Alexander Sørloth and Lena Selnes welcomed their second child late last year, adding a new private milestone to a public season that already had him in the middle of Norway's World Cup run. The family update surfaced again on New Year's Day 2026, when he posted a 2025 year-in-review photo cradling a newborn.
Arilas Hoen Ould-Saada said, "I can confirm that Lena and Alexander have become parents again. Everything is fine with mother, and child," according to VG. Selnes replied to the post with three red hearts, a small but clear sign that the baby photo was not accidental background in a year-end recap.
Emma in April 2024
The couple's first child, daughter Emma, was born in April 2024, so the household has moved from one infant to two in under two years. Selnes revealed the pregnancy in a November 2025 sit-down interview with VG, then returned to the topic on a November 2025 episode of VG's podcast Intervjuet.
On that podcast, she said luxury "drips a little" onto her from Sørloth's career. She also said the two disagree on family size: Sørloth wants as many as five children, while she wants four.
November 2025 Interview
Selnes said she gave birth to Emma without Sørloth present, and she plans to make the same choice again. She framed the decision around focus during labor, not around distance from him, even as she acknowledged that some people criticized her for taking away the father's chance to be there.
That choice matters because it shows how the couple handles one of the most personal parts of family life while keeping the rest of it tightly contained. Selnes has lived with Sørloth's career long enough to know the public attention around him, but the birth decision stayed hers.
Norway v Brazil
Sørloth is 30 years old, 6-foot-5-inch, and a forward for Atlético Madrid, with spells in the Netherlands, Denmark, England, Turkey, Germany and Spain behind him. He has also been heavily linked with a summer move to Italy, where a reported Juventus deal is said to be a four-year agreement worth roughly $4.6 million per season.
For now, the cleaner read is simple: the family has grown, Norway still has Brazil in the World Cup's round of 16, and the next real decision is whether a move to Italy ever becomes more than a report. Until that lands, the only hard fact is the newborn in Sørloth's arms and the life Selnes has chosen to keep on her terms.
