Mette-Marit | |
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Crown Princess of Norway | |
Born | Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby 19 August 1973 Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway |
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House | Glücksburg (by marriage) |
Father | Sven O. Høiby |
Mother | Marit Tjessem |
Religion | Church of Norway |
Norwegian royal family |
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* Member of the Norwegian Royal House |
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby, pronounced [ˌmɛtːəˈmɑ̀ːrɪt ˈçɛ̀sːəm ˈhœ̀ʏbʏ], on 19 August 1973) is a member of the Norwegian royal family. She is married to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne.
A Norwegian commoner and single mother with a disadvantaged past, she was a controversial figure at the time of her engagement to Haakon in 2000. She became Crown Princess of Norway upon her marriage in 2001. The couple have two children, Ingrid Alexandra and Sverre Magnus, who are second and third in line to the Norwegian throne respectively. Mette-Marit additionally has a son from a previous brief encounter with Morten Borg, Marius Borg Høiby.
In October 2018, she was diagnosed with a form of pulmonary fibrosis. She is being treated at Oslo University Hospital and has restricted her royal duties.[1]