PRINCESS INGRID ALEXANDRA OF NORWAY

'Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway' was born January 21, 2004 at 9:13am in Rikshospitalet University Hospital in Oslo. She weighed 3686 grams (8.13 lb) and was 51 centimetres (20 inches) long.
She is the first child born to Crown Prince Haakon and second to wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit, formerly Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby. Princess Ingrid is a granddaughter of King Harald V and queen Sonja of Norway. Princess Ingrid Alexandra is second in the line of succession to the Norwegian throne after her father. Princess Ingrid Alexandra has two siblings, an older half-brother, Marius and a younger brother, Prince Sverre Magnus.
In 1990 the Norwegian constitution was altered, granting equal primogeniture to the Norwegian throne, meaning that the eldest child, regardless of gender, takes precedence in the line of succession. Since this was not done retroactively, the first member of the royal family it applies to is Ingrid. This means that she takes precedence over her younger brother, but her father Haakon continues to take precedence over ''his'' older sister, Princess Märtha Louise. Ingrid Alexandra is expected to become Norway's first Queen regnant.
Like her father, she is a direct descendant of Edward VII of the United Kingdom and under the UK's Act of Settlement 1701 is also in the line of succession to the British throne. The princess, whose name is pronounced ''ING-ree'' in Norway, was named in part after her great-grandfather, Olav V of Norway, (who was born Alexander Edward Christian Frederik). She was christened on Saturday 17 April. Bishop Gunnar Stålsett officiated in a ceremony at the royal palace chapel in Oslo. The princess' godparents include, her paternal grandfather, King Harald V of Norway, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias, her aunt Princess Märtha Louise , and Mrs. Marit Tjessem, the child's maternal grandmother. She is a fourth cousin to Prince William, second in line for the British throne.
On December 3, 2005, Ingrid Alexandra 's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit gave birth to Ingrid Alexandra's baby brother, Prince Sverre Magnus. As both Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus they are in the line of succession to the British Throne; however, in that context Prince Sverre Magnus takes precedence over his older sister.

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★ A princess is born! (Aftenposten, 21 January 2004)

★ Joy and wails mark royal christening (Aftenposten, 17 April 2004)