Norway’s embattled royal family has revealed another of its members has moved overseas, months after Princess Ingrid Alexandra relocated to Australia.
Now, her younger brother Prince Sverre Magnus has chosen to leave Norway.
But the news means the royal house is now without another of its members, leaving the country’s ageing King to carry the brunt of official duties.
Norway’s Prince Sverre Magnus, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Crown Prince Haakon pictured in 2023. (Jan Langhaug /NTB/Norwegian Royal Household)
Prince Sverre Magnus, 19, has been living in Italy after moving there to further his career, the royal house confirmed.
“The prince is currently in Italy where he is exploring various opportunities, including in film and photography, with a desire to learn more about this,” press contact Sara Svanemyr told Norwegian publication Se og Hør.
He is living in Milan with girlfriend Amalie Giæver Macleod, who was born in Britain but grew up in Norway.
She is attending Bocconi University.
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Princess Ingrid Alexandra and her younger brother Prince Sverre are now living outside of Norway. (Instagram/Norwegian Royal Household)
In July, the prince created his own company, Sverre Magnus Productions, and a palace spokesperson said the royal was keen on developing skills in film and photography production.
Prince Sverre is third in line to the throne after his sister, Princess Ingrid Alexandra.
His grandfather is King Harald and his father is Crown Prince Haakon.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who is 21, is currently studying at the University of Sydney, doing a three-year bachelor’s degree in social science, specialising in international relations and political economy.
Princess Alexandra’s move to Sydney is taking the young royal away from official duties for three years, though she is expected to attend an event here or there when she returns home during semester breaks.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus carried out their first joint engagement in June. (Getty)
Despite her place as second-in-line to the throne, Princess Ingrid Alexandra has only recently begun carrying out regular appearances at public events.
In April, she joined her parents and the King and Queen for a state banquet inside the royal palace in Oslo hosted for Iceland’s visiting presidential couple. It was the first time Princess Ingrid has taken part in such a formal occasion and the highest level of a foreign visit.
Much like Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre has largely been shielded from the public and this year he started to carry out more official duties.
In May, the prince conducted his first solo engagement meeting athletes taking part in the Special Olympics World Games.
In June, the royal siblings attended an event for the Red Cross which was their first solo engagement away from their parents and grandparents.
However, due to his place in the line of succession (spare to his sister, the heir) Prince Sverre has less restrictions.
He has long wanted to follow his passion for photography. In 2023, the royal house shared photos taken by Sverre to its Instagram page in celebration of Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s birthday.
Norwegian historian and author Trond Norén Isaksen believes Prince Sverre’s move to Italy is going to leave the royal family short.
“The result is that the total number of official engagements carried out by the royals has fallen by a fourth in ten years,” Isaksen said.
King Harald is 88 and has been battling numerous health issues in recent years. In April, 2024, the royal household announced he would be making a “permanent reduction” to his public engagements “out of consideration for his age”.
His son and heir, Crown Prince Haakon, carries out a number of engagements but his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is now on medical leave as she undergoes lung rehabilitation throughout October.
Norway’s Royal House. (Graphic: Polly Hanning)
The 52-year-old was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, an incurable disease which has forced her to scale back her official duties.
“If Prince Sverre Magnus fails to find a job in Italy there ought, in other words, to be a job opportunity for him as a prince, as the royal house is currently short of people,” Isaksen added.
Earlier this year Isaksen suggested the young prince should be used more by the royal family for official engagements, due to the King’s age and ill-health and the absence of Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Crown Princess Mette-Marit from official duties.
“In order to remain operative and maintain their visibility the royal house will quite simply need Prince Sverre Magnus,” Isaksen said.
The principal members of the Royal House of Norway in May, 2025, at the Royal Palace in Oslo. (Getty)
Prince Sverre’s aunty and fourth-in-line to the throne, Princess Märtha Louise, does not represent the royal family on official business.
The 54-year-old and her husband, American Shaman Durek Verrett have an agreement with the Royal House of Norway that they will not use their title or affiliation with the royal family in any commercial or business activities. This includes media productions.
It follows a number of controversial business dealings that brought the royal family into disrepute.
Princess Märtha Louise and Shaman Durek Verrett as seen in Rebel Royals. (Courtesy of Netflix)
Last month, Princess Märtha Louise and Shaman Durek found themselves in hot water with the palace again after appearing in the documentary Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story on Netflix.
Recently, there was a renewed push to remove Princess Märtha Louise’s royal title with anger growing over her involvement in the documentary. The poll found that seven out of 10 people want her to be stripped of her royal title.
Hours after the documentary’s release the palace issued a statement which said the film was “a breach of the agreement” made in the wake of Princess Märtha Louise’s royal exit three years ago.
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