Norway's Crown Princess to resume Sydney studies in February 2027
Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway will return to Australia in February 2027 to resume her university studies, the Norwegian Royal Court said on 7 October.
The Court said she will "prioritize her studies" in the coming months and take part in some official occasions before she leaves. The update was part of a wider statement on the royal house's return to public duties. Hello! Magazine
That wider statement said the royals would gradually resume their official programme once formal court mourning ends. Court mourning, the set period when engagements are paused or reduced after a death in the royal family, lasts one month through 9 October. The arrangement was confirmed by the Court on 7 October. Norwegian Royal Court
The mourning period followed the death of King Harald of Norway. He died peacefully at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet. His son then succeeded him as King Haakon of Norway. That succession made Haakon's elder daughter Ingrid Alexandra the Crown Princess, the heir to the throne.
Her schooling is the reason for the February date. Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra began a bachelor's degree in social sciences at the University of Sydney in 2025, with a focus on international relations and political economy. The Court first announced the Sydney plan on 25 July 2025. She is spending the autumn term of 2026 as an exchange student at the University of Oslo. Norwegian Royal Court
She will therefore finish the Oslo term before travelling back to Sydney. The Court has not published a list of the official occasions she will attend in the meantime. The emphasis, in its wording, is on studies first.
The 7 October statement also gave an update on Queen Consort Mette-Marit of Norway. She underwent a successful lung transplant on 17 June. The Court said she is still in rehabilitation and will initially have no official programme until next summer. That leaves her public diary empty through the winter and spring.
It has been a difficult early autumn for the family. Weeks after King Harald's death, members of the royal house attended the funeral of Princess Astrid, the late King's sister. The Court then held to the one-month mourning period before restoring a fuller programme.
For readers following the young heir, the position is clear. She remains a full-time student with part-time public duties this winter. Then Sydney calls again in February.
