For the press
This section contains messages primarily of interest to the press and other media, such as press releases, information regarding accreditation and official hand out photographs.
Dedicated phone (Monday - Friday, 9 AM - 4.30 PM): 911 73 952
E-mail: presse@slottet.no
Press releases
Subscribe to press releasesFuture communications regarding the health of The Crown Princess
As announced earlier today, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on the waiting list for a lung transplant in Norway.
The Crown Princess placed on the lung transplant waiting list
As a result of her life-threatening chronic lung disease, and following extensive medical examinations, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on the waiting list for a lung transplant in Norway.
Princess Astrid at Rikshospitalet
Her Highness Princess Astrid has been admitted to Rikshospitalet due to heart failure. Today, she underwent the insertion of a temporary pacemaker. Princess Astrid wishes to convey that she is in the best of hands. She will remain at Rikshospitalet for some time.
The annual report of The Royal Court 2025
Their Majesties The King and Queen visited both Bjørnøya and Spitsbergen in June 2025 against a backdrop of increasing global focus on the Arctic and the centenary of the Svalbard Act. in August, exactly 100 years after the Norwegian flag was first raised over Svalbard, it was hoisted once again during a ceremony at which the Crown Prince repeated the message from 1925: “Raise the flag!”
