Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
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Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (born
3 December,
2005 in
Oslo) is the second child of
Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway. He has one older half-brother,
Marius and an older sister,
Princess Ingrid Alexandra.
He is third in the
line of succession to the Norwegian Throne, after his father and his older sister. As distant cousins of
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the Norwegian royals are also in the
line of succession to the British Throne; but Sverre Magnus ranks ahead of his sister there since the UK uses male-preference
primogeniture.
The prince's name was communicated in a council of state by his grandfather
King Harald V on
December 5,
2005; at the same time it was announced that, in a break with tradition, he would not be styled
His Royal Highness from birth. It may be correct to expect that when his father succeeds as King Haakon VIII of Norway, he will become His Royal Highness Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway. His closest family call him Magnus.
Both his names have a royal history;
Sverre of Norway reigned in the
12th century, and Magnus has been the name of several
Norwegian monarchs. Crown Prince Haakon's middle name is also Magnus.
On
7 February,
2006, the two-month old prince was rushed to the
Rikshospitalet in
Oslo and diagnosed with
gastric flu, a
respiratory infection, and was having problems taking nourishment. He remained overnight, but as of
14 February,
2006 has returned home and made a full recovery. The baby had been admitted to Rikshospitalet the previous week with stomach trouble.
Prince Sverre Magnus was christened on
4 March,
2006 by Bishop Ole Christian Kvarme. He had seven godparents: his grandmother
Queen Sonja,
Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands,
Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece,
Princess Rosario of Bulgaria, Mette-Marit's brother Espen Høiby and the crown couple's friends Bjørn Steinsland and Marianne Gjellestad. His older sister, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, had six godparents, including a king and three heirs to thrones.
Besides the godparents, several royal guests attended the christening, including Denmark's
Queen Margrethe,
Crown Prince Frederik and
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, and
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, and Norway's Prime Minister
Jens Stoltenberg and Parliament President
Thorbjørn Jagland.
From the Royal Family website:
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The first pictures of the new Prince*
The christening of Prince Sverre MagnusFrom newspaper
Aftenposten:
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Infant prince still ill*
Seven godparents for Prince Sverre Magnus
