Norway Crown Princess Mette‑Marit placed on lung transplant list
Norway’s Crown Princess Mette‑Marit, 52, has been placed on the national waiting list for a lung transplant after her pulmonary‑fibrosis worsened dramatically. Doctors at Oslo University Hospital said the disease has progressed to the point where “the patient should be so sick that we have reason to believe she has only one year left to live,” and a transplant is now the only viable treatment.
The royal household announced that the princess will suspend official duties while awaiting a donor organ. The couple’s silver‑wedding celebration in August has been postponed, Crown Prince Haakon will curtail longer trips, and daughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra has returned from her studies in Australia. Their son, Marius Borg Høiby, remains in custody on rape‑related charges; his latest request for release was denied.
The news sparked a surge in organ‑donor registrations in Norway, with donor‑card completions jumping more than thirty‑fold in a single day, reflecting heightened public awareness of the princess’s condition.