Crown Prince Haakon Meets the Norwegian Athlete Who Has Gone Viral as the 'Olympic Muffin Man'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Crown Prince Haakonof Norway made an unexpected stop at the2024 Paris Olympics: at the cafeteria!

“Do you know the muffin man?” they captioned theInstagramcarousel, which opened with a photo of Crown Prince Haakon and Christiansen smiling together at a table as the athlete held up a chocolate muffin, the subject of hisviral videos.

Christiansen is a 27-year-old swimmer representing Team Norway at the Olympics for the third time and has lit up TikTok with his hilarious commentary on the chunky chocolate muffins served at the Olympic Village. The viral series began on July 25, the day before the opening ceremony, when he rated the molten chocolate muffins “insane” with a score out of “11/10” in afood review videoof some of the fare served.

The saga snowballed from there and inspired many more lighthearted clips that have garnered millions of views, with Christiansen going so far as to joke that the muffins are “bae” in hismost popular TikTok, viewed 11.5 million times.

Sodexo Live!, the company overseeing culinary operations and coordinating meals for the 15,000 athletes living in the Olympic Village, says they’re expecting to serve 100,000 of the chocolate muffins throughout the Olympics and Paralympics, with about 2,000 eaten daily.

Marius is Princess Mette-Marit’s 27-year-old son from a previous relationship, and he does not have a title or working role within the Norwegian royal family.

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Speaking for the first time about the reported arrest, Crown Prince Haakon told the press on Aug. 6, “It is a serious matter when the police are involved in the way they are, but at the same time, it is not right for me to go into the details of the case,” according to theDaily Express.

Addressing his wife’s absence from the Olympics, he said,“In our family, as in all families, it is sometimes important to be there. This time it was me who went while she stayed at home.”

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source: people.com