Billionaire industrialist Kjell Inge Rokke (pictured) may be top of Norway’s rich list on the back of savvy investments in the oil and gas business but, in the words of The Beatles’ song, “money can’t buy me love”.

Conversely, his ex-wife has found marriage can be a lucrative affair, especially when terminating it with the country’s richest businessman.

Rokke has leapt to the top of the earnings league table after nearly doubling his personal fortune to an eye-watering Nkr20.6