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Norwegian Football Federation's Equal Pay Agreement (2017) — First National Federation to Equalise Men's and Women's National-Team Pay

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In October 2017 the Norwegian FA became the first national federation to equalise fixed national-team payments between men and women, raising the women's rate to 6 million NOK (~$751,000)/year to match the men's — partly funded by men players redirecting 550,000 NOK/year of their

6 million NOK (~$751,000)
Women's national team annual fixed payment (2017)
550,000 NOK/year
Marketing income redirected by men's players to the women's team
Norwegian Football Federation's Equal Pay Agreement (2017) — First National Federation to Equalise Men's and Women's National-Team Pay

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Norges Fotballforbund (NFF) / Norwegian Football Federation, with Norsk Toppfotball Spillerforening (NISO)
Period
2017–present
Region (NUTS)
NO01
Keywords
sport, employment, wage policy, gender equality

Context

In October 2017 the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF), together with the players' union NISO, signed an agreement equalizing fixed national-team payments for Norway's men's and women's football teams, signed by captains Stefan Johansen and Maren Mjelde at the Norwegian embassy in London.

Objectives

The agreement aimed to close the gender pay gap in fixed national-team compensation between the men's and women's teams.

Activities

NFF raised the women's team's fixed annual payment to 6 million NOK (~$751,000) to match the men's revised rate; part of the gap was closed by men's players voluntarily redirecting 550,000 NOK/year of their individual marketing payments to the women's team.

Results

NFF became the first national federation reported to equalise fixed national-team pay; the deal is widely described as the first of its kind in international football and is cited as a precedent in subsequent negotiations by other federations (e.g. Australia, Brazil) and referenced in US Soccer's 2022 collective bargaining agreement.

Conclusions

The deal covers fixed national-team compensation only, not full labour-market parity — Norway's top women's league still pays materially lower salaries than the men's Eliteserien.

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