Johan Ferner

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Johan Martin Ferner
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Johan Martin Ferner in 2007.
Personal information
Birth nameJohan Martin Jacobsen
Born(1927-07-22)22 July 1927
Asker, Norway
Died24 January 2015(2015-01-24) (aged 87)
The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Spouse(s)
Ingeborg Hesselberg-Meyer
(m. 1953; div. 1956)

(m. 1961)
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Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki 6 metre class

Johan Martin Ferner ( 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).
  • 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:
    • 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),[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[]

Foreign honours[]

Ancestry[]

References[]

  1. ^ 1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback MachinedatabaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 31, 2008)
  2. ^ "1952 Olympic silver medalist Ferner dies". news.yahoo.com. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
  4. ^ Births Announcements 2019
  5. ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
  6. ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
  7. ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
  8. ^ Birth announcement in Aftenposten 25 February 1984 No. 95 p. 18 and Norwegian tax lists of 2001 and 2009.
  9. ^ "Descendants of King Edward VII: Fourth Generation".
  10. ^ "OHF-styret". OSF. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16.
  11. ^ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer".
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Johan wearing foreign orders and foreign and national medals
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Johan wearing orders, order miniatures and medals
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Johan wearing Luxembourg and Spanish orders and new medals
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c Johan wearing Belgian, Jordanian and Luxembourg orders
  16. ^ http://blogg.tv2.no/kongebloggen/files/2015/02/www.cdn_.tv2_.no_.jpg

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