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Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
Born | 13 May 1921 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 19 September 2017 | (aged 96)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Else Marie Karlsen (born Else Marie Christiansen, 13 May 1921 – 19 September 2017)[1] was a Norwegian female speed skater. She won a silver medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1947, behind Verné Lesche from Finland.[2]
She won silver medals at the national allround championships in 1947 and 1948, both times behind Randi Thorvaldsen.