Princess Ingrid Alexandra Returns to Norway for Family Reasons While Continuing University of Sydney Degree on Exchange at University of Oslo

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway has returned to Oslo and will spend the autumn semester of 2026 as an exchange student at the University of Oslo while remaining enrolled at the University of Sydney. The Norwegian palace press office stated on Friday that the move allows her to be closer to her family.

The 22-year-old princess, second in line to Norway’s throne, has been studying a bachelor of arts focused on international relations and political economy at the University of Sydney.

She has lived on campus at St Andrews College since August and led the local march for Syttende Mai, Norway’s National Day, in Sydney last month. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Ingrid Alexandra’s mother, has been placed on the waitlist for a lung transplant after a serious progression of her lung disease. The princess returned home this week to be with her.

The Norwegian royal family faces additional legal matters. ” She also stayed at his Florida home. In a television appearance after the correspondence became public, Mette-Marit said she wished she had never met him and that she should have examined his background more closely.

Ingrid Alexandra’s half brother, Marius Borg Høiby, stood trial this year on charges of rape and physical abuse against four women. A verdict is due in June. Earlier this week, a man who sent the princess a card “asking for friendship” was taken into police custody after an altercation with a photographer.

The incident occurred moments after Newtown Local Court banned him from contacting the princess.