Norway's heir princess Mette-Marit, who suffers from a severe lung disease, underwent a successful lung transplant, announced the Norwegian Royal Palace today.
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17/06/2026
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Lusa
A princess Heiress of Norway, Mette-Marit, who suffers from a severe lung disease, has undergone a successful lung transplant, announced the Norwegian Royal Palace today.
The head of the thoracic surgery department of the National Hospital of Oslo, Arnt Fiane, said that, so far, “transplantation is going well”.
The 52-year-old princess was diagnosed with a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that causes respiratory difficulties, requiring a transplant.
On Tuesday, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway restricted official commitments to spend more time with his wife, the heir princess Mette-Marit.
Haakon, who should one day become king of Norway, canceled initially scheduled activities, but were eventually removed from the official agenda for Tuesday and today.
The announcement about the surgical intervention to which the princess was submitted occurred the same week that her son Marius Borg Hoiby was sentenced in Norway to four years in prison for two violations, and 32 other charges.
The 29-year-old, son of a prior relationship with the mother's marriage to Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, denied the most serious charges and the lawyers announced that they would appeal the sentence.