Petter Northug
Photo: Dmitry Valberg, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Petter Northug Net Worth

Former cross-country skier
⛷️ SkiingRetiredNorway
Declared net worth (2025 Norwegian tax list)
NOK 4.2M
Declared on Norway's 2025 tax list · two-time Olympic and 13-time world champion
About $0.5M in US dollars (ECB rate, November 5, 2026).
Figure published in 2026. Latest Norwegian tax list estimate we could find.
Source: Finansavisen, Pengekrakk for idrettstopper (Norwegian tax lists, income years 2024-2025: net wealth, income and tax), November 2026. Updated November 6, 2026.
How to read this: the headline is the net wealth (nettoformue) recorded for Petter Northug on Norway’s official tax list for the 2025 income year, as printed by a national newspaper. It is what the Norwegian Tax Administration assessed from the tax return: assets minus debts, at tax values. Homes are counted at a fraction of their market price and shares at a discount, and money held in a personal holding company shows up only through the value of its shares, so the real figure is usually higher. This is an official tax figure, not a journalist’s estimate, and we show it as published. The figure was published in NOK; the US dollar amount next to it is our simple conversion at the European Central Bank reference rate of November 5, 2026, not a separate estimate.

Petter Northug's net worth over time

2022NOK 11MTax list 2022
2023NOK 12.2MTax list 2023
2024NOK 12.1MTax list 2024
2025NOK 4.2MTax list 2025

Net wealth on the official Norwegian tax lists for each income year, as printed by Finansavisen. Figures are in Norwegian kroner, at tax values.

Where the money comes from

Prize money (career)Sponsorships, including Burger KingTV work
Net wealth, 2025 tax listNOK 4.2 million, down from NOK 12.1 million in 2024; first sub-10-million year since 2014 (Finansavisen)
Finansavisen
Taxable income, 2025About NOK 1.7 million, down from NOK 10.7 million in 2024
Finansavisen

Petter Northug is a Norwegian former cross-country skier, two-time Olympic champion and winner of 13 world championship gold medals. Famous for his finishing sprint and his showmanship, he won the team sprint and the 50 km at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and holds the record for Tour de Ski stage wins. He retired in December 2018 and has since worked as a TV skiing commentator.

Norway's official tax list for the 2025 income year records his net wealth at NOK 4.2 million, about $0.45 million at the November 5, 2026 exchange rate. Finansavisen printed the figure on November 3, 2026, down sharply from NOK 12.1 million a year earlier.

What the tax list shows

Finansavisen's November 2026 table shows Northug's net wealth falling from NOK 12.1 million in 2024 to NOK 4.2 million in 2025, with income dropping from NOK 10.7 million to NOK 1.7 million. The paper called it his first sub-10-million wealth reading since 2014.

Earlier tables had him around NOK 11 to 12 million for 2022 to 2024. Tax values understate market value, so the real figure may still be higher than the list.

Career at a glance

Northug won six junior world titles and signed his first ski contract while still a junior. He became a world champion in 2009 and an Olympic champion in 2010, and by 2013 he had equalled Bjørn Dæhlie's record of nine world titles for a male skier.

His career also had low points. In 2014 he crashed his car while drunk and was sentenced to 50 days in prison, and he later struggled with form before retiring in 2018. Many fans still regard him as one of the greatest racers the sport has seen.

About this figure

Norway publishes every taxpayer's income, net wealth and tax paid each year, and newspapers comb the lists for famous names. Finansavisen printed Northug's figures for the 2025 income year. Net wealth on the list is the figure the Tax Administration assessed from his tax return, assets minus debts.

Tax values are lower than market values, especially for homes and shares, so the figure understates what Northug would be worth if everything were sold. We show it in Norwegian kroner, as published, with a rough US dollar conversion at the November 5, 2026 exchange rate. Income figures mentioned on this page are earnings for one year, not wealth.

Career and money timeline

  1. 2009

    Wins his first world titles in Liberec.

  2. 2010

    Wins Olympic gold in the team sprint and the 50 km in Vancouver.

  3. 2013

    Wins a ninth world title, equalling Bjørn Dæhlie's men's record.

  4. 2015

    Wins his last world titles in Falun.

  5. 2018

    Announces his retirement in December.

  6. 2024

    Signs a sponsorship deal with Burger King.

Petter Northug net worth FAQ

What is Petter Northug's net worth?

Norway's official tax list for the 2025 income year records net wealth of NOK 4.2 million for Petter Northug, as printed by Finansavisen on November 3, 2026. That is about $0.45 million at the November 5, 2026 exchange rate. The figure is down from NOK 12.1 million on the 2024 list, and Finansavisen noted it was his first sub-10-million reading since 2014.

Where do these numbers come from?

From Norway's public tax lists. Finansavisen printed Northug's 2024 and 2025 figures on November 3, 2026 (net wealth NOK 12.1 million then NOK 4.2 million; income NOK 10.7 million then NOK 1.7 million). Every figure on this page links to its source below.

How much did Petter Northug earn in 2024?

He reported income of NOK 10.7 million for 2024, according to Finansavisen, helped by a sponsorship deal with Burger King. That is income for one year, not wealth.

Sources

  1. Finansavisen, Pengekrakk for idrettstopper (Norwegian tax lists, income years 2024-2025: net wealth, income and tax) (November 3, 2026)
  2. Finansavisen, Knallår for idrettstoppene (Norwegian tax lists, income years 2022-2024: net wealth, income and tax) (September 30, 2025)
  3. Background facts: Wikipedia, Petter Northug (accessed November 6, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for money figures.

Photo: Dmitry Valberg, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Every number on this page comes from the named source next to it. Totals and percentages are simple sums of those published figures. We never fill in missing years with our own guesses. How we handle estimates.