Overview
- Crown Prince Haakon said one week after her hospital discharge that Mette‑Marit is improving but faces a long road to recovery.
- Oslo University Hospital’s head of respiratory medicine described her condition as “as good as can be expected” and said she will undergo about six months of physical rehabilitation with close checks for rejection and infections.
- The royal household has paused the Crown Princess’s official duties for roughly six months while Haakon scales back his public schedule and their daughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra returned from Australia to support the family.
- Marius Borg Høiby was moved to house arrest at Skaugum under electronic monitoring while he appeals a four‑year prison sentence for convictions that include rape and domestic violence.
- Mette‑Marit’s transplant follows a 2018 diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive scarring of the lungs, and her recovery will require long inpatient and outpatient monitoring with possible complications to watch for over the coming year.