Erling Lorentzen

Erling Lorentzen
Born Erling Sven Lorentzen
(1923-01-28) 28 January 1923
Oslo, Norway
Other names Erling S. Lorentzen
Spouse(s)
Princess Ragnhild of Norway
(m. 1953; d. 2012)
Children 3
Parent(s) Øivind Lorentzen
Ragna Lorentzen

Erling Sven Lorentzen (born 28 January 1923)[1] is a Norwegian shipowner and industrialist who has lived in Brazil for decades. He founded Aracruz Celulose in 1968.[2] He is the widower of Princess Ragnhild, the eldest child of King Olav V of Norway. In addition to being a Norwegian princess, his wife was in the line of succession to the British throne and occupied the 18th place at the time of her birth. Erling Lorentzen is a member of the Lorentzen family of shipping magnates.

Life and career

He was born in Oslo as the son of Øivind Lorentzen (1882–1978) and Ragna (née Nilsen) (1885–1976). He worked for the Norwegian Independent Company 1, a British military unit, during World War II.

Lorentzen formerly owned 28% of Aracruz Celulose, which he sold for approximately 1.7 billion USD in July 2008.

Marriage and children

Lorentzen married Princess Ragnhild, elder granddaughter of the then-reigning King Haakon VII, on 15 May 1953 in Asker, Norway. He is thus the brother-in-law of King Harald V, Queen Sonja and Princess Astrid.[3]

They have three children: Haakon (born 23 August 1954), Ingeborg (born 27 February 1957), Ragnhild (born 8 May 1968).

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

References

  1. ↑ Profile of Erling Sven Lorentzen
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Erling Sven Lorentzen, 1923". Geneall.net. 1923-01-28. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. ↑ "Photographic image" (JPG). S-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  5. 1 2 "Erling wearing the orders" (JPG). Gfx.dagbladet.no. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  6. ↑ "Photographic image" (JPG). S-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  7. 1 2 "Erling wearing the medals" (JPG). Blogg.tv2.no. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  8. ↑ "Tildeling av Kong Harald Vs jubileumsmedalje 1991-2016". Kongehurst.bo. Retrieved 2017-03-19.


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