Lorentzen & Stemoco has the highest share of female shipbrokers in what remains a male-dominated trade, even in egalitarian Norway.

But Caroline Figenschou Tidemand, the owning family’s working representative at the firm, is an outspoken opponent of gender quotas in a country where opposition to the policy has become controversial.

This year, she took on duties as a sale-and-purchase broker in her own shop.