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REMA 1000-ligaen is the premier women's professional
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...
league for Norwegian handball clubs. It is administered by the
Norwegian Handball Federation The Norwegian Handball Federation (, NHF) is the national handball association in Norway. The Norwegian Handball Federation was founded in 1937, and is a member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) ...
, and the winners are recognized as Norwegian champions. It was established in 1967, and it is currently contested by fourteen teams.
Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a professional women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. The club has won 36 titles total in both the Eliteserien (women's handball), Norwegian League and the Norwegian Women's Handball Cup, Norwegian Cup, and won the ...
is the championship's most successful team with nineteen titles, followed by IL Vestar with nine and Vipers Kristiansand with seven. Currently the winner of the championship play-offs is granted a spot in the
EHF Champions League The 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 men's com ...
's group stage. There are fourteen teams in the 2025/26 season, where Storhamar HE is the defending champion. No teams were relegated after Vipers Kristiansand went backrupt.


List of champions

The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.


List of topscorers


Statistics


EHF coefficients

The following data indicates Norwegian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues. ;Country ranking: EHF League Ranking for 2023/24 season: *1.  (''5'') REMA 1000-ligaen (185.67) *2.  (''1'')
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(172.33) *3.  (''2'') Ligue Butagaz Énergie (168.33) *4.  (''3'')
Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second-best league in the world, after the Nation ...
(139.00) *5.  (''4'') Bambusa Kvindeligaen (127.00) *6.  (''6'') Liga Națională (124.00)


In European competitions


Notable foreign players

:''List of foreign players who previously played or currently play in REMA 1000-ligaen. Bold indicate players currently playing in the league (2024/2025).'' ;Angola * Carolina Morais ;Argentina *
Elke Karsten Elke Josselinne Karsten (born 15 May 1995) is an Argentine handball player for Molde Elite and the Argentina women's national handball team. She defended Argentina at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia. Achievements *Norweg ...
;Austria * Ausra Fridrikas * Iris Morhammer * Kristina Logvin * Marina Budecevic * Petra Blazek * Sorina Teodorovic * Stanka Božović * Steffi Ofenböck ;Belarus * Iryna Tryzno * Katsiaryna Silitskaya ;Brazil * Bárbara Arenhart * Caroline Martins * Chana Masson * Dayane Rocha * Gabriela Moreschi * Mariane Oliveira Fernandes * Mayssa Pessoa * Tamires Morena Lima ;Bulgaria * Polina Gencheva ;Canada * Kimberley Ewanovich ;Czech Republic * Erika Polozova * Iva Zamorska * Jana Knedlíková * Markéta Jeřábková * Markéta Šustáčková ;Croatia * Ana Debelić * Ina Gudelj * Katarina Ježić * Marina Hrvatsko Kevo * Nataša Janković * Senka Buljan * Suzana Zuljani * Teodora Tomac ;Denmark * Anja Andersen * Ann Grete Nørgaard * Anne Petersen Waage * Annette Jensen * Astrid Friis Larsen * Camilla Andersen *
Cecilie Mørch Hansen Cecilie Mørch Hansen (born 8 December 1993) is a Danish Team handball, handball player who currently plays for Aarhus United in the Danish Women's Handball League. References

