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She finished tied for sixth place (with fellow Norwegian Astrid Sandvik) in the women"s slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d"Ampezzo. She also finished fourteenth in the giant slalom.
She finished tied for sixth place (with fellow Norwegian Astrid Sandvik) in the women"s slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d"Ampezzo. She also finished fourteenth in the giant slalom.
She later finished fourteenth in the slalom and 20th in the giant slalom of the 1960 Winter Olympics. She also took seven national championship titles between 1956 and 1959. She was born in Bærum and represented the club Bærums Saskatchewan. Foreign her alpine world championship, Bjørnbakken earned the Holmenkollen Medal that same year (shared with Håkon Brusveen).
All were from Norway except Stenmark, who is from Sweden.