Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner

Princess Astrid of Norway ( born February 12, 1932 in Oslo) is the youngest daughter of King Olav V and Märtha of Sweden, belonging to the House of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg to, a collateral line of the House of Oldenburg.

Life

Princess Astrid was born on February 12, 1932 in the Villa Solbakken in Oslo. Your baptismal name was Astrid Maud Ingeborg. She is the second child of Olav V of Norway, his wife Märtha of Sweden and the sister of the current Norwegian King Harald V. She spent her childhood on the estate Skaugum. Between 1940 and 1945 she lived with her ​​parents and siblings, first in Sweden, then in the U.S. in exile. After the war she returned to Oslo. In 1950, she made ​​her Abitur in Oslo and then studied for two years at Oxford.

Since her mother's death in 1954 she was the first woman in the state, because her sister Ragnhild had married a middle-class man, and lived in Brazil. Princess Astrid took over the representative duties to her father's side until the wedding of her younger brother Harald in 1968. Subsequently, the Crown Prince Harald and Sonja took over this duty. Due to their many years of commitment to Norway you pay the Norwegian government since 2002 a pension.

HM King Harald V * HM Queen Sonja *

  • HRH Crown Prince Haakon * HRH Crown Princess Mette- Marit * HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra *
  • Prince Sverre Magnus SH

IH Princess Astrid

* Members of the Royal Family

On January 12, 1961, she married the Civil Johan Martin Ferner ( * 1927) in Asker. Together they have five children. Since the wedding she wears the title of Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner ( Norwegian: prinsesse Astrid fru addition ).

Also, during the illness of King Harald V in 2005 was the princess in the royal house with the perception of representative tasks.

Princess Astrid took over, among others, the patrons of the club for children with dyslexia.

Children and grandchildren

  • Furthermore, Cathrine Johansen ( born July 22, 1962) is married since 1989 with Arild Johansen ( b. 1961 ). They have two children: Furthermore Sebastian Johansen (* 1990)
  • Madeleine Furthermore Johansen (* 1993)
  • Furthermore, Edward (* 1996)
  • Furthermore Stella (* 1998)
  • Benjamin Beckmann ( * 1999)

Others

The Princess Astrid Coast in Antarctica is named after her.

Astrid stood, as born before 1971 woman, never in the Norwegian throne. However, it stands as the great-granddaughter of Edward VII in the UK at number 84 your children and grandchildren follow in accordance with the succession rule on the following places (as of August 2013).

  • Prince (Norway )
  • House of Oldenburg ( Younger line of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg )
  • Agencies of the Federal Cross of Merit ( Grand Cross )
  • Support of the St. Olav's Order ( Grand Cross with chain of orders )
  • Support of the Belgian Order of the Crown ( Grand Cross )
  • Support of the North Star Order ( Grand Cross )
  • Support of the Falcon ( Grand Cross )
  • Support of the French National Order of Merit ( Grand Cross )
  • Support of the Finnish Order of the White Rose
  • Norwegian
  • Born in 1932
  • Woman
Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway Line of succession to the Norwegian throne Integrated Authority File
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