PRINCE(SS) OF NORWAY
Autor: theo | Publicado: 2017-01-14T14:39:00-08:00


&nbsp; &nbsp;Prince
of  Norway





 Haakon
married commoner
and single mother Mette-Marit
Tjessem Høiby
on 25 August 2001, at Oslo
Cathedral.
Crown
Prince Frederik of Denmark
was the best
man.
When the engagement between Crown Prince Haakon and Høiby was
announced, many Norwegians
felt that his choice of wife was inappropriate. This was primarily
about her being a single mother, but information concerning her
involvement in the Rave
scene in Oslo, which included a significant drug-subculture, also
added to the controversy. In addition, the father of her child was
convicted of drug-related offenses. In a heartfelt press conference
before the wedding the bride explained her past, saying among other
things that her youthful rebelliousness might have been stronger than
most young people. Although some still find her inappropriate as wife
of a future leader of the country, the issue of Mette-Marit's past
has largely been laid to rest in Norwegian public discourse.
 The couple
have two children together: Princess
Ingrid Alexandra
(born 21 January 2004) and Prince
Sverre Magnus
(born 3 December 2005). Haakon is also the stepfather to
Mette-Marit's son, Marius Borg Høiby, from her relationship with
Morten Borg.

 By
her own admission, Mette-Marit experienced a rebellious phase before
she met Crown Prince Haakon Magnus. As a part-time student, she took
longer than usual to complete her high school education before going
on to take preparatory university courses at Agder. She then worked
for a year at Cafe Engebret in Oslo.
 In the
late 1990s, Mette-Marit attended the Quart
Festival,
Norway's largest rock festival, in her hometown of Kristiansand. She
met Crown
Prince Haakon
at a garden
party
during the Quart Festival season. Years later, after becoming a
single mother she met the prince again at another party related to
the festival.

 
  
    Mette-Marit
   Tjessem Høiby was born in Kristiansand
   in the southern part of Norway, the daughter of Sven
   O. Høiby,
   who worked as a journalist on a local paper, and Marit Tjessem.
   Her parents divorced, and her father would later marry Renate
   Barsgård, a
   former stripper half his age. The couple divorced after three
   months. At their wedding, folk singer Sputnik was best man.
   Mette-Marit
   has a sister and two older brothers. Her stepbrother Trond
   Berntsen—by her mother's 1994 marriage to Rolf Berntsen—died
   in the 2011
   Norway attacks.

  



   T E X T     C
O M P R E H E N S I O N

01-Who
died in the 2011 Norway attacks?

a)Trond Berntsen 
    b)Trond's mother      c)Rolf
Berntsen         d)Renate Barsgard     e)Sputnik    


02-Mette-Marit
met Prince Haakon for the first time

a)at Agder   b)at
Cafe Engebret   c)in Kristiansand     d)in Denmark    e)in
Oslo

03-Choose
the correct alternative according to the text:

a)Marius
Borg Hoiby is Haakon's stepson

b)Crown Prince
and Hoiby have two sons

c)Marius Borg
Hoiby is son of Crown Prince Haakon

d)Crown
Prince Frederik of Denmark wed at Oslo Cathedral

e)Mette-Marit was
convicted of drug-related offenses

04-Marit
Tjessem was married to

a)Trond
Berntsen     b)Sverre Magnus    c)Sputnik    d)Rolf Berntsen  
e)Frederik

05-Morten
Borg is

a)the
king of the rave scene in Oslo

b)Prince
of Denmark                                                           
         


c)Sverre
Magnus's stepfather

d)Ingrid's
dad


e)Mette-Marit's
former lover &nbsp;