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{{Short description|Norwegian businessman (1923–2021)}}
{{Unreliable sources|date=March 2017}}
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{{Infobox person
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| birth_name =Erling Sven Lorentzen
| birth_name = Erling Sven Lorentzen
| other_names = Erling S. Lorentzen
| other_names = Erling S. Lorentzen
| image = Erling Lorentzen.jpg
| name = Erling Lorentzen
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| caption = Lorentzen in 2003
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1923|1|28|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1923|1|28}}
| birth_place = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
| birth_place = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|3|9|1923|1|28}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild of Norway]]<br>|15 May 1953|28 September 2012|end=her death}}
| death_place = Oslo, Norway
| children = 3
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| parents = [[Øivind Lorentzen]]<br>Ragna Lorentzen
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild of Norway]]<br>|15 May 1953|28 September 2012|end=d.}}
| parents = [[Øivind Lorentzen]]<br>Ragna Lorentzen
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'''Erling Sven Lorentzen''' (born 28 January 1923) is a Norwegian [[shipowner]] and [[industrialist]] who has lived in [[Brazil]] for decades. He founded [[Aracruz Celulose]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paperhall.org/inductees/bios/2012/Erling_lorentzen.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-10-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012010142/http://www.paperhall.org/inductees/bios/2012/Erling_lorentzen.php |archivedate=12 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is the widower of [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild]]. He is a member of the [[Lorentzen family]] of shipping magnates.
'''Erling Sven Lorentzen''' (28 January 1923 – 9 March 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/norway/breaking-erling-lorentzen-brother-in-law-to-king-harald-of-norway-dies-at-the-age-of-98-156933/|title = Erling Lorentzen, brother-in-law to King Harald of Norway, dies at the age of 98|date = 9 March 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HJ4SAQAAIAAJ&q=Erling+Sven+Lorentzen+1923 Profile of Erling Sven Lorentzen]</ref> was a Norwegian shipowner and industrialist. He founded [[Aracruz Celulose]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paperhall.org/inductees/bios/2012/Erling_lorentzen.php |title=Erling Sven Lorentzen - Paper Industry Hall of Fame Inductee |accessdate=5 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012010142/http://www.paperhall.org/inductees/bios/2012/Erling_lorentzen.php |archivedate=12 October 2013 }}</ref> He was the widower of [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|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 was a member of the [[Lorentzen family]] of shipping magnates.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2024}}
He was born in [[Oslo]] as the son of [[Øivind Lorentzen]] (1881–1980) and Ragna (neé Nilsen) (1885–1976). He worked for the [[Norwegian Independent Company 1]], a British military unit, during [[World War II]].
Lorentzen was born in [[Oslo]] as the son of [[Øivind Lorentzen]] (1882–1980) 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.
He owned 28% of [[Aracruz Celulose]], which he sold for approximately US$1.7&nbsp;billion in July 2008.

His family was in the merchant marine business, and the Lorentzens had a line from the [[Gulf of Mexico]] to the east coast of [[Brazil]] and [[Argentina]]. In the early 1950s, Erling planned a visit to Brazil to meet with his representatives. At the time, they transported [[liquefied petroleum gas]] from the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. On the way to Brazil, Erling learned that Esso wanted to sell its gas distribution company in Brazil. So instead of visiting their representatives, Erling sought to know more about such a company that was for sale, which would expand the LPG transportation business. When Lorentzen bought the company, Erling moved to Brazil permanently. The company grew considerably, but Lorentzen sold it in 1972. After the sale, he started other businesses, such as [[Aracruz Celulose]].


==Marriage and children==
==Marriage and children==
Lorentzen married [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|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, Mrs. Ferner|Princess Astrid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geneall.net/enwiki/w/per_page.php?id=50475 |title=Erling Sven Lorentzen, 1923 |website=Geneall.net |date=1923-01-28 |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref>


Lorentzen married [[Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen|Princess Ragnhild]], elder granddaughter of the then-reigning [[King Haakon VII]], on 15 May 1953 in [[Asker]], Norway. He was thus the brother-in-law of [[King Harald V]], [[Queen Sonja]] and [[Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner|Princess Astrid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geneall.net/enwiki/w/per_page.php?id=50475 |title=Erling Sven Lorentzen, 1923 |website=Geneall.net |date=28 January 1923 |accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref>
They have three children: Haakon (born 23 August 1954), Ingeborg (born 27 February 1957), Ragnhild (born 8 May 1968).

