Poor little rich kids: Norway's salmon farm owners shouldn't be surprised by the resource tax

The history of crass and ill-judged statements from Norway's salmon tycoons has left them with little public sympathy as they struggle to summon up genuine popular resistance to the government's tax raid on the bloated industry.

Has a history of crass statements by multimillionaires such as Ola Braanaas left the country's salmon industry at the mercy of an unsympathetic public? — Has a history of crass statements by multimillionaires such as Ola Braanaas left the country's salmon industry at the mercy of an unsympathetic public?Photo: Nicklas Knudsen

Oystein Hage
Matthew Wilcox

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Published 1 November 2022, 05:01Updated 4 November 2022, 09:31