Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Queen Mette-Marit of Norway and stepson of the King of Norway, was assaulted by a man when he was in a house situated on a royal family property.
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10/11/2026
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ANDmarius Borg Høiby, son of Queen Mette-Marit and stepson of the King of Norway Haakon VIII, has been assaulted by a man who entered the house where he is staying and who is situated on a property of the royal family.
The incident happened on Friday, November 6, when an unidentified man arrived at the property where 29-year-old Marius Borg Høiby is staying in Skaugum shortly after midnight.
According to the Norwegian media If Og Hør quotes Poeple, the man will have started by knocking and kicking at the door. Marius Borg Høiby opened it, and the man pushed it and entered the residence.
Queen Mette-Marit's son managed to push the man out of the house and then contact the authorities, who arrived about a minute and a half later.
The suspect was arrested later according to Se og Hør. “We can confirm that we arrested someone near Høiby’s house on Friday night,” confirmed Eirik Veum, Norwegian Police Security Service, to the Norwegian media NRK. “Besides, we have no comments to make.”
The NRK also explained that the house where Marius Borg Høiby is located is covered by the security team of the royal family of Norway. In conversation with Se og Hør, the lawyer of the son of Mette-Marit of Norway, Alexander Greaker, said that “it is very serious and unpleasant to have visitors at home”.
“It’s a place where we should feel safe and, in the situation Marius is in right now, it’s easy to understand that he has lived this as something very unpleasant and insecure,” he added.
It is recalled that Hoiby was sentenced to four years in prison in the first instance by 34 of 39 charges, including two violations, mistreatment, assault, threats, possession of cannabis, violation of restraining orders and serious traffic offences.
He was also ordered to pay a total of NOK 640,000 (about EUR 58,000) in compensation to four victims.
The young man, who admitted to having problems with alcohol and drugs, has been in protective custody since February, as the court believes he can try to contact one of his victims and violate the restraining order, as he did in the past.
Since July, Norwegian law has allowed him to carry out his pre-trial detention under house arrest with an electronic bracelet.