Ari Behn
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| Ari Behn | |
 Ari Behn in Bergen
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| Born | Ari Mikael Bjørshol September 30, 1972 Århus, Denmark |
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| Spouse | Princess Märtha Louise of Norway |
| Children | Maud Angelica Behn Leah Isadora Behn |
| Parents | Olav Bjørshol and Marianne Solberg Behn |
Ari Mikael Behn (né Bjørshol, born September 30, 1972) is a Norwegian author and husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.
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[edit] Life
Behn was born in Århus, Denmark, the eldest child and son of Olav Bjørshol and Marianne Solberg Behn. He has two younger siblings, Anja Sabrina and Espen. Behn attended the Waldorf School in Moss and is baptized in The Christian Community. He has worked as a forklift truck driver, but by the time he met the Princess he had already published his 50 page novel, Trist som faen. Behn's original surname was Bjørshol, he later changed it to his maternal grandmother's surname.
On May 24, 2002 Behn married Princess Märtha Louise of Norway. They have two daughters, Maud Angelica Behn, born April 29, 2003, and Leah Isadora Behn, born April 8, 2005, and are expecting a third child in October 2008[1]. They live in Lommedalen, Bærum.
[edit] Press coverage
Behn made the headlines of Norwegian newspapers in the autumn of 2006, when he revealed that he voted for the Norwegian Labour Party[2]. His friendship with the current Minister of Culture and Labour leader Trond Giske has attracted criticism from newspapers and politicians[3].
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- Trist som faen ("Sad as hell"), 1999: A collection of short stories
- Fra hjerte til hjerte ("From heart to heart"), 2002 in collaboration with wife Märtha Louise, is a book about their wedding
- Bakgård ("Backyard"), 2003
- Entusiasme og raseri ("Enthusiasm and Rage") , a roman à clef published in October 2006
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