Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway smiles during a reception for Norwegian athletes competing at the Milan-Cortina Paralympics in Oslo, Friday, April 10, 2026. Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP, Archive Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway underwent a successful lung transplant at a hospital in Oslo, the country's Royal House said on Wednesday. 📱Bookmark g1 on Google and follow the main news of the day At age 52, she was diagnosed in 2018 with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease that damages and scars lung tissue. It can cause serious respiratory problems and there is no known cure. Earlier this month, the Royal Household announced that she had been placed on a lung transplant list. On Wednesday it said in a statement that she had received a transplant at Rikshospitalet in Oslo. The head of the hospital's pulmonary department, Are Holm, said in the statement that “we are very pleased that everything has gone well so far.” Like other transplant recipients, she will remain in the hospital for “several weeks,” Holm said. He added that “this is standard procedure for adjusting medications, dealing with any complications and conducting rehabilitation.” The Royal House said Crown Prince Haakon, the successor to the Norwegian throne, will “adjust his schedule” to be with his wife during this time. He also said he plans his next update on her health when she is released from the hospital. Mette-Marit's condition has worsened in recent months, coinciding with a challenging period for her on other fronts. Now on g1 His eldest son, Marius Borg Høiby, was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday after being found guilty of two counts of rape, which he denied, among other crimes. Høiby's lawyers have said they will appeal the rape and domestic violence convictions. Høiby is Mette-Marit's son from a previous relationship and holds no royal titles or official roles. But his widely watched six-week trial cast a shadow over the royal family. As the trial unfolded, Mette-Marit separately faced a new wave of criticism for her connections to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This raised questions about her trial, although she was not accused of any wrongdoing. She apologized in February for the situation she put the royal family in, part of a broader apology to all those she had “let down.” In a television interview in March, she said she was manipulated and deceived by Epstein and felt unsafe during a 2013 meeting with him at his mansion in Palm Beach, Florida.