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Norway Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, born Mette-Marit Tjessem-Høiby 2001. Ferner, of Norway was born as HRH Princess Astrid Maud Ingeborg of Swede... Eid, Norway Eid is a municipality in the county of Norway. www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/norway.html   (2089 words)

Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in Kristiansand, Norway, on 19 August 1973), is the wife of Crown Prince Haakon. Crown Princess Mette-Marit is a daughter of journalist Sven O. Høiby and his former wife, Marit Tjessem. At the time it became known that the Crown Prince intended to marry a single mother who was a commoner with a checkered history, many Norwegians complained that Mette-Marit's background made her unfit to be a member of the royal family, let alone a future queen. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mette-Marit   (729 words)

Norway's crown princess gives birth to boy - Boston.com Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit on Saturday gave birth to a boy, the third in line to the throne, the royal palace said. OSLO, Norway --Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit on Saturday gave birth to a boy, the third in line to the throne, the royal palace said. Princess Martha Louise is the eldest child of King Harald V and Queen Sonja, but Haakon is next in line for the throne because the constitution at the time of their births only allowed male monarchs. www.boston.com /ae/celebrity/articles/2005/12/03/norways_crown_princess_gives_birth_to_boy   (230 words)

Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit Crown Princess Mette-Marit was born on 19 August 1973, and is the youngest child of Marit Tjessem and Sven Olav Bjarte Høiby. He was the second child and only son of Crown Prince Harald and Crown Princess Sonja, (Subsequently King Harald V and Queen Sonja). On 25 August 2001 the Crown Prince married Miss Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in a ceremony at the Oslo Cathedral. www.iceland-today.com /gallery9.htm   (237 words)

Princess Ragnhild of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lorentzen is the sister of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway and the eldest daughter of His Majesty King Olav V of Norway and his wife, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Märtha of Norway, born Princess of Sweden. Princess Ragnhild Alexandra was born on 9 June 1930 and married Erling S. Lorentzen, a commoner, on 15 May 1953, since which the princess has been addressed as Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. There was great controversy when the princess married Lorentzen, her former bodyguard, with the result that the couple went to live in Brazil. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Princess_Ragnhild_of_Norway   (350 words)

CNN.com - Joy at Norway's royal wedding - May 24, 2002 Last August, Martha's younger brother Crown Prince Haakon stirred deeper controversy by marrying Crown Princess Mette-Marit-- who has confessed to a wild partying past and has a five-year-old son by a man convicted of cocaine possession. Last August the princess's younger brother, Crown Prince Haakon, married the single mother and former part-time waitress Crown Princess Mette-Marit. Instead of the commoner winning the heart of the princess and his place among royals, Princess Martha Louise is to surrender some of her royal privileges to live more or less as a commoner with the 29-year-old man she loves. www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/05/24/norway.royals/index.html   (722 words)

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway He married commoner and single mother Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby on August 25, 2001, who has since then been known as Crown Princess Mette-Marit. His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway was born 20 July, 1973 in Oslo. Likewise, the Crown Prince is Norway's regent from 29 March, 2005 and until the King has fully recovered from the heart surgery he underwent 1 April. www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Crown_Prince_Haakon   (345 words)

Bagatell :: Knitting in Norway The princess is born to Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit and is now the second in the line of succession. Princesses Ragnhild and Astrid are King Harald's sisters, thus her great aunts. Norway's constitution was changed in 1990 to allow for a female successor to the throne. www.spellingtuesday.com /archive-2004-01.html   (2079 words)

' + foto + ' Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit (born Tjessem Høiby) of Norway were married on August 25th, 2001. www.christinesroyalty.net /specialoccassions/haakon_mettemarit/index.html   (36 words)

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit back at work Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has returned to work after her pregnancy health scare. The crown princess was due to attend the opening of a new Red Cross centre in Sandvika, but the visit was called off at the last minute. However, Crown Prince Haakon said the princess had no choice but to cancel because she was suffering from some discomfort associated with pregnancy. people.monstersandcritics.com /royalwatch/article_1050156.php/Norways_Crown_Princess_Mette-Marit_back_at_work   (416 words)

AP Worldstream: Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit will spend Easter in a cast after breaking her ankle skiing@ HighBeam Research Mette-Marit was with the royal family, including King Harald and her husband, Crown Prince Haakon, at their mountain cabin in Sikkilsdalen, some 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of the capital, Oslo, when the accident occurred on Wednesday, the Norwegian news agency NTB reported. Dateline: OSLO, Norway Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit will have to spend Easter in a cast after she broke her ankle while skiing, according to a news report on Thursday. Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit will spend Easter in a cast after breaking her ankle skiing www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:51689130&refid=holomed_1   (225 words)

