Mogster earned NOK 1.5 million (€171,500/$228,000) in 2008 salary, NOK 1.78 million (€203,500/$270,700) with all payments, according to Austevoll’s annual report.

He earned NOK 941,000 (€107,000/$143,225) in salary in 2007, and NOK 1.15 million (€131,593/$175,137) overall.

If all allowances are taken into account, his salary has increased 54 percent.

In comparison, Finance Director Britt Kathrine Drivenes’ salary plus allowances went up from NOK 1.18 million (€134,900/$179,400) in 2007 to NOK 1.24 million (€141,800/$188,600) in 2008.

Chairman Ole Rasmus Mogster received far less. In 2007, he was paid NOK 1.6