Overview
- A 47-year-old Storting member, Marthe Hammer, suffered sudden severe abdominal pain, a drop in blood pressure and lost consciousness at the table before vomiting.
- The collapse occurred during the ceremonial exit at the dinner on 22 October when protocol required guests to stand, which prevented Hammer from lying down as she normally would to recover.
- Table neighbors quickly laid her on the floor in the stable recovery position, she regained consciousness there and later thanked those who assisted her.
- Hammer has since said she is feeling better and returned to work, and multiple outlets corroborated her Nettavisen interview that described the cause and recovery.
- The incident took place at King Haakon's first Stortings dinner as monarch, a formal event attended by about 200 guests that also featured the king's remembrance of his late father and Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra's visible emotion.