Elin Nordegren
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren (Template:IPA; born 1 January 1980)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a Swedish former model and nanny. She was married to professional golfer Tiger Woods from 2004 until their divorce in 2010.<ref name="CNN120409">Template:Cite news</ref>
Early life and education
Nordegren was born in Stockholm. Her mother, politician Barbro Holmberg, is the former Swedish migration and asylum policy minister as well as the former Governor of Gävleborg County. Her father, Thomas Nordegren, is a radio journalist who has served as a bureau chief in Washington, D.C.<ref name="CNN120409"/> She has an elder brother, Axel, and a twin sister Josefin Nordegren.<ref>Tiger Woods Update: Elin Nordegren's Swedish hideway offers privacy, but no running water. NY Daily News. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Her parents divorced when she was seven years old.<ref name="people" /> Nordegren and her sister had summer jobs as cashiers in supermarkets to finance their studies.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> The two moved to Germany with their father in 1997 for a year, studying English and German in eleventh grade at John F. Kennedy School, Berlin.<ref name="people" /> Elin started modeling in 2000, and appeared on the cover of Cafe Sport magazine in the summer of 2000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In May 2014, Nordegren graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, with a degree in psychology, receiving the outstanding senior award.<ref>Owen, David. Back in the zone from The Guardian. 29 October 2006.</ref><ref>Tresniowski, Alex. Can Tiger Save His Marriage? Template:Webarchive from People. 25 January 2010.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She gave the commencement address at the graduation ceremony.<ref name="people" />
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 au pair to their children, the job requiring her to move full-time to the U.S.<ref name=dailybeast>Template:Cite news</ref> Tiger Woods was introduced to her 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."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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 Template:Nowrap<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Nude photographs purportedly of Nordegren began circulating on the Internet.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Despite their inauthenticity, the Irish magazine, The Dubliner published them, saying they were photographs of Nordegren.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In November 2006, Nordegren filed a libel suit against The Dubliner,<ref name=nytimes>Template:Cite news</ref> won the suit and was awarded €125,000. The Dubliner was also required subsequently to publish lengthy apologies on numerous prominent media outlets.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2007, Woods announced the birth of the couple's daughter, Sam Alexis, a day after finishing second in the U.S. Open.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 2 September 2008, Woods announced they were expecting another child in late winter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nordegren gave birth to a boy, Charlie Axel, in 2009.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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.<ref name="Dorman">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="Dorman"/> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Brian Baxter. "Family Ties Help McGuireWoods Land Tiger Woods Divorce Role". The American Lawyer. Template:Nowrap.</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The contents of the estate were auctioned at a Habitat for Humanity warehouse, including a Template:Convert fountain with water spouting out of three lions' mouths, five refrigerators, temperature-controlled wine coolers, and other furniture.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Later relationships
In 2011, Nordegren was in a relationship with American businessman Jamie Dingman, which lasted less than a year.<ref name="people" /> She dated American entrepreneur Chris Cline from 2013 to 2017.<ref name="people">Template:Cite web</ref>
In June 2019, it was announced that Nordegren was expecting her first child with former National Football League player Jordan Cameron.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nordegren gave birth to a son, Arthur, in October 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In December 2022, Nordegren gave birth to their second child, reportedly a daughter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The couple also has a third child together.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>