OSLO, Norway (AP) — Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has undergone a successful lung transplant at a hospital in Oslo, the country’s royal house said Wednesday.The 52-year-old was diagnosed in 2018 with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease that damages and scars lung tissue. It can cause serious breathing problems, and there is no known cure. Earlier this month, the royal house announced that she had been placed on a lung transplant list. On Wednesday, it said in a statement that she had received a transplant at the Rikshospitalet in Oslo.The head of the hospital’s pulmonary department, Are Holm, said in the statement that “we are very pleased that everything has gone well so far.”Like other transplant recipients, she will remain in the hospital for “several weeks,” Holm said. He added that “this is standard procedure to adjust medications, manage any complications and conduct rehabilitation.”
The royal house said Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to the Norwegian throne, will “adjust his schedule” to be with his wife during that period. It said that it plans its next update on her health when she is discharged from the hospital.
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Mette-Marit’s condition worsened over recent months, coinciding with a challenging period for her on other fronts. Her eldest son, Marius Borg Høiby, was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday after being convicted of two counts of rape, which he denied, among other offenses. Høiby’s lawyers said he will appeal convictions for rape and domestic abuse.