BBC News EUROPE Norwegian princess suffers sunburn Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been forced to pull out of an official trip to Germany after she was severely sunburnt during a television interview. Both she and her husband, Crown Prince Haakon, suffered first and second degree burns on the face during an interview conducted by N-TV German television station outside at the couple's Skaugum estate near Oslo. The Princess, who married Prince Haakon in a glittering ceremony last year, was ordered by doctors to cancel the trip. news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/1983679.stm   (387 words)

'Can never forget Mette-Marit' - Aftenposten.no Crown Princess Mette-Marit now lives a life of title and privilege. Crown Princess Mette-Marit's former live-in boyfriend is speaking out for the first time about the couple's relationship in the mid-1990s. She was a single mother when she met Crown Prince Haakon, with whom she's since had a daughter. www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article1122547.ece   (460 words)

Smoking list - Mette-Marit Norway's princess Mette-Marit is now a nonsmoker - and quite proud of it. quit - "Crown Princess Mette-Marit has stopped smoking...says it was a bout with pneumonia last spring that triggered her decision to kick the habit. "Princess Märtha Louise and Crown Prince Haakon's partner Mette-Marit...have both been seen smoking in public and frequently pictured in magazines with cigarettes in their hands. smokingsides.com /asfs/M/Mette-Marit.html   (441 words)

Herald Sun: Norway's Princess Mette-Marit pregnant (archived) Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, a 31-year-old former waitress until her own fairytale marriage to Haakon in 2001, was due to give birth in December. And in Oslo, the Norwegian palace said Crown Princess Mette-Marit was expecting her second child with Crown Prince Haakon. Denmark's Australian-born Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik are expecting their first child by the end of October, the Danish royal court said. www.heraldsun.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5478,15088426^1702,00.html   (399 words)

Royal News: February 2004 Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway presented their daughter Ingrid Alexandra to the press today at Gut Skaugum, after already having issued a few photos of the family yesterday. I am praying from the bottom of my heart peace will prevail as soon as possible." Asked about his wife, Crown Princess Masako, the crown prince said she has become tired due to hard official work and child rearing, as well as from "major pressure" to give birth to a second child, a boy. Princess Katharina von Isenburg was born on October 21, 1971, as the second child and eldest daughter of Franz Alexander 8th Prince von Isenburg (* 1943) and Countess Christine von Saurma Freiin von und zu der Jeltsch (* 1941). www.nettyroyal.nl /newsfeb04.html   (8388 words)

MyUSTINET News: Norway's Crown Princess More Popular Almost half of those surveyed for the newspaper Aftenposten said that Crown Princess Mette-Marit has performed better than expected, while 34 percent said the princess has met their expectations. The prince, now 31, broke with family tradition by attending the University of California and then, on his return to Norway, living with Mette-Marit and her son for several years before their marriage. OSLO, Norway, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A poll finds that Norwegians are warming to their future queen, a single mother whose 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon was controversial. news.usti.net /newsstory/world.europe.northern/1/wed/bm/Uus-princess.RjFo_EDV.html   (197 words)

Mette-Marit returns to royal duties After taking a few weeks off her feet, pregnant Crown Princess Mette-Marit returned to official duties in Norway this week. Crown Prince Haakon later acknowledged that, though the princess had not been feeling her best, neither her health, nor that of the baby, was in jeopardy. The blonde-haired royal was spotted gingerly touching her growing bump as she and husband Crown Prince Haakon made a jaunt to the municipality of Ovre Eiker. www.hellomagazine.com /royalty/2005/09/23/mettemarit   (201 words)

GoEscorted.com : About Norway Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, born 19 August 1973 Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, born 20 July 1973 The northern region of Norway is narrow, a mere 6.3 km at its narrowest. www.goescorted.com /index.php/goescorted/pub/tours/norway/facts/about_norway   (337 words)

BBC News EUROPE Norway future queen admits wild past About half of Norway's first-born children are born to single mothers, and polls show that most Norwegians do not care that Miss Hoiby is a single mother or that the couple chose to live together in an Oslo flat before marrying. Crown Prince Haakon said his parents approved of his choice and had expressed to him that "nine years might have been a bit long to wait". The guests are to include Britain's Crown Prince Charles and Prince Edward, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Denmark's Queen Margrethe II and their families, King Albert II of Belgium, Prince Albert of Monaco, and Spain's Crown Prince Felipe. news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1504000/1504492.stm   (607 words)

