Overview
- The Royal House said multiple assessments this fall showed a marked decline in the 52-year-old royal’s progressive pulmonary fibrosis, diagnosed in 2018.
- Rikshospitalet’s lung chief, Prof. Are Martin Holm, said preparations are underway as the case nears the threshold for transplantation, though she has not been listed yet.
- In an NRK interview, Mette-Marit said the disease has advanced faster than she and her doctors hoped and described steep limits on daily activities after a rehabilitation stay in Jessheim.
- Her official program will be scaled to prioritize rest and adapted activity, with the palace noting she still wishes to work as health allows.
- King Harald V and Queen Sonja voiced concern in a televised segment about the strain on the family, as Norwegian media report her son Marius Borg Høiby faces trial in early 2026.