Johan Ferner

Ferner was born on 22 July 1927 in Asker. He was the son of master tailor Ferner Jacobsen (18841964), who established a department store in Oslo, and his wife, Ragnhild Olsen (18891966). 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 (18501907) from Tjøme, son of blacksmith Jacob Andreas Knudsen (18191868). == Personal life ==

Firstly, on 20 January 1953, Johan Ferner married artist Ingeborg 'Bitte' Hesselberg-Meyer (later Rostad; 19311997). They divorced in 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. 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), and has two children: • Sebastian Ferner Johansen (b. 9 March 1990, Oslo), married Ida Belinda Lundstrøm, and had two children: • Nicoline Johansen (b. 2019). • Ferdinand Johansen (b. 2021). • Madeleine Ferner Johansen (b. 7 March 1993, Oslo), married 17 October 2022 in Oslo, Ole-Aleksander Karlsen, and has one daughter: • Hermine Karlsen (b. 2023). • Benedikte Ferner (b. 27 September 1963, Oslo), ==Honours==

National honours • : Knight Commander of the Order of St. Olav • : Recipient of the Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Haakon VII • : Recipient of the King Olav V Silver Jubilee Medal • : Recipient of the King Olav V Commemorative Medal • : Recipient of the Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Olav V • : Recipient of the Royal House Centenary Medal Foreign honours • : Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II • : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit • : Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany • : Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence • : Knight Commander of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau, Special Class • : Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown • : Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Isabella the Catholic • : Recipient of 50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI == Ancestry ==