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Rolf Knie Jr.

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Biography
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 ☨ Rolf Knie Jr. 
Profession circus artist
Country Switzerland
Country Switzerland
Personal details
Born 1949-08-16 Bern in Switzerland
Dead
Residence
Country Switzerland
Locations
Title owner 1992-
Location at Circus Knie in Switzerland

Rolf Knie Jr., circus artist in Switzerland

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Rolf Knie (born August 16, 1949 in Bern) is a Swiss painter , artist and actor .

He is the son of the multiple Swiss champion in tennis and ice skating Pierrette Dubois (1921–2013 [1] ) as well as Fredy Knie senior and brother of Fredy Knie junior, the artistic director of the Circus Knie , and cousin of Franco Knie , technical director of Circus Knee in Rapperswil . Until the nineties, Rolf Knie was mainly a clown actor and actor, but later became active as an artist. His most common motifs are scenes from the circus.

He spent his childhood in the circus and toured Switzerland. He had his first clown appearance at the age of five. At the age of six he met Karlheinz Böhm and was friends with him until his death. In 1956 he was educated in Belp and lived with a host family. In 1962 he switched to the secondary school at the boarding school Kaltbrunn . From 1966 to 1967 he visited the business school in Zurich and played in the junior team of the FC Zurich . In 1967 he dropped out of business school and dropped out of the junior team. From the autumn of 1967 to 1977 he was active in the circus arena.


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Siblings

Siblings through the father Fredy Knie Sr. (1920-05-29 -- 2003-10-11):

  1. Fredy Knie Born 1946-09-30

Rolf Knie Jr.s ancestral Ahnentafel:
P I II III

Rolf Knie Jr.
Born: 1949-08-16

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Friedrich Knie

Born: 1920-05-29

Paternal Grandfather:
Friedrich Knie

Born: 1844
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Ludwig Knie
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Marie Heim
Paternal Grandmother:
Margrit Lippuner

Born:
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Born:

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Rolf Knie Jr. is mentioned on 1 location pagesCircus Knie,  

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). artist Rolf Knie Jr. in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 June 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1267. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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