Elkjøp-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 2026/27 season, where Sola HK is the defending champion. Ravens and Haslum were relegated.
Team Location Arena Finished pos.in last seasonByåsen Trondheim Kolstad Arena 9thFana Bergen Fana Arena 7thFjellhammer Lørenskog Fjellhammer Arena 12thFlint Tønsberg Tønsberg REMA 1000 Arena 1st (in 1. divisjon) Follo Ski Stil Arena 10thFredrikstad Fredrikstad Kongstenhallen 6thGjerpen Skien Skienshallen 8thMolde Molde Molde Arena Larvik Larvik Jotron Arena Larvik 4thOppsal Oslo Oppsal Arena 11thSola Sola Åsenhallen StorhamarHamar Boligpartner Arena Tertnes Bergen Åsane Arena 5thUtleira Trondheim Utleirahallen 2nd (in 1. divisjon)
List of champions The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.
Season Gold Silver Bronze 1967–68SørskogbygdaIL VestarBrandval1968–69SkjebergBrandvalIL Vestar1969–70BrandvalSørskogbygdaSK Freidig1970–71SK FreidigBrandvalIL Vestar1971–72IL VestarBrandvalSK Freidig1972–73IL VestarStabæk IFSK Freidig1973–74IL VestarBrandvalSkjeberg1974–75IL VestarSK FreidigSkjeberg1975–76IL VestarSkjebergNordstrand IF1976–77IL VestarSkjebergNordstrand IF1977–78IL VestarBrandvalSkogn1978–79IL VestarSkjebergBrandval1979–80SkognSkjebergIL Vestar1980–81SkognSkjebergNordstrand IF1981–82SkjebergSkognSverresborg IF1982–83SkjebergSverresborg IFSkogn1983–84Bækkelagets SKSverresborg IFSkjeberg1984–85SK FreidigGjerpen IFSverresborg IF1985–86Sverresborg IFGjerpen IFByåsen HE1986–87Byåsen HEKSH-73Nordstrand IF1987–88Byåsen HEIL VestarGjerpen IF1988–89IL VestarGjerpen IFNordstrand IF1989–90Byåsen HEGjerpen IFIL Vestar1990–91Gjerpen IFByåsen HELunner IL1991–92Bækkelagets SKGjerpen IFSjetne1992–93Gjerpen IFBækkelagets SKSjetne1993–94Larvik HKBækkelagets SKGjerpen IF1994–95Bækkelagets SKLarvik HKGjerpen IF1995–96Byåsen HEBækkelagets SKLarvik HK1996–97Larvik HKBækkelagets SKByåsen HE1997–98Byåsen HEBækkelagets SKLarvik HK1998–99Bækkelagets SKTertnes HEByåsen HE1999–00Larvik HKBækkelagets SKNordstrand IF2000–01Larvik HKBækkelagets SKNordstrand IF2001–02Larvik HKNordstrand IFTertnes HE2002–03Larvik HKNordstrand IFIK Våg2003–04Nordstrand IFTertnes HELarvik HK2004–05Larvik HKByåsen HETertnes HE2005–06Larvik HKByåsen HETertnes HE2006–07Larvik HKByåsen HEGjerpen IF2007–08Larvik HKByåsen HEStorhamar HE2008–09Larvik HKByåsen HETertnes HE2009–10Larvik HKByåsen HEStorhamar HE2010–11Larvik HKByåsen HETertnes HE2011–12Larvik HKByåsen HEStorhamar HE2012–13Larvik HKByåsen HETertnes HE2013–14Larvik HKByåsen HETertnes HE2014–15Larvik HKGlassverket IFTertnes HE2015–16Larvik HKByåsen HEGlassverket IF2016–17Larvik HKVipers KristiansandGlassverket IF2017–18Vipers KristiansandLarvik HKStorhamar HE2018–19Vipers KristiansandStorhamar HETertnes HE2019–20Vipers KristiansandStorhamar HEByåsen HE2020–21Vipers KristiansandStorhamar HESola HK2021–22Vipers KristiansandStorhamar HESola HK2022–23Vipers KristiansandStorhamar HESola HK2023–24Vipers KristiansandStorhamar HESola HK2024–25Storhamar HESola HKLarvik HK2025–26Sola HKStorhamar HEMolde Elite
