Lorentzen family
Surname list / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Norwegian shipping family connected to the Norwegian royal family. For other uses, see Lorentzen.
Lorentzen is a Norwegian family of Danish ancestry whose members have been notable as shipping magnates and industrialists over several centuries. The industrialist Erling Lorentzen 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. Lorentzen is a common patronymic in Denmark and Norway, and the family should not be confused with unrelated families with the same name.