The couple had three children:

* Haakon Lorentzen (born 23 August 1954), married Martha Carvalho de Freitas (born 1958) on 14 April 1982, and had three children, each born in Rio de Janeiro:
** Olav Alexander Lorentzen (born 11 July 1985), married Ingrid Kraus de Andrade Nogueira (born 1988) on 4 December 2021, and has one son:
*** Salvador Lorentzen (born 1 April 2023).
** Christian Frederik Lorentzen (born 23 May 1988) married Mariah de Oliveira Pedrosa (born 1991) on 19 March 2022, and has one son:
*** Thomas Lorentzen (born December 2022).
** Sophia Anne Lorentzen (born 28 June 1994).
* Ingeborg Lorentzen (born 27 February 1957), married Paulo César Ribeiro Filho (born 1956) on 4 June 1982, and has one daughter:
** Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro (born 19 December 1988), married Felipe Sampaio Octaviano Falcão on 9 August 2014, and has two children:
*** Frederik Sven Lorentzen Falcão (born 28 September 2016).
*** Alice Eva Lorentzen Falcão (born 21 October 2022)<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-4dhIMEuh/ Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro Falcão on Instagram: "Seja muito bem-vinda filha 21/10/2022"]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLx0hTKWrv/ Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro Falcão on Instagram: "Nossa Alice Eva Lorentzen Falcão"]</ref>
* Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen (born 8 May 1968), married Aaron Matthew Long on 21 November 2003, and has two daughters.
** Alexandra Joyce Lorentzen Long (born 14 December 2007).
** Elizabeth Patricia Lorentzen Long (born March 2011).


==Honours==
==Honours==

===National honours===
* {{flag|Brazil}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Southern Cross]]<ref name="Orders"/>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Knight Commander of the [[Order of St. Olav]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/d6/60/04/d660046a5faaf09ce4cf185a573a430e.jpg |format=JPG |title=Photographic image |website=S-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref><ref name="Orders">{{cite web|url=http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/47/477/477965/erling1_1159335522.jpg|format=JPG|title=Erling wearing the orders|website=Gfx.dagbladet.no|accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6a/32/be/6a32bec9636a37a38fa762582aa52712.jpg |format=JPG |title=Photographic image |website=S-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch|St. Olav's Military Medal]]<ref name="Medals">{{cite web|url=http://blogg.tv2.no/kongebloggen/files/2014/05/ragnhild-e1399217423387.jpg|format=JPG|title=Erling wearing the medals|website=Blogg.tv2.no|accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Knight Commander of the [[Order of St. Olav]]<ref name="Orders">{{cite web|url=http://gfx.dagbladet.no/pub/artikkel/4/47/477/477965/erling1_1159335522.jpg|format=JPG|title=Erling wearing the orders|website=Gfx.dagbladet.no|accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/d6/60/04/d660046a5faaf09ce4cf185a573a430e.jpg |format=JPG |title=Photographic image |website=S-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com |accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6a/32/be/6a32bec9636a37a38fa762582aa52712.jpg |format=JPG |title=Photographic image |website=S-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com |accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Defence Medal 1940–1945|1940-1945 Defence Medal]]<ref name="Medals"/>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch|St. Olav's Military Medal]]<ref name="Medals">{{cite web|url=http://blogg.tv2.no/kongebloggen/files/2014/05/ragnhild-e1399217423387.jpg|format=JPG|title=Erling wearing the medals|website=Blogg.tv2.no|accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[War Medal (Norway)|Norwegian War Medal]]<ref>Information confirmed via e-mail by Chancellor at the Royal Norwegian Court.</ref>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Defence Medal 1940–1945|1940–1945 Defence Medal]]<ref name="Medals"/>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal|70th Birthday Medal of King Haakon VII]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal|70th Birthday Medal of King Haakon VII]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[King Haakon VII 1905–1955 Jubilee Medal|King Haakon VII Golden Jubilee Medal]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[King Haakon VII Commemorative Medal]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[King Haakon VII Commemorative Medal]]
* {{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|Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of King Haakon VII]]
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* {{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 [[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]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Norwegian Royal House Centenary Medal|Royal House Centenary Medal]]
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway|King Harald V Silver Jubilee Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kongehuset.no/binfil/download2.php?tid=133159 |title=Tildeling av Kong Harald Vs jubileumsmedalje 1991-2016 |website=Kongehurst.bo |accessdate=2017-03-19}}</ref>
* {{flag|Norway}}: Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway|King Harald V Silver Jubilee Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kongehuset.no/binfil/download2.php?tid=133159 |title=Tildeling av Kong Harald Vs jubileumsmedalje 1991–2016 |website=Kongehurst.bo |accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref>


==References==
===Foreign honours===
* {{flag|Brazil}}: Grand Gross of the [[Order of the Southern Cross]]<ref name="Orders"/>


