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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