Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway

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Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway : biography

19 August 1973 –

Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby 19 August 1973), is the wife of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, heir apparent to the throne of Norway.

A Norwegian commoner and a single mother with a rebellious past, she was a controversial figure at the time of her engagement to Haakon in 2000. She became crown princess of Norway upon her marriage in 2001. As such, she has championed humanitarian projects and the arts, as well as taking part in official visits at home and abroad.

She has three children: Marius Borg Høiby, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus.

Patronage

She is a patron of:

  • The Norwegian Guide and Scout Association
  • Amandus Film Festival
  • Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival
  • Risør Festival of Chamber Music
  • FOKUS – Forum for Women and Development
  • The Norwegian Design Council
  • The Norwegian Red Cross
  • The Norwegian Council for Mental Health
  • Full-rigged Ship Sørlandet
  • Oslo International Church Music Festival

Humanitarian Fund

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess’ Humanitarian Fund was established in 2001 in connection with the wedding of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. The couple announced that they wished for donations to the fund as wedding gifts. The fund allocates funds to humanitarian projects in Norway and abroad. In Norway the fund mainly focuses on projects aimed at improving conditions for children and young people. Abroad the fund mainly focuses on projects related to health and education.

Grant recipients

  • 2008
  • Fundación Xochiquetzal Fundasion Šusital, Nicaragua
  • 2007
  • The good childhood: A collaboration between the Norwegian municipality Karasjok and Lovozero municipality in Russia
  • 2006
  • The Church City Mission: A youth project directed by the PMV Centre for health, dialogue and development (Oslo, Norway)
  • The AIDS Centre, “Project Bus”, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia
  • 2005
  • Right to Play: A sports and health project (Uganda)
  • 2004
  • Yirga Alem Hospital Fistula Unit (Ethiopia)
  • Rehabilitation of child soldiers (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • 2003
  • Norwegian People’s Aid project ”Følgesvennen”, providing companions and provisional guardians to asylum seekers (Asker, Norway)
  • Norwegian Red Cross project “Leksehjelpen”, offering help with homework to pupils from minority backgrounds (Oslo, Norway)
  • 2002
  • National Community of Women Living with Aids (Uganda)
  • Education through Sport (Zambia)
  • 2001
  • The Vard Model (Haugesund, Norway)
  • Basic education in Alefa Takusa (Ethiopia)
  • Prevention of HIV/AIDS (Mozambique)

Honours

See also List of honours of the Norwegian Royal Family by country

As mentioned on her official website page, Mette-Marit has received the following honours and decorations (° = on official page):

National orders and decorations

  • Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav°
  • Royal Family Order of King Harald V of Norway°
  • The Royal House Centenary Medal°
  • Olav Vs Centenary Medal°

Foreign orders

  • Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (2007) ° – website typischich.at
    Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
    Cordon of the Order of Stara Planina ° State visit of Bulgaria,
    Member 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (02.04.2002)° – website of the President of Estonia (Estonian)
  • : Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2012)°
    Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (09/2004) ° Italian Presidency website,
    Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown°
    Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (March 2011)° of a State visit of Lithuania to Norway, March 2011
    Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau (May 2011) ° Norwegian Royal Family Website, of Luxembourg in Norway (05/2011),
    Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau° Scanpix, State visit of Beatrix in Norway, 06/2010,
    Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland°
    Grand Cross of the Order of Infante D. Henrique (13/02/2004)° Portuguese presidential website,
    Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic°
    Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star° , Guests to Victoria of Sweden’s wedding,