The 1956–57 Landsdelsserien was a

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second-tier

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league season. The league was contested by 54 teams, divided into a total of seven groups from four districts; Østland/Søndre, Østland/Nordre, Sørland/Vestre and Møre/Trøndelag. The two group winners in the Østland districts, Eik and

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promoted directly to the 1957–58 Hovedserien. The other five group winners qualified for promotion play-offs to compete for two spots in the following season's top flight. Brann and

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won the play-offs and were promoted.

Tables

District Østland/Søndre

District Østland/Nordre

District Sørland/Vestland

Group A1

Group A2

Group B

District Møre/Trøndelag

Møre

Trøndelag

Promotion play-offs

;Sørland/Vestland ;Results A1–A2 *

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4–1

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;Results A–B * Brann 4–1

''Brann won 4–1 over Stavanger and were promoted to Hovedserien.'' ;Møre/Trøndelag *

0–1

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2–5

''Molde won 5–3 on aggregate and were promoted to Hovedserien.''

References

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