Stefan Johansen has signed a historical agreement that will see the captains of the men's and women's Norwegian international side be paid equally.
The Fulham midfielder is the captain of his national side and signed the agreement alongside Maren Mjelde, who is the skipper of the women's Norway side.
The agreement is a reality after the Norwegian Football Federation increased the salary for the women's team by NOK 2.5 million in 2018, while the national team has decided to release 550,000 dollars from its market earnings to the women's team.
This means that the women's and men's national team will receive NOK 6 million each in 2018.
"The girls are as important as us," said Johansen.
"I think it's very good that the women's national team get the same salary as us to play on the national team.
"Compared to the women's national team, the national team is very privileged from before. It was not difficult to say yes to give away some of the commercial bonus, as this was taken by both NISO and NFF."
