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Although Norwegians have no intention of dismantling their social net, they are becoming increasingly irritated at its red tape. Says Ragnhild Braathen, a Telemark housewife: "The regular citizen struggles against a wall of bureaucracy. People have waited 20 years before receiving their disability pensions. I know a woman who applied for 'single provider assistance.' She is still waiting for an answer and her 'child' is now 35 years old." Complains Kjell Lorentsen, a schoolmaster in northern Norway: "Responsibility for any decision seems to dissolve into powder...
...Princess Astrid, 28, followed a torchlight procession into a small, red-brick Lutheran church outside town to wed prosperous Haberdasher Johan Martin Ferner, 33, and to be read out of royalty. The procession, which was led through 10°-below-zero cold by Astrid's sister, Princess Ragnhild (who had married a commoner in the same church seven years before), included uncommon cousins from three European kingdoms, among them a sympathetic Princess Margaret of Britain. Last came Astrid and her father, King Olav V, who had originally objected to his daughter's cup-winning yachtmate. After the ceremony...
...searched for a good hand to sail in Sunday regattas with his daughter. On deck soon came a prosperous Oslo clothier, Johan Martin Ferner, one of Scandinavia's most eligible bachelors but. alas, a commoner. The pair became discreetly inseparable. In 1953 Astrid's older sister, Princess Ragnhild, married a shipowner and sailed off to Rio de Janeiro. Convinced that one commoner in the royal family was enough, Olaf set his foot down, insisted that Astrid marry some true blueblood. In fast succession. Astrid turned her nose up at a series of princelings who could not distinguish between...
Married. Princess Ragnhild of Norway, 22, shy brunette eldest daughter of Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha; and Erling Svenn Lorentzen, 30, a commoner, well-to-do shipping executive and a hero of the Norwegian underground during World War II; in a simple ceremony attended by European royalty (including Britain's Princess Margaret) and Lorentzen's wartime comrades; in Asker Church near Oslo...
...bridge the gap between liberal arts education and professional work" the course has turned out 316 graduates, who net an average salary of $3,000 to $5,000 a year. Top earners make about $7,000. The program is administered by two directors--T. North Whitehead and Mrs. Ragnhild J. Roberts...