The Royal House of Norway Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit have become parents for the second time. The boy was born at Norway's national hospital, the Rikshospitalet University Hospital in Oslo, at 10:45 a.m. The 1500s and 1600s were hard years for Norway under the remote Dano-Norwegian kings who regularly gave away Norwegian estates and offices to their Danish subjects and who were almost unknown in their northern kingdom. ka7.proboards30.com /index.cgi?board=uffda&action=print&thread=1126856688   (821 words)

HRH CROWN PRINCESS METTE-MARIT Mette-Marit is now married to Crown Prince Haakon and after the marriage have the name HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit. Mette- Marit Tjessem Høiby is fond of sports and as a teenager she participated in Volleyball as player, referee and coach. The engagement between H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby was proclaimed on December 1st. www.gonorway.no /go/kongefamilien/mettemarit.html   (417 words)

NORWAY'S CROWN PRINCESS METTE-MARIT EXPECTING A BABY Crown Prince Haakon and his wife of two years Princess Mette-Marit have revealed they are expecting a new addition to the family. There may be some changes in Mette-Marit's calendar in the coming months, but the princess is in "fine shape" and expects a normal pregnancy, said the royal palace on Friday. She and son Marius have moved back to Oslo after a one-year stay in London, and her husband Prince Haakon continues to travel between Norway and the UK as he finishes up his coursework at the London School of Economics. www.hellomagazine.com /royalty/2003/07/04/mettemarit   (249 words)

Haakon, Crown Prince, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit --  Encyclopædia Britannica On Aug. 25, 2001, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway married Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby, who was not only a commoner but also a single mother when they began dating in 1999. On Feb. 2, 2002, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands and Argentine-born Máxima Zorreguieta married in Amsterdam. A young princess assumed the throne of King George VI, and is known today as Queen Elizabeth II. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9384578?tocId=9384578   (891 words)

Mette-Marit bio won't be stopped The crown princess has had very many boyfriends, and a large majority of them experimented with drugs and have a criminal record," said Melnæs. We do not claim that the crown princess' father is an alcoholic," said Sunesen, who will not amend a word of the publication. Princess against all odds' - is now appearing in a Danish edition, with the princess' father described as an alcoholic. www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article266976.ece?service=print   (453 words)

Princess Mette-Marit takes local kids round palace Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit turned tour guide for a day, showing a group of small children round the royal palace at the kick-off of the 'open palace' season in Oslo. Several of the young visitors, who were from a local nursery, had made a right royal effort for their special day out, donning tiaras or crowns to meet the future queen. Some of the little visitors had donned tiaras or crowns to meet the future queen www.hellomagazine.com /royalty/2004/06/18/princessmettemarit   (212 words)

Royal News: September 2003 Espen Høiby, brother of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, was sentenced at the court in Kristiansand today to 60 days in jail for beating his former girlfriend at a birthday party in Søgne earlier this year and on another occasion a month earlier, and was ordered to pay her about $5300. Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra of Morocco died this morning at a hospital in the royal palace in Rabat. The deceased princess was the daughter of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz, uncle of the late King Mohammed V of Morocco. www.nettyroyal.nl /newssept03.html   (5846 words)

ABC 7 News - Feathers Sprout in Royal Parade of Hats Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway parted her blonde on one side, making way for a soft pile of purple feathers with one long plume shooting upward. Princess Beatrice, Charles' 16-year-old niece who has the copper-colored locks of her mother, the former Sarah Ferguson, looked elegant in a small headpiece combining brown and cream feathers and fabric flowers that matched her coat. Sophie, Countess of Wessex, the wife of Charles's younger brother, Prince Edward, chose a gray and white asymmetric creation with a high-crown highlighted by dramatic black and white pheasant feathers. www.wjla.com /news/stories/0405/219584.html   (770 words)

NorHouse: The Nordic Countries - Norway Her parents and older brother, Marius, Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son from an earlier relationship, claimed that Princess Ingrid Alexandra is a good baby all the time. Eleven-day-old Princess Ingrid Alexandra met the press on Sunday, the first of many public appearance she'll be obligated to make as the newest heir to Norway's throne. "We want to be parents for our own children" said the Crown Princess, who added that her son Marius seems to be tackling his new role as big brother well. www.norhouse.com /country.asp?art_id=CO-020604&mscssid=SN2QX30HLAHH8P3S7T97HRXQFPJSE2AC   (379 words)

The Mercury: Prince Christian greets world [22jan06] They are Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden; Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway; her husband, Crown Prince Haakon; Frederik's brother, Prince Joachim; and Prince Pavlos of Greece. Princess Mary revealed that she and husband Crown Prince Frederik had spent a considerable amount of time deciding on names. On the eve of the ceremony, Princess Mary spoke of her delight at hosting the royals, along with her family and closest friends, at her son's christening. www.themercury.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5936,17898330%255E401,00.html   (521 words)

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