REMA 1000-ligaen (men's handball)

REMA 1000-ligaen (Eliteserien i hådball for menn) is the premier men's professional handball league for Norwegian handball clubs. It is administered by the Norwegian Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Norwegian champions. It was established in 1966, and it is currently contested by fourteen teams. Sandefjord TIF, is the championship's most successful team with nine titles, followed by Oppsal and Elverum with six titles. Elverum is also the most successful in the playoffs with 11 titles.

Starting 2023/2024-season, the league will consist of 14 teams.

The fourteen teams of the 2023–24 season. Kolstad Håndball is the defending champion.

List of champions
The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.

EHF coeffecient rank
EHF league ranking for 2022/23 season:


 * 15. Disc Plain yellow dark.svg (15) 🇨🇭 Quickline Handball League (31.40)
 * 16. [[Image:Green-Up-Arrow.svg|15px]] (18) 🇷🇺 Superleague (30.60)
 * 17. RedDownArrow.svg (16) 🇳🇴 REMA 1000-ligaen (30.50)
 * 18. RedDownArrow.svg (17) 🇸🇰 Niké Handball Extraliga (20.40)
 * 19. [[Image:Green-Up-Arrow.svg|15px]] (20) 🇦🇹 ZTE Meisterliga (17.75)

Names of the competition

 * 1965–1972: Hovedserien
 * 1972–1993: 1. divisjon
 * 1993–1997: Eliteserien
 * 1997–2005: Gildeserien
 * 2005–2007: Eliteserien
 * 2007–2014: Postenligaen, after Posten Norge
 * 2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after Grundig
 * 2017–2019: Eliteserien
 * 2019–: REMA 1000-ligaen, after REMA 1000