Princess Astrid of Norway Passes Away at Age 94

Key facts

• Princess Astrid of Norway died at the age of 94 in Oslo, two days after the funeral of her younger brother, King Harald V.
• Born Astrid Maud Ingeborg on February 12, 1932, she was the middle child of King Olav V and Crown Princess Märtha, and served as Norway's First Lady for 14 years after her mother's death in 1954.
• She married businessman and Olympic sailor Johan Martin Ferner in 1961 and chaired the Crown Princess Märtha Memorial Fund, supporting vulnerable children, people with dyslexia and disabilities, health organisations, and the arts.
• The Norwegian government announced that Astrid will receive a state funeral paid for in full, at her family's request.