March 12, 2014 By Vladislav Luchianov If I’m not mistaken, the last time our online magazine put its attention to Norway’s skating was in April 2012, when Olga Fluegge wrote an article dedicated to the 100th anniversary of famous Sonja Henie. But the Sochi Olympics showed that Norwegian figure skating is reviving again. The 20-year-old Anne Line Gjersem is the first Norwegian to qualify for figure...
The Gjersem family tries to revive Sonja Henie traditions in Norway
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