The Norway women's national ice hockey team is the women's national

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team in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The team represents Norway at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)'s World Women's Championships and is controlled by

Norges Ishockeyforbund The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association (in Norwegian, ''Norges Ishockeyforbund'' (NIHF) is the governing body of all ice hockey, sledge hockey and in-line hockey in Norway. NIHF has its office at Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo. The current president is ...

. Women's ice hockey is growing in popularity in Norway and the number of Norwegian women's ice hockey players registered with the IIHF has increased from 482 in 2011 to 702 in 2019.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Norway has never participated in the Women's hockey Olympic tournament.

World Championship

Norway participated in every World Women's Championship, realizing its best performance during the first three tournaments by garnering a sixth-place finish. In 1999, it failed to qualify for Group A, and has since competed in the lower levels. From 2001 until 2005, the Norway players competed in series to be relegated or promoted between the first and second division. Since 2007, they have competed in Division I. Of note, the National Under-18 team competes in Division I for its respective category.

European Women Championship

* 1989 – 4th *

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– 4th * 1993 – 3rd *

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– 4th * 1996 – 4th

Team

2022 roster

Roster for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A. Player age at start of tournament on 24 April 2022. Head coach: Thomas Pettersen
Assistant coach: Claes Halvordsson

Awards and honors

Ena Nystrøm Ena Marie Eristland Nystrøm (born 28 April 2000) is a Norwegian ice hockey goaltender and member of the Norwegian national ice hockey team, currently playing with the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program in the College Hockey America ( ...

, Directorate Award, Best Goaltender, 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

References

External links

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IIHF profileNational Teams of Ice Hockey
{{National sports teams of Norway

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