Overview
- The Royal Palace confirmed on Wednesday that Crown Princess Mette‑Marit has had a successful lung transplant at Oslo University Hospital and is recovering under medical supervision.
- Doctors placed her on the national transplant waiting list after a marked deterioration in recent months that left her using supplemental oxygen and facing a limited prognosis without new lungs.
- Oslo University Hospital said she will remain admitted for several weeks to adjust medications, monitor for complications, and begin rehabilitation, and the palace will issue further updates after discharge.
- Crown Prince Haakon has cut back public duties to stay with his wife, and separate reporting noted that Mette‑Marit’s son Marius Borg Høiby was recently sentenced to four years in prison and has been the subject of unverified media reports about discreet hospital visits.
- Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive, incurable scarring of the lungs that can lead to respiratory failure, and lung transplant is considered a last‑resort, high‑risk treatment that requires long hospital care and prolonged rehabilitation thereafter.