This Is How Much Norway Spends On Its National Team

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It would be more correct to say “was”. In interview with Aftenposten the figure was made public:

In 2019 the country’s national team including Paralympic , junior and , of course, main cross country squad cost some NOK 92 million – or around 9.3 million euros using then-exchange rate.

Now the Norwegian dominance in Seefeld-2019 and in the World Cup has an actual price tag. Cross-country ski managers coaches and athletes in other countries would chuckle, wistfully – it’s far above other teams’ budgets.

This year, however, it would go down by at least 20% – that’s already known & budgeted-in loss of sponsorships so far…

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