ELIN NORDEGREN

Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren (formerly Woods; born 1 January 1980) is the Swedish-born ex-wife of Tiger Woods, who is a professional golfer. She has worked as a model and nanny. The job of nanny needed her to move full-time to the U.S. Then she was introduced to Tiger Woods. Nordegren was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her mother, Barbro Holmberg is a politician, former Swedish Minister of Immigration and Asylum Policy, and former Governor of Gifburg County.

Her father, Thomas Nordegren, was a broadcast journalist who had served as Director of the Information Bureau in Washington, DC. She has an older brother Axel and a twin sister Josefin. Nordgren and her sister work surprising summer jobs in the supermarket to fund their studies. She started modeling in 2000 and appeared on the cover of “Cafe Sport” magazine in the summer of 2000. In May 2014, Nordegren graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, with a degree in psychology and received an outstanding senior award.