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{{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 = [[Rikshospitalet|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, Mrs. Ferner|Princess Astrid of Norway]]|12 January 1961}}
  }}
| children = 5
| relatives = [[Finn Ferner]] (brother)
| module = {{Infobox sailor | embed=yes
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 metre class|6 metre class]]}}
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'''Johan Martin Ferner''' ([[Maiden and married names|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 (keelboat)|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 (sailor)|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, Mrs. Ferner|Princess Astrid]], the sister of [[Harald V of Norway|King Harald V of Norway]] and [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild]].<ref name=olympedia/>

== Family ==
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Johan Ferner 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, Mrs. Ferner|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 [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway|Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Haakon VII]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway|King Olav V Silver Jubilee Medal]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway|King Olav V Commemorative Medal]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway|Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Olav V]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Norwegian Royal House Centenary Medal|Royal House Centenary Medal]]

===Foreign honours===
* {{flag|Belgium}}: Knight Grand Officer of the [[Order of Leopold II]]
* {{flag|France}}: Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Merit (France)|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 (Jordan)|Order of Independence]]
* {{flag|Luxembourg}}: Knight Commander of the [[Order of Adolphe of Nassau|Order of Adolphe of Nassau, Special Class]]
* {{flag|Netherlands}}: Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Crown (Netherlands)|Order of the Crown]]
* {{flag|Spain}}: Knight Grand Officer of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]]
* {{flag|Sweden}}: Recipient of [[Swedish Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals|50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI]]

== Ancestry ==
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|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)
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== References ==
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<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61996 |website=olympedia.org |title=Johan Martin Ferner |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>
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==External links==
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*{{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}}
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