Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen

Norwegian princess; elder sister of King Harald V of Norway

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Lived 1930–2012, aged 82Norway

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33 languages
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Rank in Norway
#94
Politicians
Era
1930–2012
Aged 82
Awards
7
recognised works

Summary

Updated 2026-06-21

The first Norwegian royal born on home soil in centuries, she was never in line for her own country's throne — but briefly stood 16th for Britain's. She married an industrialist and spent 59 years in Brazil.

Biography

About

Ragnhild Alexandra was born 9 June 1930, eldest child of King Olav V and Princess Märtha of Sweden, older sister to the future King Harald V and Princess Astrid. Norway's law of agnatic succession shut her out of the throne despite being firstborn. In 1953 she married Erling Lorentzen, a shipping magnate's son turned industrialist, and that same year they left for Brazil, where he became a main owner of Aracruz Celulose. She lived there until her death on 16 September 2012, fifty-nine years after the move — a royal who chose distance and stayed.

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