Monarchies of Europe

Norwegian Royal Family

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REFERENCE	TITLE	NAME	BORN	DIED	TITLE	NAME	BORN	DIED	COMMENTS
15	King	Haakon VII of Norway	1872	1957	Princess	Maud of Great Britain	1869	1938	See 1.25 & 2.12 - Haakon was previously Prince Carl of Denmark and was elected King of Norway 18 November 1905 following a plebiscite on 12/13 November 1905 (259,563 (78.9 %) voted for a Monarchy with 69,264 (21.1 %) voting against). Norway was joined with Denmark until 1814 when Denmark was forced to cede Norway to Sweden in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. Although Norway was to become a separate Kingdom it was united under the same crown (King of Sweden and Norway). The Norwegian Parliament (Storting) strove for complete independence which on 7 June 1905 led to the dissolution of the Union with Sweden. King Oscar II of Sweden finally renounced the Norwegian throne on 26 October 1905. The new Throne was formally tendered to Prince Carl on 20 November 1905. The New York Times report of the wedding of Prince Carl and Princess Maud at Buckingham Palace. Queen Maud died in London on 20 November 1938 having undergone an abdominal operation a few days earlier on 16 November. Death Registration of Queen Maud
15.1 - QVD	King	Olav V of Norway	1903	1991	Princess	Martha of Sweden	1901	1954	See 3.1332 - Olav was born at Appleton House Sandringham, England and given the title and name of Prince Alexander Edward of Denmark, he assumed the name Olav in 1905 when his father became King of Norway. Princess Martha suffered deteriorating health. She was admitted to hospital in 1951 with suspected jaundice. There were further admittance's to hospital until she died on 5 April 1954 from liver cirrhosis. Birth Registration of Prince Alexander Edward (later King Olav of Norway)
15.11 - QVD	Princess	Ragnhild of Norway	1930			Erling Sven Lorentzen	1923
15.111 - QVD		Haakon Lorentzen	1954			Martha Carvalho de Freitas	1958
15.1111 - QVD		Olav Alexander Lorentzen	1985
15.1112 - QVD		Christian Frederik Lorentzen	1988
15.1113 - QVD		Sophia Anne Lorentzen	1994
15.112 - QVD		Ingeborg Lorentzen	1957			Paolo Cesar Ribeiro	1956
15.1121 - QVD		Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro	1988
15.113 - QVD		Ragnhild "Raggi" Lorentzen	1968			Aaron Long	1966		Ragnhild was a co-owner of the ThirstyBear Restaurant in San Francisco.
15.1131 - QVD		Alexandra Lorentzen Long	2007
15.1132 - QVD		Elizabeth Lorentzen Long	2011
15.12 - QVD	Princess	Astrid of Norway	1932			Johan Martin Ferner	1927
15.121 - QVD		Cathrine Ferner	1962			Arild Johansen	1961
15.1211 - QVD		Sebastian Ferner Johansen	1990
15.1212 - QVD		Madeleine Ferner Johansen	1993
15.122 - QVD		Benedikte Ferner	1963			Rolf Woods	1963
15.122 - QVD		Benedikte Ferner	1963			Mons Einar Stange	1962
15.123 - QVD		Alexander Ferner	1965			Margret Gudmundsdottir	1966
15.1231 - QVD		Edward Ferner	1996
15.1232 - QVD		Stella Ferner	1998
15.124 - QVD		Elisabeth Ferner	1969			Tom Folke Beckmann	1963
15.1241 - QVD		Benjamin Beckmann	1999
15.125 - QVD		Carl-Christian Ferner	1972
15.13 - QVD	King	Harald V of Norway	1937			Sonja Haraldsen	1937		In 1990 the Norwegian constitution was altered enabling the eldest child, regardless of gender to take precedence in the line of succession to the Norwegian throne. Somewhat complicated but this change did not apply retroactively which means for those born before the year 1971, Article 6 of the Constitution as it was assed on 18 November 1905 shall, however, apply. For those born before the year 1990 it shall nevertheless be the case that a male shall take precedence over a female. The first member of the royal family it applies to is Princess Ingrid Alexandra. This means that she takes precedence over her younger brother Prince Sverre Magnus, but her father Haakon continues to take precedence over his older sister, Princess Märtha Louise. Norwegian Constitution
15.131 - QVD	Princess	Märtha Louise of Norway	1971			Ari Mikael Behn	1972		Although Märtha Louise retains her rights to the Norwegian throne she voluntarily relinquished the style of Royal Highness whilst at the same time keeping the title of Princess. In 1990 the Norwegian constitution was altered, granting cognatic primogeniture to the Norwegian throne, meaning that the eldest child, regardless of gender, takes precedence in the line of succession. This was not, however, done retroactively, meaning that Märtha Louise's younger brother Crown Prince Haakon still takes precedence over her in the line of succession. Ari Behn was born Ari Bjørshol but he later took his maternal grandmother's maiden name.
15.1311 - QVD		Maud Angelica Behn	2003
15.1312 - QVD		Leah Isadora Behn	2005
15.1313 - QVD		Emma Tallulah Behn	2008
15.132 - QVD	Crown Prince	Haakon Magnus of Norway	1973			Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby	1973		Mette-Marit has a son Marius Høiby Borg (born 1997) by Morten Borg
15.1321 - QVD	Princess	Ingrid Alexandra of Norway	2004
15.1322 - QVD	Prince	Sverre Magnus of Norway	2005

Note - QVD against a reference number indicates the first named individual is a descendant of Queen Victoria.

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