Overview
- The Royal Court confirmed on Friday that Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on the lung-transplant waiting list after medical teams judged her chronic pulmonary fibrosis to have worsened.
- Rikshospitalet pulmonologist Are Holm told the court the disease is severe and that the princess should receive a transplant as soon as possible, but no surgery date has been announced.
- While she waits for a donor the crown princess will not perform official duties and the royal family has altered its schedule to prioritize care and support.
- Crown Prince Haakon has limited travel and canceled some international commitments, the couple postponed their August silver-anniversary plans, and Princess Ingrid Alexandra returned from Australia to continue her studies at the University of Oslo.
- Oslo’s Rikshospitalet handles advanced lung transplants in Norway, so the next steps will depend on multidisciplinary assessments and donor availability and could affect state and ceremonial calendars while the family manages this personal and institutional disruption.