Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

She has a younger brother, Prince Sverre Magnus, whom she ranks above in the line of succession after the implementation of absolute primogeniture in 1990.

Her mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has a son named Marius Borg Høiby, born in 1997 from a previous relationship.

Following Ingrid Alexandra's birth, the already well-regarded royal family experienced an upsurge of popularity.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (born 21 January 2004) is the eldest child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and the grandchild of King Harald V.

She is second in line of succession to the Norwegian throne after her father.

Born on 21 January 2004 at 9:13 am in The National Hospital, part of the Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Princess Ingrid Alexandra is the first child and only daughter of Crown Prince Haakon, heir apparent to the throne, and the second granddaughter of King Harald V and Queen Sonja.

Ingrid Alexandra was baptised by Bishop Gunnar Stålsett in the chapel of the Royal Palace on 17 April 2004.

Her grandfather the King, her aunt Princess Märtha Louise, King Frederik X of Denmark, the Crown Princess of Sweden, King Felipe VI of Spain, and her maternal grandmother Marit Tjessem were her godparents.

The then Crown Prince of Denmark and then Prince of Asturias were unable to attend the christening due to their respective weddings scheduled to occur within a month of the christening.

Ingrid Alexandra started her first day of school on 19 August 2010 at Jansløkka elementary school, a local state school attended by her half-brother.

Her parents chose the school because they wanted her to have as ordinary a childhood as possible.

Newspaper reports said Princess Ingrid Alexandra would walk to school with her half-brother, and local citizens could expect to see her occasionally out in the community with her classmates on school outings.

School officials hoped to make the school a place where the princess could make friends and enjoy some relief from public scrutiny.

On 19 June 2010, Ingrid Alexandra served as a bridesmaid at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling.

In December 2012, the Princess attended an interview with her father by a Norwegian television programme in aid of Environmental Agents, the children's environmental organization.

Her mother was supposed to attend, but the Crown Prince attended instead as the Crown Princess was ill.

She has taken part in traditional celebrations of the Constitution Day, as well as the traditional ski jumping tournament at Holmenkollen in Oslo.

On 17 June 2014, the Norwegian royal family announced that from the start of the 2014–2015 school year, Ingrid Alexandra would transfer to the private English-language Oslo International School, reportedly because her parents wanted her to be fluent in English.

Ingrid Alexandra was transferred to Oslo's Uranienborg School to complete her lower secondary education.

She was part of the student council at Uranienborg School.

She is expected to become the country's second female monarch, after the 15th-century Queen Margaret.

She represents the fifth generation of the sitting Norwegian royal family of the House of Glücksburg.

On 4 May 2015, Ingrid Alexandra christened the Norwegian Rescue Company's new lifeboat, Elias, in her first royal assignment.

Accompanied by her grandfather the King, she was made godmother of the boat.

On 19 May 2016, the Princess Ingrid Alexandra Sculpture Park opened in the Palace Park, as part of the celebration of the King and Queen's 25th anniversary.

It features sculptures made for children and by children.

She takes active part in choosing the designs from among the contributions to the sculpture park from school children all over Norway.

On 12 February 2016, Ingrid Alexandra and her grandfather participated in the opening ceremony of the II Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer: the King, as he previously did in 1994 Winter Olympics, declared the Games opened, while the Princess, like her father Crown Prince Haakon did 22 years before, lit the cauldron.

In 2018, she gave a guided tour of the park to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on the occasion of their official visit to Norway.

On 17 November 2018, Princess Ingrid Alexandra christened the research vessel Kronprins Haakon, which was named after her father.

The vessel was christened at its home port of Tromsø.

The princess spoke of her interest in the ocean and climate change, which motivated her in christening the ship.

She stated that the ship will bring "new and crucial knowledge about the polar areas, about the oceans and about climate change."

On 31 August 2019, Ingrid Alexandra was confirmed in the Palace Chapel in Oslo with all her godparents present.

In the fall of 2020, she began further schooling at Elvebakken Upper Secondary School in Oslo.

She graduated in April 2023.

In June 2023, Norwegian Royal Court announced that the Princess will work as a school assistant and environmental worker at Uranienborg School.

In 2024, she will undertake military training for 12 months at the Engineer Battalion in Brigade Nord.

Ingrid Alexandra won a gold medal in the Norwegian surfing championship for juniors in October 2020.

She is known as an avid surfer, and she also trains at skiing and kickboxing.