A once controversial writer and somewhat front-figure of a self-proclaimed new generation of cultural elite in Norway, for whom he
proclaimed "We are the New Whine. The whine that will blow the bottles!". He did so standing on the table during a now legendary
dinner at Oslo's respected Theatre Café, ending up getting thrown out of the establishment. He had his life turned upside down, when according to some he "sold out" when he fell in love with Princess Märtha Louise and in 2002 married her and became a member of the
Norwegian Royal Family.