Eliteserien (women's Handball)

REMA 1000-ligaen is the premier women's professional handball 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 1967, and it is currently contested by fourteen teams. Larvik HK 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'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'') Nemzeti Bajnokság I (172.33)
*3.  (''2'') Ligue Butagaz Énergie (168.33)
*4.  (''3'') Russian Superleague (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
;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
* 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
* 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 Posten Norge
* 2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after Grundig
* 2017–2019: Eliteserien
* 2019–: REMA 1000-ligaen, after REMA 1000

See also

* Norway women's national handball team
* Norwegian Women's Handball Cup

References

Notes

External links

Norges Håndballforbund

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Handball competitions in Norway
Women's handball leagues
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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