Else Werring

[2] The couple had four children; the daughters Ragnhild (who married Henning Astrup) and Gina "Else Catharine" and the sons Niels, Jr. and Morten.

[4] The Werring couple lived at the Munkebakken estate in Lysaker is a residence designed by Arnstein Arneberg.

[5][6][7][8] In January 1958 she was appointed by Olav V of Norway as Chief Court Mistress (Overhoffmesterinne) for the Norwegian royal family.

When assuming the position, royal-friendly newspaper described her as "representative, highly cultivated, as beautiful as her predecessor in the office, mrs. Borghild Anker, and as eminent a hostess as her".

[12][13] She was an active churchgoer, and was fond of art collecting, literature, skiing, tennis and horseriding.