Karen Simensen married name Klæboe (26 August 1907, in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

– 13 July 1996, in Oslo) was a Norwegian

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She won a bronze medal at the

1927 World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. Men's competitions took place from February 5th to 6th ...

, and competed at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

where she placed sixteenth.

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* 1907 births 1996 deaths Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian female single skaters World Figure Skating Championships medalists Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Norway 20th-century Norwegian women {{Norway-figure-skating-bio-stub