The latest official statements from the Norwegian royal house have been very focused on the health of Princess Mette-Marit. On June 17, they announced that she had undergone a lung transplant, and on July 14, they celebrated her discharge. “Thanks to organ donation, I have received the gift of my life,” shared the wife of the Nordic heir to the throne, Haakon. But this Monday, August 10, with the start of the academic year just around the corner, the royal family has focused its news updates on the educational future of their children, Princess Ingrid (22 years old) and Prince Sverre Magnus (20 years old). As was already known, the eldest, and therefore second in the line of succession, will continue her studies in Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, but this year she will take several subjects at the University of Oslo to be close to her mother, including Comparative Politics and Conflict Resolution. The question was about the academic future of her younger brother, who has now been revealed to begin his Business Administration studies at Forward College this fall.
Forward College can boast of receiving a member of European royalty for the second consecutive year, as it is the same educational center where Infanta Sofía began her Political Science and International Relations career last year. “Classes will be held in Lisbon during the first year, and subsequently the training will take place in Paris and Berlin, respectively,” details the Norwegian royal house, confirming that Sverre Magnus will follow the same European path as the youngest daughter of Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, who has already completed her first academic year in the Portuguese capital and will head to Paris.
The Norwegian prince’s curriculum includes training in economics, statistics, and accounting, according to the statement. “In the coming years, the most important task for both the princess and the prince will be to study. However, they will be able to perform some official duties for the royal house when these are compatible with their studies,” it warns. In fact, just as Ingrid’s studies in Australia placed the princess more than 15,000 kilometers from her mother at a delicate health moment for her — the reason she has returned — the Norwegian royal family already announced that her brother would stay more or less close to Oslo when they announced that Mette-Marit was going to undergo a lung transplant due to pulmonary fibrosis diagnosed in 2018. This first year, he will be about 3,000 kilometers away from the Norwegian capital.
Forward College was founded in 2021 by senior French officials. The institution is affiliated with the University of London and, in Lisbon, Infanta Sofía has spent her first year of studies in her student residence in the Benfica area, very close to Monsanto Park, on the outskirts of the city. The single rooms range from 13 to 20 square meters, with shared kitchens, study rooms, and a gym, and the price is between 590 and 690 euros per month. Whatever the chosen degree, its students study in the three mentioned European capitals — the first year in Lisbon, the second in Paris, and the third in Berlin — and the cost is around 18,500 euros annually.
Infanta Sofía began her adaptation period in Lisbon in early September 2025 with “icebreaker games,” according to the institution’s own Instagram profile. In this new academic year about to begin, the sister of Princess Leonor will study and reside at the prestigious Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, which has an estimated cost ranging from 820 to 1,200 euros per month.
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