Marius Borg Høiby has caught another break in court. Norway’s Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo has turned down a request from the “Frogner woman,” Borg's ex-girlfriend whose decision to go to the police in 2024 set his entire legal saga in motion. She'd recently requested to reopen and raise the compensation Borg owes her as part of his upcoming criminal appeal. The ruling, made public by NRK, puts the brakes on her legal team’s effort to increase the damages awarded at trial.
© Getty ImagesAt the center of the dispute is a sum of money. When the Oslo District Court ruled in June, it ordered Borg to pay his ex 110,000 Norwegian kroner, around $11,000. Her lawyer, Mette Yvonne Larsen, challenged that figure in September 2026, arguing it was far too low given the scale of the harm her client suffered. She asked the court to raise the payout to around $25,000, arguing that the pattern of abuse closely resembled domestic violence as defined by Norway's penal code.
The appeals court didn’t accept it. The judges explained that taking a fresh look at the civil claim would require a massive amount of additional evidence and supplementary testimony. They said folding those financial demands into a criminal appeal that has already been mapped out would seriously jeopardize the court calendar and significantly disrupt the broader appeal hearings.
© ODD ANDERSENThe court noted that the "Frogner woman" remains free to pursue her financial claim separately, through the ordinary channels of Norwegian civil procedure.
Borg and his lawyers welcomed the ruling. Alexander Greaker and Daniel Storrvik, the attorneys who took over his defense this fall ahead of the appeal, maintained that there was no legal basis for tying these secondary civil claims to the criminal case that will be reviewed on appeal.
Storrvik told broadcaster TV 2 he was satisfied with the outcome. Greaker told the newspaper VG that the ruling is in line with the position the defense has held from the beginning.
A look back at the case and what comes next
© WireImageThe road to this moment runs back to June 15, 2026. That day, the Oslo District Court found Borg, 29, the eldest son of Queen Mette-Marit and the stepson of King Haakon VIII, guilty on multiple counts involving physical and psychological abuse of his former partner.
The offenses included physical violence, serious damage to property, reckless conduct, and sexual abuse. The verdict found him criminally liable for repeatedly violating the restraining order that barred him from contacting the "Frogner woman." Borg didn’t appeal the convictions involving her and has partially admitted guilt on those counts, according to VG.
With the civil fight set aside for now, the courts are focused on the appeal hearings scheduled to open on February 9, 2027, and expected to run into early March.
Both sides are coming back to the courtroom. Borg is challenging his convictions for abuse in an intimate relationship and for sexual offenses against other women, including his ex-girlfriend Nora Haukland. Norwegian prosecutors, meanwhile, have filed an appeal of their own, arguing that the four-year prison sentence handed down at trial falls short of the gravity of his crimes.
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