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Sonja Henie at the 1936 Olympics
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| Full name | Sonja Henie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 April 1912 Oslo, Norway |
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| Died | 12 October 1969 (aged 57) during a flight from Paris to Oslo (leukemia) |
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| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Jack Dunn Stewart Reburn |
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| Former coach | Howard Nicholson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Oslo SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a famous Norwegian ice skater and movie star who was born in Oslo.
She was a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in Ladies' Singles, a ten-time World Champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European Champion (1931–1936). In 1936 she became a professional skater. Later she decided to become a movie star. At the height of her acting career she was one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood.
Henie's connections with Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officials made her the subject of controversy before, during, and after World War II.
Henie was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the mid-1960s. She died of the disease at age 57 in 1969 during a flight from Paris to Oslo. Generally regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters in history, she is buried with Onstad in Oslo on the hilltop overlooking the Henie Onstad Art Centre.
Images for kids
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Sonja Henie appeared on the cover of Time magazine on July 17, 1939.
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Henie's handprint/signature in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre
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Henie in Berlin, 1930
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Henie's Olympic gold medal, St. Moritz 1928.
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Norwegian Long Haul Boeing 787 painted with an image of Sonja Henie