Genealogy of the Royal Family of Norway
HM King Haakon VII of Norway
(Born as: HRH Prince Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel of Denmark)
* Charlottenlund Castle near Copenhagen, August 3rd, 1872
† Royal Palace, Oslo, September 21st, 1957
King of Norway, November 18th, 1905 (formally accepted the throne: Throne Room, Amalienborg, Copenhagen, November 20th, 1905; arrived in Christiania (today: Oslo): November 24th, 1905; crowned: Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, June 22nd, 1906)
(Renounced his right of succession to the Danish Throne: November 27th, 1905).
Married:
Privat Chapel, Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, London, July 22nd, 1896:
HRH Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony ("Harry")
(Since July 17th, 1917
HRH Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
* Marlborough House, London, November 26th, 1869
† Clinic, London, November 20th, 1938
Child from this marriage:
*HM King Olav V of Norway
HM King Olav V of Norway
(Born as: HH Prince Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of Denmark)
(Since November 18th, 1905
HRH Crown Prince Olav of Norway
* Appleton House, Sandringham near King's Lynn, Norfolk, July 2nd, 1903
† Kongsseteren near Oslo, January 17th, 1991
Crown Prince of Norway, November 18th, 1905
King of Norway, September 21st, 1957 (consecrated: Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, June 22nd, 1958).
Married:
Vor Frelsers Kirke (= St. Saviour's Church), Oslo, March 21st, 1929:
HRH Princess Märtha Sofia Lovisa Dagmar Thyra of Sweden
* Palace of the Hereditary Prince, Stockholm, March 28th, 1901
† Rikshospitalet, Oslo, April 5th, 1954
Children from this marriage:
*HRH Princess Ragnhild Alexandra of Norway
In 1953 she married the industrialist Erling Lorentzen, a member of the Lorentzen family of shipping magnates. In the same year they moved to Brazil, where her husband was an industrialist and a main owner of Aracruz Celulose.
**Haakon Lorentzen (b. 23 August 1954), married Martha Carvalho de Freitas and had 3 children, each born in Rio de Janeiro.
***Olav Alexander (b. 11 July 1985)
***Christian Frederik (b. 23 May 1988)
***Sophia (b. 28 Jun 1994)
**Ingeborg Lorentzen (b. 27 February 1957), married Paulo César Ribeiro Filho, son of Paulo César Rebeiro and Ercilia Cabral Pereira, and had one daughter.
***Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro (b. 19 December 1988), married Felipe Sampaio Octaviano Falcão and has one son:
****Frederik Sven Lorentzen Falcão (b. 28 September 2016)
**Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen (b. 8 May 1968), married Aaron Matthew Long. They had two daughters.
***Alexandra Joyce Lorentzen Long (b. 14 December 2007)
***Elizabeth Patricia Lorentzen Long (b. March 2011)
*HRH Princess Astrid Maud Ingeborg of Norway
Princess Astrid married divorced commoner Johan Martin Ferner in Asker on 12 January 1961. Together, the couple have 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).
****Nicoline Johansen (b. 2019)
***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.
**Alexander Ferner (b. 15 March 1965, Oslo), 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), 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). He works for the family business, Ferner Jacobsen AS.
***Fay Ferner (b. 2018)
*HM King Harald V of Norway
HM King Harald V of Norway
(Born as: HRH Prince Harald of Norway)
(Since September 21st, 1957
HRH Crown Prince Harald of Norway
* Skaugum, Asker near Oslo, February 21st, 1937
Crown Prince of Norway, September 21st, 1957; Prince-Regent of Norway, June 1990
King of Norway, January 17th, 1991 (consecrated: Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, June 23rd, 1991)
Married:
Oslo Cathedral, Oslo, August 29th, 1968:
Sonja Haraldsen
* Red Cross Clinic, Oslo, July 4th, 1937
Children from this marriage:
*HRH Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
(Since February 1st, 2002
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.
Rikshospitalet, Oslo, September 22nd, 1971
(Relinquished the style Royal Highness with the approval of HM King Harald V: February 1st, 2002)
Married:
Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, May 24th, 2002:
Ari Mikael Behn
(Århus, September 30th, 1972)
Children from this marriage:
**Maud Angelica Behn
(Rikshospitalet, Oslo, April 29th, 2003)
**Leah Isadora Behn
(Bloksbjerg, Hankø, Fredrikstad, April 8th, 2005)
**Emma Tallulah
(born 29 September 2008 in family home in Lommedalen)
The couple divorced in 2017. In 2016, the Royal Court had announced that Märtha Louise and Behn would have joint custody of their three daughters.
Ari Behn died by suicide on Christmas Day 2019.
*HRH Haakon Magnus Prince of Norway
HRH Haakon Magnus Prince of Norway
(Since January 17th, 1973
: HRH Haakon Magnus Crown Prince of Norway)
* Rikshospitalet, Oslo, July 20th, 1973
Crown Prince of Norway, January 17th, 1991
Married:
Oslo Cathedral, Oslo, August 25th, 2001:
Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby
* St. Joseph's Hospital, Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, August 19th, 1973
Children from this marriage:
*HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway
(Rikshospitalet, Oslo, January 21st, 2004)
*HH Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
(Rikshospitalet, Oslo, December 3rd, 2005)
