Karl Magnus Satre (February 6, 1904 – January 14, 1955) was a Norwegian-born American skier. He was a member of the

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in 1936. Karl Magnus Satre ( Sætre) was born at

Trysil Municipality Trysil is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Inn ...

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, Norway. He was a brother of Olympic skier

Paul Ottar Satre Paul Ottar Satre (September 9, 1908 – July 5, 1984) was an American ski jumper and cross-country skier. Paul Ottar Sætre was born in Trysil Municipality in Hedmark county, Norway and emigrated to the United States. Between 1930 and 1935 he ...

. He emigrated to the

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in 1927 and settled in

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. He competed in

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and

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in ...

at the

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. He was six times American champion in Nordic combined. .

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* 1904 births 1955 deaths People from Trysil Norwegian emigrants to the United States American male Nordic combined skiers American male cross-country skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the United States Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States Nordic combined skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub