Crown Princess of Norway
Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra is first in the line of succession to the throne of Norwray. The Crown Princess is studying social sciences but also undertakes some official engagements on behalf of the Royal House of Norway.
On 21 January 2022, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra turned 18, and to mark this significant milestone, she was given her own office at the Royal Palace. In the years ahead, however, her primary focus will remain on her education.
In the autumn of 2025, she began a three-year degree in social sciences at the University of Sydney, but is currently on an exchange programme at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo.
Official engagements
When King Harald V died on 28 August 2026, the former Crown Prince and Crown Princess became Norway's new King and Queen, and Princess Ingrid Alexandra became Crown Princess. She may take her place in the Council of State alongside her father, King Haakon, and serve as Regent if The King is ill or travelling abroad.
Oath of allegiance to the Norwegian Constitution
Oath of allegiance
On 1 September 2026 Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra signed her oath to the Constitution:
«I promise and swear that I will conduct the Government in accordance with the Constitution and the Laws, so help me God, the Almighty and Omniscient.»
This oath of allegiance is set out in Article 44 of the Constitution, and is required before the heir to the throne can serve as regent if the King is absent from the realm.
The Crown Princess signed the oath at the Royal Palace. It was brought to the Storting and delivered to the President by the Lord Chamberlain.
Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra has already carried out numerous official duties. In April 2025, she took part in the official programme during a state visit for the first time – the state visit of Iceland’s President to Norway.
Military Service
January 2024, the then Princess Ingrid Alexandra began her military service with the Combat Engineer Battalion (Ingeniørbataljonen) of Brigade Nord. Private Alexandra served at Skjold Camp in Inner Troms, where she worked as an engineer soldier and held the position of a rifleman on the CV90 STING vehicle. The Princess was discharged from the Norwegian Armed Forces on 4 April 2025.
The first official engagements
The tradition of the Royal Family greeting the annual Constitution Day children’s parade from the Palace Balcony dates back to 1906. Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra is the fifth generation to watch the parade from the balcony and was there for her very first 17 May.
Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra is very interested in environmental protection and climate change, and this was the subject of her first official engagement outside of participation in May 17 and the ski festivals in Holmenkollen. Together with her mother, the then Crown Princess, she met a children’s parade in the Palace Square when more than a thousand young “environmental agents” marked World Environment Day in 2009.
First independent engagement
In 2015 Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra had her first independent engagement when she christened the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue's new vessel "Elias". In 2016 she lit the flame in front of 13 000 at the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympics at Lillehammer, and in November 2018 christened Norway's new research vessel, the Crown Prince Haakon.
Early duties
Sculpture Park
In summer 2016, the Princess Ingrid Alexandra Sculpture Park opened in the Palace Park, with sculptures made for children – by children. Until 2019, several sculptures were added every year, and the Princess took active part in choosing the designs from among the contributions from schoolchildren all over the country.
Then then Princess Ingrid Alexandra acted as guide in the the park when Great Britain's Prince William and Duchess Catherine visited Norway in 2018.
