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Queen Mette-Marit of Norway

Born Kristiansand Municipality, 19 Aug 1973

5 facts1 source

Living person. The family sees only the name, dates and photo; everything else stays private unless they choose to share it.

Facts and their sources

  • Born19 Aug 1973, Kristiansand MunicipalityTaken as verified1 source
  • FatherSven O. HøibyTaken as verified1 source
  • MotherMarit TjessemTaken as verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 19 Aug 1973

    Born in Kristiansand Municipality

  2. 2004–2005

    2 children are born

During her lifetime

She has lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Kristiansand Municipality.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1970s · Queen is born in Kristiansand Municipality

Around the world1973–1974

The oil crisis

Arab oil producers cut supplies and the price of oil quadrupled; petrol queues and inflation followed around the world.