The Norwegian raider plotting a boardroom putsch at the owner of newspaper The Scotsman was declared bankrupt in Sweden more than a decade ago over an unpaid £1.5m tax bill.

Christen Ager-Hanssen, who has built up a 12.6% stake in publisher Johnston Press, has been in a dispute with the Swedish taxman for nearly 20 years. In 2005 a court ruled him insolvent, but the tax authorities continue to pursue the businessman.

They claim that Ager-Hanssen owes them income tax dating back to the late 1990s. But the 55-year-old, who owns the Swedish version of the Metro free newspaper, said he was living in London at the time.

This is something Im never, ever going to pay, he vowed.

The businessman told The Sunday Times

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