Astrid of Norway
Princess Astrid Maud Ingeborg of Norway (born February 12, 1932 in Oslo ) is the youngest daughter of King Olav V and Märtha of Sweden and belongs to the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , a branch of the House of Oldenburg .
Life
Princess Astrid was born on February 12, 1932 at Villa Solbakken in Oslo. Her baptismal name was Astrid Maud Ingeborg. She is the second child of Olav V of Norway , his wife Princess Märtha of Sweden and sister of the current Norwegian King Harald V . She spent her childhood on the Skaugum estate . Between 1940 and 1945 she lived with her parents and siblings, first in Sweden, then in exile in the USA. After the war she returned to Oslo. In 1950 she graduated from high school in Oslo and then studied for two years in Oxford .
She was the first woman in the state since her mother's death in 1954 as her sister Ragnhild had already married a middle-class man and lived in Brazil . Princess Astrid took over the representative duties at the side of her father until the wedding of her younger brother Harald in 1968. Then the Crown Prince couple Harald and Sonja took over this duty. Because of her longstanding commitment to Norway, the Norwegian government has been paying her a pension since 2002.
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On January 12, 1961, she married the commoner Johan Martin Ferner in Asker . They have five children together. Since the wedding she has had the title Princess Astrid, Frau Ferner (Norwegian: prinsesse Astrid, fru Ferner ).
Even during the illness of King Harald V in 2005, the princess assisted the royal family with the performance of representative tasks.
Among other things, Princess Astrid has taken on the patronage of the association for children with dyslexia .
Children and grandchildren
- Cathrine Ferner Johansen (* July 22, 1962) has been married to Arild Johansen (* 1961) since 1989. You have two children:
- Sebastian Ferner Johansen (* 1990)
- Madeleine Ferner Johansen (* 1993)
- Benedikt Ferner (born September 27, 1963) was married to Rolf Woods (born 1963) from 1994 to 1998 and to Mons Einar Stange (born 1962) from 2000 to 2002.
- Alexander Ferner (* March 15, 1965) has been married to Margaret Gudmundsdottir (* 1966) since 1996.
- Edward Ferner (* 1996)
- Stella Ferner (* 1998)
- Elisabeth Ferner (* March 30, 1969) was married to Tom Folke Beckmann (* 1963) from 1992 to 2004. You have a son:
- Benjamin Beckmann (* 1999)
- Carl-Christian Ferner (* October 22, 1972) has been married to Anna-Stina Slattum (* 1984) since 2014.
Others
The Princess Astrid Coast in Antarctica was named after her.
Astrid, as a woman born before 1971, was never part of the Norwegian throne . However, as the great-granddaughter of Edward VII , she is 91st in the UK (May 2015). Your children and grandchildren follow the rule of succession to the next seats.
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| SURNAME | Astrid of Norway |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian noblewoman, Princess of Norway |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo , Norway |