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Sonja Henie
Norwegian figure skater and American film star (1912–1969)
Not to be confused with American basketball player Sonja Henning.
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Henie at the 1936 Olympics | |
| Full name | Sonja Henie |
| Born | (1912-04-08)8 April 1912 Oslo, Norway |
| Died | 12 October 1969(1969-10-12) (aged 57) on an ambulance plane flying from Paris to Oslo |
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Country | Norway |
| Skating club | Oslo SK |
| Retired | 1956 |
Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegianfigure 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 European titles have only been matched by Witt.
At the height of Henie
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There are now three generations that have never heard of her. Say her name to anyone beneath 40, and they won’t know that she was the first teen phenom of modern times—that in 1928, months before Shirley Temple was even born, this dimpled imp of 15 was already a child star on the world’s scen. She was called “the Nasturtium of the North,” “the Ice Queen of Norway,” “the White Swan,” and, less flatteringly, “Little Miss Moneybags.” Her surname rhymes with “penny,” so perhaps it’s no surprise that she counted every last one. When she died, in 1969, her holdings were estimated at more than $47 million. Indeed, the word that really passform this bundle of cutting-edge charisma would not be coined until the 1960s, when Andy Warhol packad star wattage and have-it-all hunger into three syllables: “superstar.” Sonja Henie was the first.
What did she do? Sonja Henie was a figure skater. And while there were famous figure skaters before her—Jackson Haines, known as the “American skating prince,” a
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Leif Henie (abt. 1908)
LeifHenie
Son of Wilhelm Henie and Selma Lochmann - Nielsen
Brother of Sonja (Henie) Onstad
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[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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- Wikipedia:Sonja Henie
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97C-YQB : accessed 1 February 2018), Sonja Heina in household of Selma Heina, Tract 387, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-63, sheet 12B, line 55, family 387, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 222.