Elin Nordegren

Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈěːlɪn ˈnûːɖɛˌɡreːn]; formerly Woods; born 1 January 1980)[1] is the Swedish-born ex-wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods. Nordegren has worked as a model and nanny.[2]

Elin Nordegren
Nordegren touring the USS George Washington in the Persian Gulf, March 2003
Born (1980-01-01) 1 January 1980
Stockholm, Sweden
Alma materRollins College
Spouse(s)
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m. 2004; div. 2010)
Children3
Parent(s)Thomas Nordegren
Barbro Holmberg

Early life and education

Nordegren was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her mother, Barbro Holmberg, is a politician and the former Swedish migration and asylum policy minister, and the former Governor of Gävleborg County. Her father, Thomas Nordegren, is a radio journalist who served as a bureau chief in Washington, D.C.[2] She has an elder brother, Axel, and a twin sister, Josefin.[3][4] Nordegren and her sister had odd summer jobs as cashiers in supermarkets to finance their studies.[5] She started modeling in 2000, and appeared on the cover of Cafe Sport magazine in the summer of 2000.[6]

In May 2014, Nordegren graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, with a degree in psychology, receiving the outstanding senior award.[7][8][9]

Personal life

Marriage and family

Nordegren took a job in Champagne, a Stockholm clothing store where she met Mia Parnevik, wife of Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik, who hired Nordegren as the nanny to their children. The job required her to move full-time to the U.S.[10] He introduced her to Tiger Woods during the 2001 Open Championship. For the previous year, Woods had asked to be introduced to Nordegren, who was seeing someone else at the time. "She had no interest in Tiger and he was OK with that," Mia Parnevik said. "There was a big line of single golfers wanting to meet her. They were gaga over her."[11] At the time, she had hopes of becoming a child psychologist. In November 2003, Woods and Nordegren attended the Presidents Cup tournament in South Africa and became officially engaged when Woods proposed at the luxury Shamwari Game Reserve.

They were married in October 2004, by the 19th hole of the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados. Woods rented the entire complex for a week, including three golf courses and 110 rooms, costing almost $2 million.[12]

Nude photographs purporting to be of Nordegren began circulating on the Internet, which were established to be fakes.[13][14] Despite the debunking, in 2006, Irish magazine The Dubliner published the nude photographs and stated they were of Nordegren.[15] On 16 November 2006, Nordegren filed a libel suit against The Dubliner.[16] Nordegren won 125,000 euros, and The Dubliner was required to publish a lengthy apology in a variety of venues.[17]

In 2007, Woods announced the birth of the couple's daughter, Sam Alexis, a day after finishing second in the U.S. Open.[18] On 2 September 2008, Woods announced they were expecting another child in late winter.[19] Nordegren gave birth to a boy, Charlie Axel, in 2009.[20]

Divorce

In December 2009, her marriage to Woods was the subject of extensive media coverage after Woods admitted to infidelity, which had been revealed following his single-vehicle accident near the family's Florida home.[21] After Woods' infidelity was revealed, Jesper Parnevik was quoted as having said, "I'm kind of filled with sorrow for Elin since me and my wife are at fault for hooking her up with him, and we probably thought he was a better guy than he is." Woods announced he would take an "indefinite break" from golf to work on his marriage.[21] These efforts were unsuccessful, however, as Nordegren and Woods finalized their divorce in the Bay County Circuit Court in Panama City, Florida, on 23 August 2010.[22] Nordegren's legal team included her sister, Josefin (who is licensed to practice law in England and Sweden) and several of Josefin's U.S. colleagues at international law firm McGuireWoods.[23]

Using the $100 million she received from her divorce from Woods, she purchased a $12 million Florida mansion built in the 1920s. She had the entire structure demolished after an architect advised that it made better sense to start over than to try bringing the home up to current hurricane safety codes. Before demolishing the home in December 2011, she allowed Habitat for Humanity to come into the home for four weeks and salvage anything they found of value.[24] The contents of the estate were auctioned at a Habitat for Humanity warehouse, including a 12-foot (3.7 m) fountain with water spouting out of three lions' mouths, five refrigerators, temperature-controlled wine coolers and other furniture.[25]

After divorce from Woods

Nordegren also had a relationship with the late coal magnate and philanthropist Chris Cline.[26]

In June 2019, it was announced that Nordegren was expecting her third child, the father of whom is former NFL player Jordan Cameron.[27] Nordegren gave birth to a son in October 2019.[28]

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gollark: Then you would have other problems.
gollark: Perhaps we need some way to get people to not do that...
gollark: You could probably make a bootleg version with a cheap transparent screen (these must surely exist) and a small computer and battery attached to a hat or something.
gollark: There seems to be a bunch of stuff which could have been cool but never got polished enough/people disliked it. Like Google Glass.

References
  1. "UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019". United Press International. January 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019. model Elin Nordegren in 1980 (age 40)
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  3. Tiger Woods Update: Elin Nordegren's Swedish hideway offers privacy, but no running water. NY Daily News. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
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  8. Tresniowski, Alex. Can Tiger Save His Marriage? from People. 25 January 2010.
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  10. Bernstein, Jacob. The Mysterious Mrs. Woods. The Daily Beast. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2010. Archived 15 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Jesper Parnevik says sorry to Elin Nordegren: Should never have introduced you to Tiger Woods. NY Daily News. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  12. Patteson, Jean. "Where's Elusive Elin Woods?". Orlando Sentinel. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  13. "That's not her naked!" Archived 16 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Playboy. Retrieved 22 September 2006.
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  15. "Tiger Woods Blasts Mag Over Porn Jab at Wife". Fox News. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
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  23. Brian Baxter. "Family Ties Help McGuireWoods Land Tiger Woods Divorce Role". The American Lawyer. 23 August 2010.
  24. Sandra Sobieraj Westfall (8 January 2012). "Elin Nordegren Demolishes $12-Million Home". People. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  25. "Tiger's Ex Donates Valuables From Home". NBC Miami. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  26. https://www.people.com/human-interest/chris-cline-dead-bahamas-helicopter-crash
  27. "Elin Nordegren Is Expecting Baby No. 3 With Former Football Pro Jordan Cameron". Us Weekly. 13 June 2019.
  28. "Tiger Woods' Ex-Wife Elin Nordegren Gives Birth to Baby No. 3, Her 1st Child With Boyfriend Jordan Cameron". Us Weekly. 19 October 2019.
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