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Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen

Royal Palace, Oslo, 9 Jun 1930 – Rio de Janeiro, 16 Sep 2012

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 9 Jun 1930

    Born in Royal Palace, Oslo

  2. 16 Sep 2012

    Dies in Rio de Janeiro, aged 82

Family

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Parents

During her lifetime

She lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Royal Palace, Oslo.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1930s · Princess is born in Royal Palace, Oslo

Listen

Eu Ouço Falar

Sinhô · 1930

A campaign song for Júlio Prestes, who won the 1930 election but never took office: the Revolution of 1930 came first.

Public domain recording · Wikimedia Commons

Who governed

Daily life

Schools in private homes

Many rural schools were not purpose-built but operated in private homes, farm basements, or teachers' backyards. Children often arrived barefoot and had to carry water from nearby streams in cans to clean their classrooms.

The Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 set off a world depression: banks failed, work vanished and coffee prices collapsed in Brazil.Around the world · 1929–1939

The Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 set off a world depression: banks failed, work vanished and coffee prices collapsed in Brazil.

Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided · public domain

At the table

Milk was a luxury for working families

In 1934, pasteurized milk cost 600 réis per liter, while stable milk cost 800 réis, making it a luxury for workers earning 4,000 to 5,000 réis daily.

In the news1930

1930 Revolution ends regional power

Getúlio Vargas led a revolution that ended the political dominance of regional oligarchies and initiated a new era of centralization.

What people wore

Everyday wear for working-class women

Lower-class women in Rio de Janeiro often wore simplified, hybrid clothing such as unvoluminous skirts, shawls, and headscarves, sometimes using embroidered blouses that imitated the style of the white elite.

Getting around

Two days by ox cart to town

Before 1932, families in Cunha often traveled by ox cart to reach Guaratinguetá, a 49-kilometer journey that took two days. By the late 1940s, a motor-bus, or jardineira, could make the same trip in three hours during dry weather.