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Sondre Norheim, was born the 10th June 1825 in Morgedal, in the county of Telemark in Norway and he died on the 8th March 1897 in the United States. He was one of the great pioneers of modern skiing. Master of alpine skiing, he participated in the development of new ski equipment. He was also the inventor of telemark skiing.

Sondre Norheim is considered an exceptional skier and mastered many cross-country skiing and ski jumping in addition to downhill skiing.

He emigrated with his family to North Dakota in the United States in 1884, where he spent the rest of life.

**Teacher's comments** : thank you Denis - I learnt something today. Can you look at the "**history**" tab and check out the corrections please ! PS did you use an automatic translator ? Come on be honest !! Where are the video comments on nuggets please ?



Sondre junping to house. The Telemark Skiing today.