List of topscorers SeasonGoalsNameClub1974–75 Karen Fladset98IL Vestar1975–76 Karen Fladset115IL Vestar1976–77 Karen Fladset123IL Vestar1977–781978–79 Karen Fladset130IL Vestar1979–801980–81 Anita Taring116Nordstrand IF1981–821982–83 Wenche Halvorsen153Skjeberg1983–84 Kristin Glosimot143Bækkelagets SK1984–85 Sissel Buchholdt183SK Freidig1985–86 Wenche Halvorsen168Skjeberg1986–87 Hanne Hegh178Gjerpen IF1987–88 Heidi Sundal184Nordstrand IF1988–89 Mia Hermansson-Högdahl149Byåsen IL1989–90 Kjersti Grini179Lunner1990–91 Siri Eftedal168Gjerpen IF1991–92 Siri Eftedal189Gjerpen IF1992–93 Anja Andersen143Bækkelagets SK1993–94 Kjersti Grini184Bækkelagets SK1994–95 Ingrid Steen183Refstad-Veitvet1995–96 Trine Haltvik167Byåsen IL1996–97 Kjersti Grini167Bækkelagets SK1997–98 Trine Haltvik211Byåsen IL1998–99 Trine Haltvik150Byåsen IL1999–00/ Lina Olsson Rosenberg173Larvik HK2000–01 Ausra Fridrikas183Bækkelagets SK2001–02 Ausra Fridrikas168Bækkelagets SK2002–03 Vigdis Hårsaker200Byåsen IL2003–04 Katja Nyberg140Larvik HK2004–05 Gøril Snorroeggen184Byåsen IL2005–06 Linn Jørum Sulland159Stabæk IF Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth KorenLarvik HK2006–07 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren221Larvik HK2007–08 Izabela Duda203Storhamar HE2008–09 Heidi Løke216Larvik HK2009–10 Heidi Løke204Larvik HK2010–11 Heidi Løke221Larvik HK2011–12 Linn Gossé127Tertnes HE2012–13 Izabela Duda177Oppsal2013–14 Annette Jensen145Vipers Kristiansand2014–15 Maja Jakobsen162Storhamar HE2015–16 Malin Holta166Sola HK2016–17 Tonje Nøstvold157Sola HK2017–18 Melanie Bak143Gjerpen IF2018–19 Ragnhild Valle Dahl148Molde Elite2019–20 Emilie Hovden161Storhamar HE2020–21 Malin Holta75Sola HK2021–22 Christine Karlsen Alver206Fana2022–23 Mona Obaidli155Molde Elite2023–24 Maja Furu Sæteren234Larvik HK2024–25 Maja Furu Sæteren192Larvik HK2025–26 Martine Kårigstad Andersen202Fana
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 Champions League EHF European League EHF European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Winning year(s) Winning year(s) Vipers Kristiansand 3 2021, 2022, 2023 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Larvik HK 1 2011 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2005, 2008 1 1Storhamar HE 0 0 0 1 2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Bækkelagets SK 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1998, 1999 1 0IL Vestar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Tertnes HE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1Gjerpen IF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3Nordstrand IF 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0Byåsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3IK Junkeren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0TOTAL 4 titles 2 9 1 title 4 4 0 2 2 4 titles 5 8
Notable foreign players List of foreign players who previously played or currently play in Elkjøp-ligaen. Bold indicate players currently playing in the league (2026/27).
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 Veronika Malá 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 Vinther Christensen Frederikke Gulmark 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 Alberte Ebler Faroe Islands Annika Fríðheim Petersen Pernille Brandenborg 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 Sora Ishikawa Kosovo Mirela Gjikokaj Merlinda Qorraj 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 Jenny Carlson Fanny Elovson 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 2019–2026: REMA 1000-ligaen, after REMA 1000 2026–: Elkjøp-ligaen, after Elkjøp
See also
Norway women's national handball team Norwegian Women's Handball Cup
References
Notes
External links Norges Håndballforbund