Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway

Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby 19 August 1973) is a member by marriage of the Norwegian royal family. She has been married to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir apparent to the Norwegian throne, since 2001. Mette-Marit and Haakon have two children, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus.

Mette-Marit's engagement to Haakon in 2000 was highly controversial. She was raised in a middle-class family, and had had relationships with several men convicted of drug-related crimes, one of whom, Morten Borg, fathered her son Marius Borg Høiby before going to prison.

Mette-Marit had a long‑standing association with American child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In 2026, the Epstein files showed that she had far more extensive contact with Epstein and over a longer period than she had previously admitted.