarina Witt, Gillis Grafström, Ondrej Nepela, Ivar Ballangrud, and Ludmila Belousova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Sonja Henie ranks 52. Before her are Julius Axelrod, Otto Kretschmer, Ghazi of Iraq, Minoru Yamasaki, Patrick White, and Lev Gumilyov. After her are Gordon Parks, Cornel Wilde, Don Siegel, John Payne, Elsa Morante, and Pedro Armendáriz. Among people deceased in 1969, Sonja Henie ranks 34. Before her are Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Moïse Tshombe, Josef von Sternberg, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Alexandra David-Néel, and B. Traven. After her are Enrique Ballestrero, Wacław Sierpiński, Allen Dulles, Vjekoslav Luburić, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, and Robert Taylor.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Sonja Henie ranks 51 out of 1,039. Before her are Ivar Giaever (1929), Oda Krohg (1860), Johan Halvorsen (1864), Haakon Sigurdsson (930), Olaf III of Norway (1050), and Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner (1932). After her are Sverre of Norway (1145), Haakon V of Norway (1270), Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971), Hans Egede (1686), Halfdan the Black (810), and Camilla Collett (1813).

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Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Sonja Henie ranks 1. After her are Axel Paulsen (1855), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Fred Anton Maier (1938), Roald Aas (1928), Bernt Evensen (1905), Knut Johannesen (1933), Finn Helgesen (1919), Odd Lundberg (1917), Johann Olav Koss (1968), and Alexia Bryn (1889).

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