When the couple announced their engagement, they both thanked and tagged Norway’s most famous and well-known music producer. – Stargate has no role in this, says half of the duo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen.

The engagement was announced Tuesday morning, first via a press release from the royal family.

The couple later posted similar messages on Instagram – first Durek, then Märtha.

– Special thanks to @hegecfossum and @stargatemusic for their generosity and for making our day so special, the princess announced.

Durek also mentions Stargate in the same terms, but, like his fiancé, removed the tag after him.

– No problem

Stargate is an international behind-the-scenes success in Norwegian pop history.

They were originally a trio with huge commercial success in England, where they wrote and produced songs for best-selling artists such as S Club 7, Blue, Mis-Teeq, Hear’Say and Billie Piper, with top 5 hits. results of.

In 2005, two of them, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, went to the United States to try their luck there.

It hardly gets any better than that: In the period 2006 – 2012, they were behind ten number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Five of them were with Rihanna.

Their resume also includes hits with Beyoncé, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez and Sam Smith, as well as productions for Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Pink, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston – and even more big fish.

However, Stargate had nothing to do with Märtha and Durek’s engagement, according to Mikkel Storleer Eriksen.

– Stargate has no role in this, he wrote in a text message to VG.

– But congratulations to the newly engaged.

Tor Erik Hermansen wrote in a text message that his partner knew Durek.

VG has asked Storleer Eriksen about the friendship, but has yet to receive an answer.

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– Then they must have made a mistake, of course, said Carina Scheele Carlsen, the princess’s private secretary.

– What kind of error?

– I don’t know, I have no comment on that.

The secretary also said that Märtha and Durek were friends with Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and his wife Hege Christin Fossum.

The latter is still tagged in the couple’s engagement posts.

– As you can see, Hege is still there, so maybe Hege should be addressed. Maybe he should be the only one to thank.

– What is his role in engagement or courtship?

– These details they will return in the end. So far, they’ve only published what has been said on Instagram and in press releases, so we’ll get back to the interview at the end, says Scheele Carlsen.

Märtha’s secretary said that she herself was a friend of Fossum and had been friends for a long time.

Fossum has not responded to VG’s request for comment on the case.

On social media, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Hege Christin Fossum took several photos with Märtha and Durek.

Stargate originally operated from New York when they started their US career, but in recent years have been based in Los Angeles, where a number of Norwegian cultural figures and celebrities have kept in touch.