A court sketch depicts Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit during the first day of a trial in Oslo at the District Court on February 3, 2026. On trial for rape and assault, Marius Borg Høiby, son of Norway’s Crown Princess, will learn his fate on June 15, 2026 in a case that has tarnished the image of the monarchy.
An Oslo court on Monday sentenced Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son to four years in prison on two counts of rape and other offences, in a high-profile scandal that has rocked the monarchy.
Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, Mette-Marit's son from a relationship prior to her 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, was accused of 40 charges, from rape to traffic violations, carrying a maximum possible sentence of 16 years in prison.
One of the rapes for which he was convicted took place at the crown prince couple's official residence in 2018.
Hoiby, who is not formally part of the royal household and has no steady job, was acquitted of two other counts of rape, and convicted of repeated domestic abuse against an ex-girlfriend, traffic violations, issuing threats and other offences.
