Sonja Henie’s Autographed Ice Skates, c. 1945, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History During the late 1920s and 1930s, Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie introduced the trend of white ...

I have never been on ice skates. I grew up in California and Hawaii, where I learned to swim and water ski. The first time I ever stepped onto frozen water was as a young bride, visiting new in-laws ...

Narrated by Cliff Robertson The daughter of a fur wholesaler, Sonja Henie received her first pair of ice skates when she was six. Eight years later, she was the Norwegian Skating Champion. At 15, she ...

(Reuters) - Oslo's shock April snowfall of 1912 is remembered as one of the city's more memorable events of the last century, but it pales in comparison to the emergence of Sonja Henie, the precocious ...

This one is going way back. Sonja Henie hit the scene in 1927 when she was just 14 years old. She was one of the first international sensations in the sport of ice skating. She won the Norwegian ...

In 1930 the world’s figure-skating championships were held in the U. S. for the first time. From Norway to defend her itle came dimpled 17-year-old Champion Sonja Henie, who gave an exhibition oi ...

Lillehammer 1994 ladies singles gold medallist Oksana Baiul is reportedly set to feature in a film about former figure skater Sonja Henie. The Ukrainian, who was also the world champion in 1993, is ...

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From Feb. 3 to Feb. 5 the figure skating championship of the world will be held in Manhattan. There, last week, famed skaters were practicing their loops, rockers, counters, brackets—the 48 figures ...