Norwegian Bandy Premier League
The Norwegian Bandy Premier League is the top level of bandy in Norway. National bandy champions have been named yearly since 1912, but the league was only founded in 1932.
The league consists of eight teams. After the regular league, the leading teams goes to a play-off which decides what team will be the Norwegian champion. Since 1976, the winner of the league is formally awarded the title league champion, a title which however is not counted to be worth as much as the national championship title. Stabæk Idrettsforening won the final in 2016.
Structure
All the eight teams plays the other teams three times during a season. At the end of the season, each team will have played 21 matches.The teams are ranked according to the following:
- Number of points.
- The results against each other.
- Goal difference.
- Number of goals scored.
League Champions since 1976
- 1975–76: Mjøndalen IF
- 1976–77: Mjøndalen IF
- 1977–78: Mjøndalen IF
- 1978–79: Mjøndalen IF
- 1979–80: Mjøndalen IF
- 1980–81: Mjøndalen IF
- 1981–82: Solberg SK
- 1982–83: Mjøndalen IF
- 1983–84: Solberg SK
- 1984–85: Mjøndalen IF
- 1985–86: SBK Drafn
- 1986–87: Solberg SK
- 1987–88: SBK Drafn
- 1988–89: Skeid
- 1989–90: Solberg SK
- 1990–91: SBK Drafn
- 1991–92: Sarpsborg BK
- 1992–93: Stabæk IF
- 1993–94: Stabæk IF
- 1994–95: Solberg SK
- 1995–96: Stabæk IF
- 1996–97: Stabæk IF
- 1997–98: Stabæk IF
- 1998–99: Stabæk IF
- 1999–2000: Stabæk IF
- 2000–01: Stabæk IF
- 2001–02: Stabæk IF
- 2002–03: Mjøndalen IF
- 2003–04: Mjøndalen IF
- 2004–05: Mjøndalen IF
- 2005–06: Stabæk IF
- 2006–07: Stabæk IF
- 2007–08: Solberg SK
- 2008–09: Solberg SK
- 2009–10: Solberg SK
- 2010–11: Solberg SK
- 2011–12: Stabæk IF
- 2012–13: Stabæk IF
- 2013–14: Stabæk IF
- 2014–15: Stabæk IF
- 2015–16: Stabæk IF
- 2016–17: Stabæk IF
- 2017–18: Solberg SK
- 2018–19: Stabæk IF
- 2019–20: IF Ready
- 2020–21: IF Ready
- 2021–22: Stabæk IF
- 2022–23: Sarpsborg BK