Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen

Norwegian princess; elder sister of King Harald V of Norway

  • Fame63.2
  • Momentum25.0
  • Norway rank#94
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  • Fame63.2
  • Momentum25.0
  • Norway rank#94
  • Historical Figures rank#237
  • Wikipedia103.5K
Lived 1930–2012, aged 82Norway
  • Wikipedia
    33 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Norway
    #94
    Historical Figures
  • Era
    1930–2012
    Aged 82
  • Awards
    7
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-08-30

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.

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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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Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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