Lorentzen

This article is about the surname and the family. For places with the name, see Lorentzen, Bas-Rhin and Lorentzen Peak.

Lorentzen is a common surname in Denmark and Norway, and some people with the name are related to the Norwegian royal family.

## Lorentzen family[edit]

The Lorentzen family or Bie-Lorentzen is a Norwegian family of Danish origin. Several members have been noted as shipping magnates and industrialists. Among its members are shipowner Erik Finn Lorentzen and industrialist Erling Lorentzen, who was married to Princess Ragnhild of Norway (known as Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen after her marriage), the eldest daughter of King Olav V of Norway.

The family is descended from Hans Zachariassen (died ca. 1643), who was a merchant in Skælskør in Denmark. His son, customs official Hans Hanssøn Skielschøer (1636–1700), settled in Norway, and was the father of merchant in Holmestrand Lorentz Hanssøn (1668–1723). Two branches of the family are descended from his sons, the shipowners Ole Lorentzen (1699–1737) and Jørgen Lorentzen (1709–1752).[1][2]

A branch of the family uses the double surname Bie-Lorentzen, with or without a hyphen. Members of the Lorentzen family include:

* Hans Ludvig Lorentzen (1840–1905), shipowner in Holmestrand and Brasil
* Øivind Lorentzen (1881–1980), Norwegian shipowner
* Erik Finn Lorentzen (1921–2010), shipowner
* Erling Lorentzen (1923–2021), Norwegian-Brazilian industrialist and founder of Aracruz Celulose
* Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (1930–2012), eldest child of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden
* Henriette Bie Lorentzen (1911–2001), Norwegian humanist and World War II resistance member

## Other people with the name[edit]

* Anne Lorentzen (1963–2013), Norwegian singer and media researcher
* Annemarie Lorentzen (1921–2008), Norwegian politician
* Bent Lorentzen (1935–2018), Danish composer
* Christian August Lorentzen (1749–1828), Danish painter
* Christine Lorentzen (fl. from 2006), also known as Lore, Danish singer-songwriter
* Frithjof Lorentzen (1896–1965), Norwegian fencer
* Gustav Lorentzen (1947–2010), Norwegian singer-songwriter
* Gustav Lorentzen (scientist) (1915–1995), Norwegian thermodynamic scientist

* Håkon Lorentzen (born 1997), Norwegian footballer
* Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen (born 1992), Norwegian speed skater
* Ida Lorentzen (born 1951), American–Norwegian artist
* Indra Lorentzen (born 1956), Norwegian dancer and choreographer
* Ingrid Lorentzen (born 1972), Norwegian ballet dancer
* Jakob Lorentzen (born 1968), Danish organist
* Jørgen Lorentzen (born 1956), Norwegian literary scholar and film producer
* Karina Lorentzen (born 1973), Danish politician
* Kasper Lorentzen (born 1985), Danish footballer
* Kristian Pihl Lorentzen (born 1961), Danish politician and author
* Lisa Lorentzen (fl. from 1986), Norwegian mathematician
* Mogens Lorentzen (1892–1953), Danish writer, painter and illustrator
* Morten Lorentzen (born 1960), Danish comedian, actor and film director
* Peter Lorentzen (born 1983), Norwegian ice hockey player
* Reidar Lorentzen (born 1956), Norwegian javelin thrower
* Rune Lorentsen (born 1961), Norwegian wheelchair curler
* Sigurd Lorentzen (1916–1979), Norwegian judge and civil servant

## See also[edit]

* All pages with titles containing Lorentzen

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lorentzen family (Norway).

1. ^ I. F. Lorentzen (1913). Holmestrandsfamilien Lorentzen. En borgerslekt gjennem 300 aar. Kristiania.
2. ^ Terje Bratberg (2005–2007): "Lorentzen", Store Norske Leksikon.

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