A national second tier of Norwegian league football was established in 1963.[ 1] [ 2] The league took over for Landsdelsserien , a league consisting of seven regional groups, as the second tier in the Norwegian football league system . The league was named 2. divisjon.[ 1] After the rebranding of the top tier ahead of the 1990 season, the second tier was rebranded as 1. divisjon in 1991.
1. divisjon (1948–1951)[ edit ]
Group winners competed in qualification play-offs for four spots in the following season's top division.
Promoted teams are shown in bold .
Teams marked with an asterisk (*) were not promoted
Landsdelsserien (1951–1962)[ edit ]
Winners from districts east/south and east/north were promoted to the top division. The remaining five winner qualified for promotion play-offs to compete for two spots in the following season's top division. In the 1961–62 season, only two teams promoted.
Promoted teams are shown in bold .
Teams marked with an asterisk (*) were not promoted
2. divisjon (1963–1990)[ edit ]
Teams in bold were promoted
Teams marked with an asterisk (*) were not promoted
Teams in italics were teams from Northern Norway not eligible for promotion at the time.
1. divisjon (1991–)[ edit ]
Teams in bold was promoted
Team marked with an asterisk (*) was not promoted
Season
Winners
Runners-up
Third (play-off)
Other play-off
1997
Vålerenga
Moss
Eik-Tønsberg *
—
1998
Odd Grenland
Skeid
Kjelsås *
—
1999
Haugesund
Bryne
Start
—
2000
Lyn
Strømsgodset
Sogndal
—
2001
Vålerenga
Start
HamKam *
—
2002
Tromsø
Aalesund
Sandefjord *
—
2003
HamKam
Fredrikstad
Sandefjord *
—
2004
Start
Aalesund
Kongsvinger *
—
2005
Stabæk
Sandefjord
Moss *
—
2006
Strømsgodset
Aalesund
Bryne *
—
2007
Molde
HamKam
Bodø/Glimt
—
2008
Odd Grenland
Sandeford
Start [ nb 5]
Sogndal *
2009
Haugesund
Hønefoss
Kongsvinger
Sogndal ,* Sarpsborg 08 *
2010
Sogndal
Sarpsborg 08
Fredrikstad
Løv-Ham ,* Ranheim *
2011
Hønefoss
Sandnes Ulf
Sandefjord *[ nb 6]
—
2012
Start
Sarpsborg 08
Sandefjord *
Mjøndalen ,* Bodø/Glimt ,* Ullensaker/Kisa *
2013
Bodø/Glimt
Stabæk
Hødd *
Ranheim ,* HamKam ,* Mjøndalen *
2014
Sandefjord
Tromsø
Mjøndalen
Kristiansund ,* Bærum ,* Fredrikstad *
2015
Sogndal
Brann
Kristiansund *
Hødd ,* Jerv ,* Ranheim *
2016
Kristiansund
Sandefjord
Jerv *
Sandnes Ulf ,* Kongsvinger ,* Mjøndalen *
2017
Bodø/Glimt
Start
Mjøndalen *
Ranheim , Sandnes Ulf ,* Ullensaker/Kisa *
2018
Viking
Mjøndalen
Aalesund *
Sogndal ,* Ullensaker/Kisa ,* Nest-Sotra *
2019
Aalesund
Sandefjord
Start
KFUM Oslo ,* Kongsvinger ,* Sogndal *
2020
Tromsø
Lillestrøm
Sogndal *
Ranheim ,* Åsane ,* Raufoss *
This lists national league winners only. Clubs in bold are competing in 1. divisjon as of the current season .
The winners of Landsdelsserien (1951–1962) and the district groups (1970–1976) are not included.
6 wins: HamKam , Lyn , Sogndal
5 wins: Brann , Mjøndalen
4 wins: Start , Vålerenga
3 wins: Odd , Hødd , Strømsgodset , Skeid , Molde , Moss , Bodø/Glimt , Haugesund , Viking , Tromsø
2 wins: Rosenborg , Frigg , Fredrikstad , Strømmen , Fyllingen
1 win: Sandefjord BK , Raufoss , Steinkjer , Lisleby , Pors , Sarpsborg FK , Os , Lillestrøm , Bryne , Mo , Kongsvinger , Mjølner , Strindheim , Stabæk , Hønefoss , Sandefjord , Kristiansund , Aalesund
In the current one-conference system (1997–)[ edit ]
2 wins: Vålerenga , Odd , Haugesund , Start , Sogndal , Bodø/Glimt , Tromsø
1 win: Lyn , HamKam , Stabæk , Strømsgodset , Molde , Hønefoss , Sandefjord , Kristiansund , Viking , Aalesund
^ The winners of District XI were never eligible for promotion.
^ The winners of District IX–X was not eligible for promotion in 1970.
^ In the 1971 season, the winner of the District IX–X, Mjølner was directly promoted.
^ a b Due to the expansion of the top division from 12 to 14 teams, both runners-up were automatically promoted this season.
^ Due to the expansion of the top division from 14 to 16 teams, the third finisher in the 2008 1. divisjon was promoted directly.
^ No play-offs in 2011
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