Oslo police have opened a criminal case after a man entered Marius Borg Høiby's residence at Skaugum, TV 2 reports. The case concerns unlawful entry and bodily harm, according to police prosecutor Erlend Bakke of the Oslo police, who spoke to the broadcaster. No charge has been filed in the matter.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, when the man got into the home and is said to have pushed Høiby. He is now being held in custody with an electronic ankle tag.
Why it matters
The decision marks a reversal in how authorities are handling the episode. On Saturday evening, police prosecutor Erlend Hals Bakke stated that the man had neither been charged nor arrested, but had been removed from the location. By the time TV 2 reported on the case, a criminal case had been opened — though still without a formal charge.
The case touches on two sensitive areas at once: the security of the royal family's Skaugum estate, where the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne lives, and the legal threshold police apply when someone intrudes into a private home and uses physical force. The fact that the man was initially turned away rather than arrested has drawn attention, and the police's own account leaves that sequence unexplained for now.
What police have said
Bakke told TV 2 that the case covers unlawful entry and bodily harm. Asked why no charge was filed at the time the man was detained, he said he could not answer. He added that investigators want to question both Høiby and the man who came to his home.
The account of the intrusion itself comes from NRK, which reported that the man forced his way into the residence and pushed Høiby. TV 2 also published images said to show the episode at Skaugum, describing a man with a suitcase being taken by police. Dagbladet was first to report that a criminal case was being opened.
The man's identity has not been released by authorities. He remains in custody with the ankle monitor, a form of detention that allows limited movement under electronic supervision.
A shifting account
The timeline as reported by Norwegian outlets runs from an initial police assessment on Saturday evening — no charge, no arrest, removal from the scene — to the opening of a criminal case reported by Dagbladet and confirmed by TV 2. Police have not publicly detailed what prompted the change, and Bakke's comments to TV 2 do not address it beyond saying he could not explain the earlier decision.
That gap is likely to be a focus as the investigation proceeds. Norwegian police are generally required to assess whether an intrusion into a home and any physical contact during it meet the elements of an offence, and the two provisions named — unlawful entry and bodily harm — are the standard legal categories for such conduct. Whether they lead to a formal charge depends on the evidence and on the interviews police say they still intend to conduct.
What to watch
The next steps are the questioning of Høiby and the detained man, and a decision on whether the case moves from an open investigation to a formal charge. Police have not indicated a timeline for either.
