Mette-Marit and Marius Borg Hoiby are back at Skaugum
It was announced today that Mette-Marit has been discharged from The National Hospital (Rikshospitalet), the same day that Oslo District Court has ruled that her son Marius Borg Hoiby may serve his custody with an ankle monitor at Skaugum.
July 14, 2026
The Crown Prince family the summer of 2020, Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB Scanpix/Royal Court
Mette-Marit discharged from Rikshospitalet
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been discharged from Rikshospitalet following the lung transplant, the Royal House announced on 14 July 2026. In a statement, she thanked organ donors, family and healthcare personnel, and sent a special greeting to her "fibrosis friends." Department head Are Holm at the pulmonary department at Rikshospitalet states that her state of health is good under the circumstances, but that the next six months will be spent on rehabilitation and close follow-up with a view to possible complications such as rejection and infections, and that in a good course of recovery it often takes around a year before the condition enters a more stable phase. No official duties are planned for the Crown Princess during the rehabilitation period.
Marius Borg Hoiby is to serve with an ankle monitor at Skaugum
Marius Borg Hoiby (29) was sentenced in June to four years in prison by Oslo District Court for a total of 34 offences, including two rapes, abuse in a close relationship against his ex-girlfriend Nora Haukland, and violence against the so-called Frogner woman. Both Hoiby and the prosecution have appealed the verdict, which is therefore not legally binding. He has been held in custody since 2 February, but the district court decided this week that the next four weeks of the custody may be carried out at home at Skaugum with an ankle monitor and electronic control. The prosecution chose not to appeal the ruling, and Hoiby was transferred from Ila Prison to Skaugum on Tuesday afternoon.
The family gathered at Skaugum
Princess Ingrid Alexandra is back at Skaugum to be close to the family while Mette-Marit rehabilitates after the transplant. Ingrid Alexandra began a bachelor's degree in social sciences at the University of Sydney in Australia last year; she is now taking the autumn semester of 2026 as an exchange student at the University of Oslo. In June it became known that Prince Sverre Magnus is to study in Europe from the autumn, but which programme and place of study this concerns has not been disclosed. Autumn semesters normally begin around 1 September, which means the whole family will get several weeks together at Skaugum before Sverre Magnus is to move.
A controversial situation for the Crown Prince's family
It is highly unusual for a member of a royal family to be imprisoned, and there are no known cases of custody being served at a royal residence. Marius Borg Hoiby is not himself a royal, but he is the son of the future Queen of Norway and the charges against him are very serious.
The Norwegian press shows the Royal House great respect, particularly in view of Mette-Marit's health situation. It is therefore doubtful whether the Norwegian mass media will open up a public debate about the situation. In independent and social media the situation is different; there it is expressed that this is a highly controversial situation that affects the public's perception of the monarchy.