Elin Nordegren

March 31, 2011 Popeater

Need a luxury yacht? Of course you do. Tiger Woods is unloading his vessel -- a wedding gift to ex-wife Elin Nordegren -- for a cool $25 million.

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Woods bought it in 2004 for $20 million and experts say he'll be lucky if he gets that, reports Monsters and Critics.com.

March 18, 2011 Popeater

Golf pro Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren has bought a $12.2 million beach-front property in North Palm Beach, Fla., just 10 miles from Tiger's new digs.

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According to Palm Beach County records, Nordegren bought the two-story mansion--which boasts eight bathrooms and a 4,700-square-foot basement--in February through one of her divorce lawyers, Dennis Belcher, Huffington Post reports.

December 21, 2010 Popeater

What's Tiger Woods up to this Christmas while ex-wife Elin Nordegren vacations with their two children in Sweden?

Woods tweeted this picture of himself, testing out the new EA video game, writing, "Tough day at the office, testing out 12 game."

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Happy holidays.

December 16, 2010 Celebrity Highlights

Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren was spotted in Stockholm with her children. Check out this "Extra" exclusive pic!

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The Swedish former model, who divorced the philandering golfer this year, went out for a stroll in the snow with the couple's children, Sam and Charlie, and some unidentified friends.

It was recently reported that Woods had the children for Thanksgiving and Elin would have them for the Christmas holiday, and take them to her native Sweden.


August 25, 2010 Celebrity Highlights

Although we've seen her face splashed all over the tabloids for months, who is Elin Nordegren? "Extra" has 20 facts you might not know about Tiger Woods' very private, now ex-wife, who finalized her divorce from the golf pro Monday and gave her first interview to People magazine.

Who Is Elin Nordegren?

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Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren was born on New Year's Day in 1980.

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Elin was born and raised in Sweden.

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Elin is a former swimsuit model.

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According to Golf.com, Jesper Parnevik's wife, Mia, hired Nordegren in 2001 to work as one of her nannies -- and later served as something of a matchmaker for Woods and Nordegren.

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Elin was born 10 minutes ahead of her identical twin, Josefine.

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Elin also has an older brother named Axel.

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Elin grew up in a small town 50 miles north of Stockholm.

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Her parents, Thomas Nordegren and Barbro Holmberg, divorced when Elin was six years old.

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Elin's Mother is a Minister for Migration with the Swedish government.

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Elin's father, Thomas Nordegren, has been one of Sweden's leading journalists. Presently based in Washington, D.C., he's a White House correspondent for Swedish Broadcasting.

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Elin and her twin sister attended Sweden's prestigious John F. Kennedy School.

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The girls did not lead a life of luxury. "Elin and Josefine had to find jobs every summer to buy what they wanted," her father told Britain's Sunday Mirror in 2002. "They worked as cashiers in the supermarket to finance their studies and held other odd jobs."

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One of Sweden's leading fashion photographers, Bingo Rimer, ran across a candid photo of her and immediately recognized her star quality. Rimer looked up Nordegren's phone number and talked her into a couple of photo shoots, which took place in early 2000.

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Nordegren landed on the cover of Cafe Sport magazine in the summer of 2000.

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Instead of pursuing modeling full time, Elin and Josefine enrolled at Lund University, one of the top colleges in Sweden.

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Elin was working at the clothing boutique Champagne, in Stockholm, where she met Mia Parnevik, and was offered a job a Mia's family nanny.

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According to golf.com, "She had no interest in golf or golfers," says Mia. "She thought they were so silly and was always making fun of them."

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Elin was a competitive soccer player well into her teens.

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Elin and Tiger have two children together. Son Charlie Axel and daughter Sam Alexis.

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Tiger and Elin Nordegren were married October 5, 2004 on the island of Barbados. It was a lavish yet intimate affair, and they tried desperately to keep it private.

August 25, 2010 Celebrity Highlights

Now that his six-year marriage is officially dunzo, Tiger Woods is apparently feeling a little blue.

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It's been nine long months since the golfer's numerous extramarital affairs were exposed, and Woods told AP it's a sad time in his life because "you don't ever go into a marriage looking to get divorced."

August 25, 2010 Celebrity Highlights

Elin Nordegren is breaking her silence for the first time since Tiger Woods' extramarital affairs were made public in November.

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"I have been through the stages of disbelief and shock, to anger and ultimately grief over the loss of the family I so badly wanted for my children," she told People magazine.

August 24, 2010 Celebrity Highlights

Elin Nordegren, freshly divorced from Tiger Woods, was spotted out for the first time since the split was finalized, toting adorable son Charlie, 17 months, to a doctor's appointment -- and she seems to look relieved.

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