Princess Ragnhild
Spouse	Erling Sven Lorentzen
Issue
Haakon Lorentzen Ingeborg Lorentzen Ragnhild Lorentzen
Full name
Ragnhild Alexandra
House	House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Father	Olav V of Norway
Mother	Princess Märtha of Sweden
Born	9 June 1930 (1930-06-09) (age 79) Oslo, Norway

Princess Ragnhild of Norway, Mrs. Lorentzen, (Ragnhild Alexandra, born Oslo, 9 June 1930) is the eldest daughter of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. She is the sister of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway.

Princess Ragnhild married Erling S. Lorentzen, a commoner of the High Bourgeoisie, in Asker on 15 May 1953, after which the princess is titled Her Highness Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen. There was great controversy when the princess married Lorentzen, a business man and army officer who had served as her bodyguard during the War, as she was the first Norwegian Royal to marry a commoner. Soon after the couple's wedding, it was announced that the flag of Norway would no longer be flown on the princess's birthday (9 June).

The couple moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where her husband has substantial business holdings. They still live there, but also spend some time in Oslo. The princess has three children: Haakon Lorentzen, Ingeborg Lorentzen (Mrs. Paulo Ribeiro), and Ragnhild Lorentzen (married to the American Aaron Matthew Long and living in San Francisco, California).

Norwegian Royal Family

HM The King * HM The Queen * HRH The Crown Prince * HRH The Crown Princess * HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra * HH Prince Sverre Magnus Marius Borg Høiby HH Princess Märtha Louise Ari Behn Maud Angelica Behn Leah Isadora Behn Emma Tallulah Behn HH Princess Ragnhild Erling Sven Lorentzen HH Princess Astrid Johan Martin Ferner * Member of the Norwegian Royal House

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A staunch conservative, Princess Ragnhild publicly criticized her niece and nephew, Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon Magnus, for their choice of spouses, on TV 2, a Norwegian television network, in 2004.^[1] Among her comments was her belief that the younger generation's controversial marriages could bring down the Norwegian monarchy and her hope that she would be dead before her nephew's wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit became queen.^{[citation needed]} In a fruitless effort at damage control, the princess's husband reportedly approached TV 2, asking that his wife's scathing comments be edited.^[1]

Princess Ragnhild is Patron of the Norwegian Organisation for the Hearing Impaired.

[edit] Honours

A 540 000 km² area in Antarctica is named Princess Ragnhild Coast in her honour. The Jahre Line (later Color Line) cruiseferry MS Prinsesse Ragnhild was named in her honour.

• Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
• The Royal House Centenary Medal
• Olav Vs Commemorative Medal of 30. January 1991
• Olav Vs Jubilee Medal 1957-1982
• Olav Vs Centenary Medal
• Royal Family Order of King Haakon VII of Norway
• Royal Family Order of King Olav V of Norway
• Royal Family Order of King Harald V of Norway
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
• Grand Cross of the Portuguese Order of Merit
• Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Princess Ragnhild of Norway

16. Christian IX of Denmark               8. Frederick VIII of Denmark                       17. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel               4. Haakon VII of Norway                             18. Charles XV of Sweden               9. Princess Louise of Sweden                       19. Princess Louise of the Netherlands               2. Olav V of Norway                                   20. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               10. Edward VII of the United Kingdom                       21. Victoria of the United Kingdom               5. Princess Maud of Wales                             22. Christian IX of Denmark (= 16)               11. Princess Alexandra of Denmark                       23. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (= 17)               1. Princess Ragnhild of Norway                                         24. Oscar I of Sweden               12. Oscar II of Sweden                       25. Josephine of Leuchtenberg               6. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland                             26. William, Duke of Nassau               13. Princess Sofia of Nassau                       27. Princess Pauline of Württemberg               3. Princess Märtha of Sweden                                   28. Christian IX of Denmark (= 16)               14. Frederick VIII of Denmark ( = 8)                       29. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (= 17)               7. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark                             30. Charles XV of Sweden (= 18)               15. Princess Louise of Sweden ( = 9 )                       31. Princess Louise of the Netherlands (= 19)

Styles of Princess Raghnild of Norway
Reference style	Her Highness
Spoken style	Your Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

Princess Ragnhild of Norway House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg Born: 9 June 1930
Norwegian royalty
British royalty
Preceded by Leah Isadora Behn	Line of succession to the British throne	Succeeded by Olav Lorentzen

[edit] External links

• Royal House of Norway
• Princess Ragnhild's biography at kongehuset.no

1. ^ ^{a b} Here's what Princess Ragnhild said