The second place on the list was taken by chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen with earnings of 1.8 million euros. The third highest earner, with the same income as Carlsen, turned out to be world record holder and Olympic 400 meter hurdles champion Karsten Warholm. The second star of Norwegian athletics, Olympic champion in the 1,500m and world champion in the 5,000m, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, received 380,000 euros. The income of the hammer thrower Eivind Henriksen, Tokyo Olympic silver medalist, amounted to 43,000 euros.

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Top players, like Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, aren’t included in the calculations because they live abroad, and the tax office’s list only includes those registered in Norway.

So, cyclist Alexander Kristoff earned 10.7 million euros, biathlete Johannes Boe – 9.7 million, and four-time world champion and Nordic combined Olympic vice-champion Jarl Magnus Riiber – 3.8 million.

As the financial daily Finasavisen explains, the difference in income between Warholm and Ingebrigtsen is not due to performance, since the starting bonuses are similar, but to private sponsorship and advertising contracts, as well as activity. economic. The same is true for other disciplines.

Nergaard, although an active sailor, earns mainly from the import…of bananas, and his fortune was valued at 22 million euros. Henriksen, meanwhile, works at the port of Oslo.

An example of Norway’s wealthiest “businesswoman” and sportswoman is the 14-time world champion and four-time Olympic champion, ski racer Therese Johaug, who ended her career in March this year. and in the previous season, she earned 4.4 million euros – not only from starts, but also through her businesses.

By way of comparison, the income of the best Norwegian ski racer, the five-time Olympic champion Johannes Klaebo, who lives only from sport, amounted to 1.6 million euros at the same time.

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