Marriage and Children
The Princess married divorced commoner Johan Martin Ferner (b. Asker, 22 July 1927), a sailor, Olympic medalist and businessman in Asker on 12 January 1961.
The couple have five children and five grandchildren together:
- 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)
- 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; married, secondly, on 2 December 2000, in Oslo (separated 2002), Mons Einar Stange (b. 26 May 1962, Oslo), without issue
- Alexander Ferner (b. 15 March 1965, Oslo), married 27 July 1996, 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. 1963, Oslo), and has one son:
- Benjamin Ferner Beckmann (b. 25 April 1999, Oslo)
- Carl-Christian Ferner (b. 22 October 1972, Oslo), unmarried and without issue
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