REMA 1000-ligaen is the premier women's professional
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
league for Norwegian handball clubs. It is administered by the Norwegian Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Norwegian champions. It was established in 1968, and it is currently contested by thirteen teams.
Larvik HK
Larvik Håndballklubb, is a women's handball club from Larvik, Norway.
History
Larvik HK was founded in 1990 as a merger of the handball departments in the two clubs Larvik Turn and Halsen. They played in the top division since 1992/93. During ...
, which has dominated the competition in recent years, is the championship's most successful team with eighteen titles, followed by
IL Vestar Idrettslaget Vestar was a Norwegian sports club from Oslo established in 1953, with sections for team handball and athletics.
It was founded as Vestlendingenes IL, indicating its status as a club for people from Western Norway who had moved to Oslo ...
and
Byåsen IL
Byåsen Idrettslag is a multi-sport club from Trondheim, Norway. It has sections for association football (one for elite, one for women's and one for grassroots football), athletics, handball (one for elite and one for grassroots handball), ori ...
with nine and five respectively. The league has previously been known as eliteserien, Gildeserien, Postenligaen and GRUNDIGligaen.
Currently the winner of the championship play-offs is granted a spot in the
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
's group stage.
The twelve teams of the 2022–23 season.
Vipers Kristiansand
Vipers Kristiansand is a handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. They currently compete in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001.
They claimed there first Norwegian Championship in 2018, defeating 18 tim ...
is the defending champion.
Starting 2023/2024-season, the league will consist of 14 teams.
Champions
The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.
Statistics
EHF coefficients
The following data indicates
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
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coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.
;Country ranking:
EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:
*1.
(''1'')
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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(157.67)
*2. (''5'')
Ligue Butagaz Énergie
The Catholic League of France (french: Ligue catholique), sometimes referred to by contemporary (and modern) Catholics as the Holy League (), was a major participant in the French Wars of Religion. The League, founded and led by Henry I, Duke of ...
(118.50)
*3.
(''2'')
Russian Superleague
The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was consi ...
(114.50)
*4.
(''3'')
Kvindeligaen (109.00)
*5. (''6'') REMA 1000-ligaen (102.77)
*6.
(''4'')
Liga Națională (94.50)
In European competitions
Names of the competition
* 2000–2005: Gildeserien
* 2006–2007: Eliteserien
* 2007–2014: Postenligaen, after
Posten Norge
Posten Norge () is the name of the Norwegian postal service. The company, owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications had a monopoly until 2016 on distribution of letters weighing less than 50g throughout the country. There a ...
* 2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after
Grundig
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* 2017–2019: Eliteserien
* 2019–: REMA 1000-ligaen, after
REMA 1000
REMA 1000 (Bokmål: Rema tusen) is a multinational no-frills soft-discount grocery chain owned entirely by the Reitan Group (Reitangruppen). REMA is a short for ' (Reitan Food), referring to Odd Reitan (founder of the company). ''1000'' refers ...
Eliteserien i håndball blir REMA 1000-ligaen"
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See also
* Norway women's national handball team
The Norway women's national handball team represents Norway at international handball competitions, and is governed by the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF). As of 2022, Norway has been in 24 finals and is regard ...
References
Notes
External links
Norges Håndballforbund
{{DEFAULTSORT:Postenligaen
Handball competitions in Norway
Women's handball leagues
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 ...
Sports leagues established in 1968
1968 establishments in Norway
Women's handball in Norway
Women's sports leagues in Norway
Professional sports leagues in Norway