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Karen Fladset

Karen Fladset, Norwegian handball player

Born
May 27, 1944
Age in 2026
82
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1944

About Karen Fladset

Karen Fladset is a Norwegian former team handball player and coach. She played for the club IL Vestar and the Norway women's national handball team. With Vestar she became Norwegian Champion both as player and coach, and she was top scorer in the Norwegian league for four seasons. After her playing career she was head coach for the national team for two years, and later coach for various clubs. She was a Norway champion in discus throw three times. She won the national championships in discus throw in 1962, 1966 and 1967, and achieved bronze medals in 1963 and 1968. In 1966 and 1967 she won with 37.42 metres and 38.24 metres respectively. She represented SK Olymp until the mid-1960s, when she changed club to IL Vestar, and still has the club record in Olymp (now: IL Molde-Olymp), in both discus throw and high jump.

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Karen Fladset timeline

  1. She won the national championships in discus throw in 1962, 1966 and 1967, and achieved bronze medals in 1963 and 1968.
  2. In 1966 and 1967 she won with 37.42 metres and 38.24 metres respectively.

The world when Karen Fladset was born

Karen Fladset was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

  • #1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieGoing My Way
  • Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
  • Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
  • Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
  • Defining fadBobby socks
  • Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
  • World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Karen Fladset's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19442026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$4,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population138.4M341 million

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