1993 births Living people Handball players from Randers Danis ...
* Charlotte Bisser * Freja Vinter Christensen * Gitte Madsen * Hanne Frandsen * Janne Kolling * Julie Gantzel Pedersen * Julie Stokkendal Poulsen * Karen Brødsgaard * Karoline Fahlberg * Kristina Bille * Lene Rantala * Lise Binger * Louise Engstrøm * Louise Pedersen * Lærke Sofie Sørensen * Maja Eiberg Jørgensen * Marianne Haugsted * Mathilde Berner Rømer * Mathilde Kristensen * Melanie Bak * Melanie Felber * Melina Kristensen * Merete Møller * Mie Sørensen * Michelle Brandstrup * Pernille Huldgaard Christensen * Rikke Thorngaard * Sandra Toft * Sanne Bak Pedersen * Sara Jacobsen Madsen * Sarah Nørklit Lønborg * Sarah Paulsen * Sisse Marie Bøge Fahlberg * Sofie Fynbo Larsen * Sofie Winther-Hansen * Susan Andersen * Vivi Storvang ;Faroe Islands * Annika Fríðheim Petersen ;France * Océane Sercien-Ugolin * Raphaëlle Tervel ;Germany * Angie Geschke * Mia Zschocke * Luisa Schulze ;Hungary * Blanka Kajdon * Gabriella Juhász * Renáta Kári-Horváth * Rita Lakatos * Zsuzsanna Tomori ;Iceland * Berglind Íris Hansdóttir * Birna Berg Haraldsdóttir * Helena Örvarsdóttir * Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir * Thea Imani Sturludóttir * Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir ;Italy * Irene Fanton ;Japan * Sakura Hauge ;Kosovo * Mirela Gjikokaj ;Montenegro * Alma Hasanić Grizović * Anastasija Marsenić ;Netherlands * Annick Lipman * Birgit Van Os * Charris Rozemalen * Talissa Sabrina Groen * Jessy Kramer * Larissa Nüsser * Lois Abbingh * Lynn Knippenborg * Lynn Molenaar * Martine Smeets *
Merel Freriks Merel Freriks (born 6 January 1998) is a Dutch female handball player for Danish club Team Esbjerg and the Netherlands women's national handball team, Dutch national team. She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Hand ...
* Rinka Duijndam * Romé Celine Steverink ;North Macedonia * Ivana Gakidova ;Poland * Izabela Duda * Daria Boltromiuk * Alina Wojtas * Aleksandra Zimny * Alicja Główczak * Alicja Lucyna Zacharska * Bożena Karkut * Patrycja Świerżewska * Marlena Urbańska * Mirella Mierzejewska * Wioletta Luberecka ;Romania * Anca Mihaela Stoica ;Russia * Anna Vyakhireva ;Slovakia * Simona Szarková ;Slovenia * Maja Breznik ;Spain * Reyes Baello Vidal * Nerea Pena * Lysa Tchaptchet * Paula Arcos ;South Korea * Jeong-Ho Hong ;Sweden * Karin Nilsson * Mia Hermansson-Högdahl * Lina Olsson Rosenberg * Therese Helgesson * Emma Jonsson * Sara Nirvander * Ulrika Olsson * Karin Carlsson * Martina Thörn * Sandra Wrede * Cassandra Tollbring * Hanna Åhlén * Elinore Johansson * Moa Fredriksson * Linnea Arrhenius * Louise Karlsson * Jenny Caroline Sandgren * Esmeralda Fetahovic * Evelina Eriksson * Isabelle Gulldén * Olivia Löfqvist * Sofie Börjesson * Jamina Roberts * Nina Koppang * Carin Strömberg * Thea Stankiewicz * Hanna Örtorp * Linnea Säreborn * Nora Lundell ;Switzerland * Karin Weigelt * Mia Emmenegger ;Tunisia * Raja Toumi * Ines Khouildi ;Turkey * Yeliz Özel ;United Kingdom * Britt Goodwin * Zoe van der Weel ;United States * Karoline Borg


Names of the competition

* 1967–1975: Hovedserien * 1975-1993: 1. divisjon * 1993–2000: Eliteserien * 2000–2005: Gildeserien * 2005–2007: Eliteserien * 2007–2014: Postenligaen, after
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* 2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after
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* 2017–2019: Eliteserien * 2019–: REMA 1000-ligaen, after
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See also

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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 December 2024, Norway has been in 27 finals an ...
*
Norwegian Women's Handball Cup The Norwegian Women's Handball Cup (), is the main domestic cup tournament for Norwegian women's handball clubs, which is organised and supervised by the Norwegian Handball Federation. The competition has been played annually since 1946. Larvik H ...


References


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External links


Norges Håndballforbund
{{DEFAULTSORT:Postenligaen Handball competitions in Norway Women's handball leagues
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
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