Johan Ferner


Johan Martin Ferner was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Elisabeth X at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, together with Finn Ferner, Erik Heiberg, Tor Arneberg and Carl Mortensen. He was married to Princess Astrid, the sister of King Harald V of Norway and Princess Ragnhild.

Early life

Ferner was born on 22 July 1927 in Asker.
He was the son of master tailor Ferner Jacobsen, who established a department store in Oslo, and his wife, Ragnhild Olsen. He inherited the department store in 1964. Ferner was originally his father's given name and was adopted as a family name by Johan Martin Ferner and his siblings. His grandfather was maritime pilot Johan Martin Jacobsen from Tjøme, son of blacksmith Jacob Andreas Knudsen.

Personal life

Firstly, on 20 January 1953, Johan Ferner married artist Ingeborg 'Bitte' Hesselberg-Meyer. They divorced in 1956. He then remarried at Asker Church outside Oslo on 12 January 1961 to Princess Astrid of Norway, the second daughter of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden.
The couple had five children:
  • Cathrine Ferner, married 9 December 1989 in Oslo, Arild Johansen, and has two children:
  • * Sebastian Ferner Johansen, married Ida Belinda Lundstrøm, and had two children:
  • ** Nicoline Johansen.
  • ** Ferdinand Johansen.
  • * Madeleine Ferner Johansen, married 17 October 2022 in Oslo, Ole-Aleksander Karlsen, and has one daughter:
  • ** Hermine Karlsen.
  • Benedikte Ferner, married firstly 30 April 1994 in Oslo Rolf Woods, without issue, and married secondly on 2 December 2000 in Oslo and separated in 2002, Mons Einar Stange, without issue.
  • Alexander Ferner, married 27 July 1996 in Holmenkollen Kapell, Oslo, Margrét Gudmundsdóttir, and has two children:
  • * Edward Ferner.
  • * Stella Ferner.
  • Elisabeth Ferner, married 3 October 1992 in Oslo, Tom Folke Beckmann, and has one son:
  • * Benjamin Ferner Beckmann.
  • Carl-Christian Ferner, married 4 October 2014 in Oslo, Anna-Stina Slattum Karlsen.:

Honours

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Foreign honours