| Princess Ragnhild | |
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| Spouse | Erling Sven Lorentzen |
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| Haakon Lorentzen Ingeborg Lorentzen Ragnhild Lorentzen |
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| Ragnhild Alexandra | |
| House | House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
| Father | Olav V of Norway |
| Mother | Princess Märtha of Sweden |
| Born | 9 June 1930 Oslo, Norway |
Princess Ragnhild of Norway, Mrs. Lorentzen, (Ragnhild Alexandra, born 9 June 1930) is the eldest daughter of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. She is the older sister of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway and of Princess Astrid of Norway.
Princess Ragnhild married Erling S. Lorentzen, a commoner of the High Bourgeoisie, in Asker on 15 May 1953, after which the princess is titled Her Highness Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen. There was great controversy when the princess married Lorentzen, a business man and army officer who had served as her bodyguard during the War, as she was the first Norwegian Royal to marry a commoner. Soon after the couple's wedding, it was announced that the flag of Norway would no longer be flown on the princess's birthday (9 June).
The couple moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where her husband has substantial business holdings. They still live there, but also spend some time in Oslo. The princess has three children: Haakon Lorentzen, Ingeborg Lorentzen (Mrs. Paulo Ribeiro), and Ragnhild Lorentzen (married to the American Aaron Matthew Long and living in San Francisco, California). Her grandchildren are Olav (born 1985), Christian (born 1988), Victoria (born 1988), Sophia (born 1994), Alexandra (born 2007) and Elizabeth (born 2011).
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| Reference style | Her Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
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* Member of the Norwegian Royal House
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A staunch conservative, Princess Ragnhild publicly criticized her niece and nephew, Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon Magnus, for their choice of spouses, on TV 2, a Norwegian television network, in 2004.[1] Among her comments was her belief that the younger generation's controversial marriages could bring down the Norwegian monarchy and her hope that she would be dead before her nephew's wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit became queen. In a fruitless effort at damage control, the princess's husband reportedly approached TV 2, asking that his wife's scathing comments be edited.[1]
As she is the great-granddaughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom, she is also in the line of succession to the British throne. She is a second cousin to Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. Princess Ragnhild's aunt (her mother's sister) became Queen Astrid of Belgium, making Princess Ragnhild a maternal first cousin to Baudouin of Belgium and his successor Albert II of Belgium.[2]
Princess Ragnhild is Patron of the Norwegian Organisation for the Hearing Impaired.
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A 540 000 km² area in Antarctica is named Princess Ragnhild Coast in her honour. The Jahre Line (later Color Line) cruiseferry MS Prinsesse Ragnhild was named in her honour.
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Princess Ragnhild of Norway
Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg
Born: 9 June 1930 |
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| Preceded by Leah Isadora Behn |
Line of succession to the British throne | Succeeded by Olav Lorentzen |
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