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PLLumsdaine
789
In most varieties of English “How old is she?” would be much more usual, but in Irish English “What age is she?” is very common (in my experience).
LenaStorli
1389
No, I don't think it has. However, it is convenient in a way, since you don't have to change it every year as you turn older, or even remember how old you are :-) . Lots of people find it unnatural, though, and you will never be wrong with "jag är X år gammal".
Arnauti
1449
Exactly. her happens to have the same form in both cases in English, but if you compare with him instead it gets clearer: you wouldn't say him age.
henne is the object form of the pronoun hon but hennes is the possessive pronoun.