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Celina Midelfart (born 12 February 1973) is a Norwegian cosmetics heiress and businesswoman. In 1995, she took over the running of the family's health and beauty care business, Midelfart AS. She has been linked to several prominent men and has been the girlfriend of Norway's crown prince Haakon and Donald Trump.
Family
A member of the Midelfart family, she is a daughter of the businessman Finn-Erik Midelfart (1943–95) and Hermine Kristin née Muhle (born 1944). Her stepfather is Nikolai Paus, of the Paus family that is connected to Henrik Ibsen; he is related to shipping heiress Olympia Paus, Alexander Nix's wife. She is a patrilineal descendant of Hans Christian Ulrik Midelfart, a signatory of the Norwegian constitution.
Education
She was educated at London School of Economics 1994-96, where she studied economics with management, before transferring to New York University Stern School of Business, with Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in Finance in 1998.
Career
In 1995, she took over the running of the family's health and beauty care business, Midelfart AS, when her father died. The company was founded by her great-grandfather Ole Midelfart in 1923. The operative businesses were since sold to Procter & Gamble and Midsona AB, respectively.
Celina Midelfart is Executive Chairman and 100% owner of the investment company Midelfart Capital AS. She is also a large shareholder and board member of the Swedish consumer finance bank Avida AB. Although she inherited a cosmetics business, she has invested in the petroleum industry. She is a board member of Siem Offshore AS and Oslo International School. She previously held various board positions, amongst others in Mowi ASA and Midsona AB.
Personal life
In the early 1990s she came to national prominence as the girlfriend of Norway's crown prince Haakon.
She was a close friend of Donald Trump and was reported by media in the 1990s to be dating him for several months in 1998. Trump was on a date with her when he met Melania Trump.
In the 2000s Celina Midelfart lived in Belgravia, London with Tor Olav Trøim and their son, Olav Midelfart Trøim (born 2011). She moved back to Norway in 2019 after splitting up from Trøim.
