Johan Ferner
Personal information | |
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Birth name | Johan Martin Jacobsen |
Born | Asker, Norway | 22 July 1927
Died | 24 January 2015 The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway | (aged 87)
Spouse(s) | Ingeborg Hesselberg-Meyer
(m. 1953; div. 1956) |
Johan Martin Ferner (né Johan Martin Jacobsen; 22 July 1927 – 24 January 2015) was 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), Erik Heiberg, Tor Arneberg and Carl Mortensen.[1] He was married to Princess Astrid, the sister of King Harald V of Norway. He was also the brother-in-law of Princess Ragnhild.
Family[]
Johan Ferner was the son of master tailor Ferner Jacobsen (1884–1964), who established a department store in Oslo, and his wife, Ragnhild Olsen (1889–1966). He inherited the department store in 1964. Ferner was originally his father's given name and was adopted as a family name by Johan Martin Ferner and his siblings. His grandfather was maritime pilot Johan Martin Jacobsen (1850–1907) from Tjøme, son of blacksmith Jacob Andreas Knudsen (1819–1868).
Marriages and children[]
Firstly, on 20 January 1953, Johan Ferner married artist Ingeborg 'Bitte' Hesselberg-Meyer (later Rostad; 1931–1997). They divorced 1956. He then 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.[2]
The couple had five children:
- Cathrine Ferner (b. 22 July 1962, Oslo), married 9 December 1989 in Oslo, Arild Johansen (b. 18 June 1961, Oslo),[3] and has two children:
- Sebastian Ferner Johansen (b. 9 March 1990, Oslo).
- Nicoline Johansen (b. 2019)[4]
- Madeleine Ferner Johansen (b. 7 March 1993, Oslo).
- Sebastian Ferner Johansen (b. 9 March 1990, 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.[5]
- Alexander Ferner (b. 15 March 1965, Oslo),[6] married 27 July 1996 in Holmenkollen Kapell, Oslo, Margrét Gudmundsdóttir (b. 27 March 1966, Reykjavík, Iceland), and has two children:
- Elisabeth Ferner (b. 30 March 1969, Oslo), married 3 October 1992 in Oslo, Tom Folke Beckmann (b. 14 January 1963, Oslo),[7] and has one son:
- Benjamin Ferner Beckmann (b. 25 April 1999, Oslo).
- Carl-Christian Ferner (b. 22 October 1972, Oslo), married 4 October 2014 in Oslo, Anna-Stina Slattum Karlsen (b. 23 February 1984).[8] He works for the family business, Ferner Jacobsen AS.[9][10]
- Fay Ferner (b. 2018)
Honours[]
National honours[]
- Norway: Knight Commander of the Order of St. Olav[11]
- Norway: Recipient of the Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Haakon VII[12][13]
- Norway: Recipient of the King Olav V Silver Jubilee Medal[12][13]
- Norway: Recipient of the King Olav V Commemorative Medal[12][13]
- Norway: Recipient of the Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Olav V[14]
- Norway: Recipient of the Royal House Centenary Medal[14]
Foreign honours[]
- Belgium: Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II[12][13][15]
- France: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit[12][13]
- Germany: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[12][13]
- Jordan: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence[15]
- Luxembourg: Knight Commander of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau, Special Class[12][13][14][15]
- Netherlands: Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown[12][13]
- Spain: Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Isabella the Catholic[12][13][14]
- Sweden: Recipient of 50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI[16]
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ 1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 31, 2008)
- ^ "1952 Olympic silver medalist Ferner dies". news.yahoo.com. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
- ^ Births Announcements 2019
- ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
- ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
- ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
- ^ Birth announcement in Aftenposten 25 February 1984 No. 95 p. 18 and Norwegian tax lists of 2001 and 2009.
- ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
- ^ "OHF-styret". OSF. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16.
- ^ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Johan wearing foreign orders and foreign and national medals
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c Johan wearing Belgian, Jordanian and Luxembourg orders
- ^ http://blogg.tv2.no/kongebloggen/files/2015/02/www.cdn_.tv2_.no_.jpg
External links[]
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- 1927 births
- 2015 deaths
- People from Asker
- Norwegian male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors of Norway
- Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Order of Leopold II
- Grand Officers of the Order of Leopold II
- Recipients of the National Order of Merit (France)
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (France)
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the Order of Independence (Jordan)
- Grand Cordons of the Order of Independence (Jordan)
- Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Netherlands)
- Recipients of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Commanders by Number of the Order of Isabella the Catholic