Úrvalsdeild karla (handball)

Úrvalsdeild karla (Men's Premier League), also known as Olís deild karla for sponsorship reasons, is the highest men's handball competition among clubs in Iceland, where play determines the national champion. It is managed by the Icelandic Handball Association. Started in 1939, the Úrvalsdeild karla is the third-oldest national indoor handball championship in the world, after the Danish and Swedish championships which were started in 1935 and 1931 respectively. With 23 titles won so far, Valur is the record champion, while Haukar are holding a world record for enduring the longest time gap between two national titles with 57 years passing between their first win in 1943 and their second (of 11 in total so far) in 2000.

FH won the title in 2011 after a win against Akureyri Handboltafélag in front of a record crowd of 2950 people in Kaplakriki.

2023/24 Season participants
The following 12 clubs compete in the Olís deild karla during the 2023–24 season.

Úrvalsdeild karla past champions
Various formats have been used to decide the champions from round-robin to best-of-5 series.

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 * 1940 : Valur
 * 1941 : Valur (2)
 * 1942 : Valur (3)
 * 1943 : Haukar
 * 1944 : Valur (4)
 * 1945 : Ármann
 * 1946 : ÍR Reykjavik
 * 1947 : Valur (5)
 * 1948 : Valur (6)
 * 1949 : Ármann (2)
 * 1950 : Fram
 * 1951 : Valur (7)
 * 1952 : Ármann (3)
 * 1953 : Ármann (4)
 * 1954 : Ármann (5)
 * 1955 : Valur (8)
 * 1956 : FH
 * 1957 : FH (2)
 * 1958 : Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
 * 1959 : FH (3)
 * 1960 : FH (4)
 * 1961 : FH (5)
 * 1962 : Fram (2)
 * 1963 : Fram (3)
 * 1964 : Fram (4)
 * 1965 : FH (6)
 * 1966 : FH (7)
 * 1967 : Fram (5)
 * 1968 : Fram (6)
 * 1969 : FH (8)
 * 1970 : Fram (7)
 * 1971 : FH (9)
 * 1972 : Fram (8)
 * 1973 : Valur (9)
 * 1974 : FH (10)
 * 1975 : Víkingur Reykjavik
 * 1976 : FH (11)
 * 1977 : Valur (10)
 * 1978 : Valur (11)
 * 1979 : Valur (12)
 * 1980 : Víkingur Reykjavik (2)
 * 1981 : Víkingur Reykjavik (3)
 * 1982 : Víkingur Reykjavik (4)
 * 1983 : Víkingur Reykjavik (5)
 * 1984 : FH (12)
 * 1985 : FH (13)
 * 1986 : Víkingur Reykjavik (6)
 * 1987 : Víkingur Reykjavik (7)
 * 1988 : Valur (13)
 * 1989 : Valur (14)
 * 1990 : FH (14)
 * 1991 : Valur (15)
 * 1992 : FH (15)
 * 1993 : Valur (16)
 * 1994 : Valur (17)
 * 1995 : Valur (18)
 * 1996 : Valur (19)
 * 1997 : KA Akureyri
 * 1998 : Valur (20)
 * 1999 : UMF Afturelding
 * 2000 : Haukar (2)
 * 2001 : Haukar (3)
 * 2002 : KA Akureyri (2)
 * 2003 : Haukar (4)
 * 2004 : Haukar (5)
 * 2005 : Haukar (6)
 * 2006 : Fram (9)
 * 2007 : Valur (21)
 * 2008 : Haukar (7)
 * 2009 : Haukar (8)
 * 2010 : Haukar (9)
 * 2011 : FH (16)
 * 2012 : Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs
 * 2013 : Fram (10)
 * 2014 : ÍBV
 * 2015 : Haukar (10)
 * 2016 : Haukar (11)
 * 2017 : Valur (22)
 * 2018 : ÍBV (2)
 * 2019 : Selfoss
 * 2020 : Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 * 2021 : Valur (23)
 * 2022 : Valur (24)
 * 2023 : ÍBV (3)
 * 2024 : FH

EHF coefficient ranking
For season 2018/2019, see footnote


 * 18. [[Image:Green-Up-Arrow.svg|15px]] (23) Eredivisie (14,25)
 * 19. RedDownArrow.svg (18) 🇷🇸 Rukometna liga Srbije (13,44)
 * 20. [[Image:Green-Up-Arrow.svg|15px]] (27) 🇮🇸 Úrvalsdeld karla (12.67)
 * 21. RedDownArrow.svg (19) 🇨🇿 Extraliga (12,57)
 * 22. RedDownArrow.svg (20) 🇸🇰 Extraliga (12,56)

Seasonal Coefficient Ranking Graph.: