Idrettsgallaen ("the Sports Gala") is a show to honor the past year's Norwegian sports and athletes' achievements. It is hosted annually at Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre in Hamar in early January. The event started in 2001. Hamar was selected because it is the location of the head office of Norsk Tipping, the main sponsor, and organizer of the event together with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and the Norwegian Confederation of Sports. The 2010 edition was, however, hosted at Håkons Hall in Lillehammer. The 2024 edition took place at Trondheim Spektrum in Trondheim.
The 2021 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The event has several different awards including «årets navn (name of the year)» «årets trener (coach of the year)», «årets kvinnelige utøver (female athlete of the year)», «årets mannlige utøver (male athlete of the year)», «årets lagspiller (team player of the year)» and «årets gjennombrudd (breakthrough of the year)».
Name of the year 2001: Bente Skari and Ole Einar Bjørndalen 2002: Ole Einar Bjørndalen 2003: Petter Solberg 2004: Gunn-Rita Dahle 2006: Marit Bjørgen 2007: Kjetil André Aamodt 2008: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 2009: Norway women's national handball team 2010: Petter NorthugVinnere 2010 2011: Thor Hushovd 2012: Therese Johaug 2013: Cecilia Brækhus 2014: Magnus CarlsenHer er årets idrettsgalla-vinnere. dagbladet.no (4. january 2014) 2015: Alexander Kristoff 2016: Petter Northug 2017: Stig-André Berge 2018: Karsten Warholm 2019: Marit Bjørgen 2020: Karsten Warholm 2021: No award 2022: Maren Lundby 2023: Erling Braut Haaland 2024: Maren Lundby 2025: Markus Rooth 2026: Katrine Lunde
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