==Ancestors==
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|3= 3. Ragna Nilsen
|4= 4. Hans Ludvig Lorentzen
|5= 5. Thala Margrethe Bredrup
|6= 6. [[Peder Nilsen]]
|7= 7. Anna Caroline Johanssen
|8= 8. Hans Ludvig Lorentzen
|9= 9. Gregersine Christiana Hoppe
|10= 10. Lauritz Bredrup
|11= 11. Thale Margrete Tostrup
|12= 12. Claus Mathias Nilsen
|13= 13. Mathea Thrane
|14= 14. Christen Johannesen Skåden
|15= 15. Karen Johannessen Reistad
|16= 16. Ole Peter Lorentzen
|17= 17. Anne Dorthea Pentz
|18= 18. Jacob Hoppe
|19= 19. Anna Christiana Stranger
|20= 20. Conrad Bredrup
|21= 21. Kristine Lorentzen
|22= 22. Nicolai Tostrup
|23= 23. Thale Margrethe Holfeldt
|24= 24. N. Nilsen
|25=
|26= 26. Frederik Lauritz Thrane
|27= 27. Karen Larsen
|28= 28. Johannes Johannesen Vedum
|29= 29. Kirsti Nilsen Skåden
|30= 30. Johannes Hanssen Enge
|31= 31. Siri Johansdatter Lunde
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 8 August 2024

Erling Lorentzen
Lorentzen in 2003
Born
Erling Sven Lorentzen

(1923-01-28)28 January 1923
Oslo, Norway
Died9 March 2021(2021-03-09) (aged 98)
Oslo, Norway
Other namesErling S. Lorentzen
Spouse
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​
(m. 1953; died 2012)​
Parent(s)Øivind Lorentzen
Ragna Lorentzen

Erling Sven Lorentzen (28 January 1923 – 9 March 2021)[1][2] was a Norwegian shipowner and industrialist. He founded Aracruz Celulose in 1968.[3] He was 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 was a member of the Lorentzen family of shipping magnates.

Life and career

[edit]

Lorentzen was born in Oslo as the son of Øivind Lorentzen (1882–1980) and Ragna (née Nilsen; 1885–1976). He worked for the Norwegian Independent Company 1, a British military unit, during World War II.

He owned 28% of Aracruz Celulose, which he sold for approximately US$1.7 billion in July 2008.

His family was in the merchant marine business, and the Lorentzens had a line from the Gulf of Mexico to the east coast of Brazil and Argentina. In the early 1950s, Erling planned a visit to Brazil to meet with his representatives. At the time, they transported liquefied petroleum gas from the Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. On the way to Brazil, Erling learned that Esso wanted to sell its gas distribution company in Brazil. So instead of visiting their representatives, Erling sought to know more about such a company that was for sale, which would expand the LPG transportation business. When Lorentzen bought the company, Erling moved to Brazil permanently. The company grew considerably, but Lorentzen sold it in 1972. After the sale, he started other businesses, such as Aracruz Celulose.

Marriage and children

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Lorentzen married Princess Ragnhild, elder granddaughter of the then-reigning King Haakon VII, on 15 May 1953 in Asker, Norway. He was thus the brother-in-law of King Harald V, Queen Sonja and Princess Astrid.[4]

The couple had three children:

  • Haakon Lorentzen (born 23 August 1954), married Martha Carvalho de Freitas (born 1958) on 14 April 1982, and had three children, each born in Rio de Janeiro:
    • Olav Alexander Lorentzen (born 11 July 1985), married Ingrid Kraus de Andrade Nogueira (born 1988) on 4 December 2021, and has one son:
      • Salvador Lorentzen (born 1 April 2023).
    • Christian Frederik Lorentzen (born 23 May 1988) married Mariah de Oliveira Pedrosa (born 1991) on 19 March 2022, and has one son:
      • Thomas Lorentzen (born December 2022).
    • Sophia Anne Lorentzen (born 28 June 1994).
  • Ingeborg Lorentzen (born 27 February 1957), married Paulo César Ribeiro Filho (born 1956) on 4 June 1982, and has one daughter:
    • Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro (born 19 December 1988), married Felipe Sampaio Octaviano Falcão on 9 August 2014, and has two children:
      • Frederik Sven Lorentzen Falcão (born 28 September 2016).
      • Alice Eva Lorentzen Falcão (born 21 October 2022)[5][6]
  • Ragnhild Alexandra Lorentzen (born 8 May 1968), married Aaron Matthew Long on 21 November 2003, and has two daughters.
    • Alexandra Joyce Lorentzen Long (born 14 December 2007).
    • Elizabeth Patricia Lorentzen Long (born March 2011).

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Erling Lorentzen, brother-in-law to King Harald of Norway, dies at the age of 98". 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ Profile of Erling Sven Lorentzen
  3. ^ "Erling Sven Lorentzen - Paper Industry Hall of Fame Inductee". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Erling Sven Lorentzen, 1923". Geneall.net. 28 January 1923. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ^ Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro Falcão on Instagram: "Seja muito bem-vinda filha 21/10/2022"
  6. ^ Victoria Ragna Lorentzen Ribeiro Falcão on Instagram: "Nossa Alice Eva Lorentzen Falcão"
  7. ^ a b "Erling wearing the orders" (JPG). Gfx.dagbladet.no. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). S-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Photographic image" (JPG). S-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Erling wearing the medals" (JPG). Blogg.tv2.no. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  11. ^ Information confirmed via e-mail by Chancellor at the Royal Norwegian Court.
  12. ^ "Tildeling av Kong Harald Vs jubileumsmedalje 1991–2016". Kongehurst.bo. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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