{{short description|Norwegian businessman and sailor (1927–2015)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Johan Martin Ferner | birth_name = Johan Martin Jacobsen | image = Johan Martin Ferner.jpg | caption = Ferner in 2007 | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Asker, Norway | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|1|24|1927|7|22|df=y}} | death_place = The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway | burial_place = Ris Cemetery, Oslo, Norway | spouse = {{Ubl | {{marriage|Ingeborg Hesselberg-Meyer|20 January 1953|1956|end=div}} | {{marriage|Princess Astrid of Norway|12 January 1961}} }} | children = 5 | relatives = Finn Ferner (brother) | module = {{Infobox sailor | embed=yes | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Sailing}} {{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1952 Helsinki | 6 metre class}} }} }}
'''Johan Martin Ferner''' (né ''Johan Martin Jacobsen''; 22 July 1927{{spaced ndash}}24 January 2015) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the 6 metre class with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki,<ref name=olympedia/> together with Finn Ferner (his brother), Erik Heiberg, Tor Arneberg and Carl Mortensen.<ref name=db-ol1952-sailing>{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=YAT |title=1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827110540/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=YAT |archive-date=27 August 2007 |website=databaseOlympics.com |access-date=31 May 2008}}</ref> He was married to Princess Astrid, the sister of King Harald V of Norway and Princess Ragnhild.<ref name=olympedia/>
== Early life == {{unreferenced section|date=November 2021}} Ferner was born on 22 July 1927 in Asker.
He was the son of master tailor Ferner Jacobsen (1884{{ndash}}1964), who established a department store in Oslo, and his wife, Ragnhild Olsen (1889{{ndash}}1966). He inherited the department store in 1964. Ferner was originally his father's given name and was adopted as a family name by Johan Martin Ferner and his siblings.<ref name="olympedia" /> His grandfather was maritime pilot Johan Martin Jacobsen (1850{{ndash}}1907) from Tjøme, son of blacksmith Jacob Andreas Knudsen (1819{{ndash}}1868).
== Personal life == Firstly, on 20 January 1953, Johan Ferner married artist Ingeborg 'Bitte' Hesselberg-Meyer (later Rostad; 1931{{ndash}}1997). They divorced in 1956. He then remarried at Asker Church outside Oslo on 12 January 1961 to Princess Astrid of Norway, the second daughter of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/1952-olympic-silver-medalist-ferner-dies-114340824.html |title=1952 Olympic silver medalist Ferner dies |publisher=news.yahoo.com |date=24 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002442/http://news.yahoo.com/1952-olympic-silver-medalist-ferner-dies-114340824.html |archivedate=5 March 2016}}</ref>
The couple had five children: * Cathrine Ferner (b. 22 July 1962, Oslo),<ref name="Johan Martin Ferner">{{Citation |title=Johan Martin Ferner |date=2023-08-22 |work=Store norske leksikon |url=https://snl.no/Johan_Martin_Ferner |access-date=2024-05-21 |language=no}}</ref> 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), married Ida Belinda Lundstrøm, and had two children: *** Nicoline Johansen (b. 2019). *** Ferdinand Johansen (b. 2021). ** Madeleine Ferner Johansen (b. 7 March 1993, Oslo), married 17 October 2022 in Oslo, Ole-Aleksander Karlsen, and has one daughter: *** Hermine Karlsen (b. 2023). * Benedikte Ferner (b. 27 September 1963, Oslo),<ref name="Johan Martin Ferner"/> married firstly 30 April 1994 in Oslo (divorced 1998) Rolf Woods (b. 17 June 1963, Oslo), without issue, and married secondly on 2 December 2000 in Oslo and separated in 2002, Mons Einar Stange (b. 26 May 1962, Oslo), without issue. * Alexander Ferner (b. 15 March 1965, Oslo),<ref name="Johan Martin Ferner"/> married 27 July 1996 in 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),<ref name="Johan Martin Ferner"/> married 3 October 1992 in Oslo, Tom Folke Beckmann (b. 14 January 1963, Oslo), and has one son: ** Benjamin Ferner Beckmann (b. 25 April 1999, Oslo). * Carl-Christian Ferner (b. 22 October 1972, Oslo),<ref name="Johan Martin Ferner"/> married 4 October 2014 in Oslo, Anna-Stina Slattum Karlsen (b. 23 February 1984).:<ref>Birth announcement in ''Aftenposten'' 25 February 1984 No. 95 p. 18 and Norwegian tax lists of 2001 and 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OHF-styret |url=http://www.ohf.no/default.asp?m=7556&s=8021 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516014418/http://www.ohf.no/default.asp?m=7556&s=8021 |archivedate=16 May 2012 |publisher=OSF}}</ref>
==Honours== ===National honours=== * {{flag|Norway}}: Knight Commander of the Order of St. Olav<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=Ferner&type=&aarstall= |title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer}}</ref> * {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Haakon VII * {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the King Olav V Silver Jubilee Medal * {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the King Olav V Commemorative Medal * {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Olav V * {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the Royal House Centenary Medal
===Foreign honours=== * {{flag|Belgium}}: Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II * {{flag|France}}: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit * {{flag|Germany}}: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany * {{flag|Jordan}}: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence * {{flag|Luxembourg}}: Knight Commander of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau, Special Class * {{flag|Netherlands}}: Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown * {{flag|Spain}}: Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Isabella the Catholic * {{flag|Sweden}}: Recipient of 50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI
== Ancestry == {{ahnentafel |collapsed=yes |align=center |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |1= 1. '''Johan Martin Ferner''' |2= 2. Ferner Jacobsen (1885–1964), tailor |3= 3. Ragnhild Olsen (1889–1966) |4= 4. Johan Martin Jacobsen (1850–1907), maritime pilot |5= 5. Inger Lovise Thorsdatter (1848–1938) |6= 6. Jakob Kristian Olsen (1856-1909) |7= 7. Hulda Fossum (1861-1937) |8= 8. Jacob Andreas Knudsen (1819–1868), blacksmith |9= 9. Maren Erichsdatter (1814–1867) |10= 10. Thor Henrik Mathisen (1818–1953) |11= 11. Pernille Andersdatter (1819–1888) |12= |13= |14= |15= }}
== References == {{Reflist |refs=
<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61996 |website=Olympedia |title=Johan Martin Ferner |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Sports links}} *{{cite encyclopedia |title=Johan Martin Ferner |first=Knut Are |last=Tvedt |author-link=Knut Are Tvedt |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Johan_Martin_Ferner |language=no |access-date=14 November 2021}} {{Authority control}}
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