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Johan Ferner

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Johan Martin Ferner
Ferner in 2007
Born
Johan Martin Jacobsen

(1927-07-22)22 July 1927
Asker, Norway
Died24 January 2015(2015-01-24) (aged 87)
Burial placeRis Cemetery, Oslo, Norway
Spouses
  • Ingeborg Hesselberg-Meyer
    (m. 1953; div. 1956)
  • (m. 1961)
RelativesFinn Ferner (brother)
Sports career
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,[1] together with Finn Ferner (his brother), Erik Heiberg, Tor Arneberg and Carl Mortensen.[2] He was married to Princess Astrid, the sister of King Harald V of Norway and Princess Ragnhild.[1]

Family

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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.[1] His grandfather was maritime pilot Johan Martin Jacobsen (1850–1907) from Tjøme, son of blacksmith Jacob Andreas Knudsen (1819–1868).

Marriages and children

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Firstly, on 20 January 1953, Johan Ferner married artist Ingeborg 'Bitte' Hesselberg-Meyer (later Rostad; 1931–1997). 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.[3]

The couple had five children:

  • Cathrine Ferner (b. 22 July 1962, Oslo),[4] 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).
      • 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.
      • Hermine Karlsen (b. 2023).
  • Benedikte Ferner (b. 27 September 1963, Oslo),[5] 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.
  • 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),[7] married 3 October 1992 in Oslo, Tom Folke Beckmann (b. 14 January 1963, Oslo), and has one son:
    • Benjamin Ferner Beckmann (b. 25 April 1999, Oslo).
  • Carl-Christian Ferner (b. 22 October 1972, Oslo),[8] married 4 October 2014 in Oslo, Anna-Stina Slattum Karlsen (b. 23 February 1984).[9] He works for the family business, Ferner Jacobsen AS.[10]
    • Fay Ferner (b. 10 July 2018).
    • Fam Ferner (b. 28 January 2021).

Honours

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National honours

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Foreign honours

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Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Johan Martin Ferner". olympedia.org. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  3. ^ "1952 Olympic silver medalist Ferner dies". news.yahoo.com. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Johan Martin Ferner", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), 22 August 2023, retrieved 21 May 2024
  5. ^ "Johan Martin Ferner", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), 22 August 2023, retrieved 21 May 2024
  6. ^ "Johan Martin Ferner", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), 22 August 2023, retrieved 21 May 2024
  7. ^ "Johan Martin Ferner", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), 22 August 2023, retrieved 21 May 2024
  8. ^ "Johan Martin Ferner", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), 22 August 2023, retrieved 21 May 2024
  9. ^ Birth announcement in Aftenposten 25 February 1984 No. 95 p. 18 and Norwegian tax lists of 2001 and 2009.
  10. ^ "OHF-styret". OSF. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer".
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