Johan Ferner

Johan Martin Ferner (born 22 July 1927, Asker) is 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.^[1] He is the brother-in-law of King Harald V of Norway and Princess Ragnhild of Norway, the siblings of his wife.

A department store owner, he has married twice. His first marriage ended in divorce. He remarried, at Asker Church outside Oslo on 12 January 1961 to Princess Astrid of Norway, the second daughter of Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden.

The couple has five children and five grandchildren together:

• Cathrine Ferner (b. 22 July 1962, Oslo), married 9 December 1989 in Oslo, Arild Johansen (b. 18 June 1961, Oslo),[1] and has two children:
  • Sebastian Ferner Johansen (b. 9 March 1990, Oslo)
  • Madeleine Ferner Johansen (b. 7 March 1993, Oslo)
• Benedikte Ferner (b. 27 September 1963, Oslo), married firstly 30 April 1994 in Oslo (divorced 1998) Rolf Woods (b. 17 June 1963, Oslo), without issue, and married secondly on 2 December 2000 in Oslo and separated in 2002, Mons Einar Stange (b. 26 May 1962, Oslo), without issue [2]
• Alexander Ferner (b. 15 March 1965, Oslo),[3] married 27 July 1996 in Holmenkollen Kapell, Oslo, Margrét Gudmundsdóttir (b. 27 March 1966, Reykjavík, Iceland), and has two children:
  • Edward Ferner (b. 28 March 1996, Bærum, Norway)
  • Stella Ferner (b. 23 April 1998, Bærum, Norway)
• Elisabeth Ferner (b. 30 March 1969, Oslo), married 3 October 1992 in Oslo, Tom Folke Beckmann (b. 14 January 1963, Oslo), [4] and has one son:
  • Benjamin Ferner Beckmann (b. 25 April 1999, Oslo)
• Carl-Christian Ferner (b. 22 October 1972, Oslo), unmarried and without issue [5]

References

External links

• Royal House of Norway