Johan Ferner

Johan Martin Ferner
Johan Martin Ferner in 2007.
Born	Johan Martin Jacobsen (1927-07-22) 22 July 1927 Asker, Norway
Spouse(s)	Ingeborg Hesselberg-Meyer (1953–1956; divorced) Princess Ragnhild of Norway (1961–present)
Children	Cathrine Ferner Benedikte Ferner Alexander Ferner Elisabeth Ferner Carl-Christian Ferner
Parents	Ferner Jacobsen (father) Ragnhild Olsen (mother)
Relatives	Finn Ferner (brother)

Johan Ferner

Medal record
Competitor for  Norway
Sailing
Olympic Games
Silver	1952 Helsinki	6 metre class

Norwegian Royal House
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Rest of the Royal Family HH Prince Sverre Magnus Marius Borg Høiby HH Princess Märtha Louise Ari Behn Maud Angelica Behn Leah Isadora Behn Emma Tallulah Behn Erling Lorentzen HH Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner Johan Ferner
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Johan Martin Ferner (born 22 July 1927, Asker, né Johan Martin Jacobsen) 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 (his brother),^[1] Erik Heiberg, Tor Arneberg and Carl Mortensen.^[2] 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. Firstly, on 20 January 1953, to artist Ingeborg "Bitte" Hesselberg-Meyer (later Rostad), 9 July 1931 - 22 July 1997, divorced 1956. He 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 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), 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.
• Alexander Ferner (b. 15 March 1965, Oslo), married 27 July 1996 in Holmenkollen Kapell, near 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), and has one son:
  • Benjamin Ferner Beckmann (b. 25 April 1999, Oslo).
• Carl-Christian Ferner (b. 22 October 1972, Oslo), unmarried and without issue. He works for the family business, Ferner Jacobsen AS. ^[3]

He is the son of tailor Ferner Jacobsen (1885-1964), who owned a department store in Oslo (Ferner Jacobsen AS), and his wife, Ragnhild Olsen (1889-1966). Ferner was originally his father's given name, but was adopted as a family name by Johan Martin Ferner and some of his siblings. His grandfather was maritime pilot Johan Martin Jacobsen (1850-1907) from Tjøme, son of blacksmith Jacob Andreas Knudsen (1819-1868).

Honours

National honours

• Olav V's Silver Jubilee Medal (21/09/1982).
• Olav V's Centenary Medal (02/07/2003).
• Norwegian Royal House Centenary Medal (18/11/2005).
• Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (10/02/2011).^[4]

Foreign honours

• Knight Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (France).^[5]

Ancestry

References