Camilla Gjersem

Birth Name: Camilla Marie Gjersem

Place of Birth: Hønefoss, Buskerud, Norway

Date of Birth: 6 January, 1994

Ethnicity:
*Norwegian (father)
*Filipino (mother)

Camilla Gjersem is a Norwegian figure skater. She is a two-time Skate Copenhagen champion, the 2014 Warsaw Cup silver medalist, the 2016 Reykjavik International champion, and the 2018 Ice Star bronze medalist. She has been Norwegian national champion five times.

Her father, Petter Gjersem, is Norwegian, from Raufoss. Her mother, Perlina “Perly” Rodriguez Bangug, is a Filipina, from Ilagan, Isabela. She is the twin sister of figure skater Anne Line Gjersem.

Camilla’s paternal grandfather was surnamed Gjersem (the son of Harald Eugen Petersen Thorshov, later Gjersem, and of Dina Elfrida Asak). Harald was the son of Peter Hansen Rønnerud, later Haugerengen, and of Gunda Helgesdatter Smith. Dina was the daughter of Karl Johan Asak and Gunda Emilie Caroline Hansdatter Samuelsen.

Camilla’s maternal grandfather was named Feliciano Baccay Bangug (the son of a father surnamed Bangug, and of “Kakko” Baccay).

Camilla’s maternal grandmother was named Reminena Rodriguez.

Sources: Genealogy of Camilla Gjersem – http://www.geni.com

Baptismal record of Camilla’s paternal great-grandfather, Harald Eugen Petersen Thorshov – http://www.arkivverket.no

Camilla’s paternal great-grandfather, Harald Eugen Petersen Thorshov, on the 1900 Norwegian census – http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no
Harald Eugen Petersen Thorshov on the 1910 Norwegian census – http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no

Marriage record of Camilla’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Peter Hansen Haugerengen and Gunda Helgesdatter Smith – http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no

Baptismal record of Camilla’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Peter Hansen Rønnerud – http://www.arkivverket.no

Baptismal record of Camilla’s paternal great-grandmother, Dina Elfrida Asak – http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no

Camilla’s paternal great-grandmother, Dina Elfrida Asak, on the 1910 Norwegian census – http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no

Camilla’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Gunda Emilie Caroline Hansdatter Samuelsen, on the 1875 Norwegian census – http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no