Editing Bandy (section)

===Norway===
{{Main|Bandy in Norway}}
[[File:Norges damelandslag i bandy 2006.jpg|thumb|left|[[Norway women's national bandy team|The Norwegian team]] celebrating the bronze medal in [[2006 Women's Bandy World Championship|WCS 2006]]]]
Bandy as an organized sport was introduced to Norway in the 1910s. The [[Swedes]] contributed largely and clubs sprang up around the capital of Kristiania (present day [[Oslo]]). [[Oslo]], including neighbouring towns, is in the twenty-first century still the region where bandy enjoys most popularity in Norway.

In 1912 the [[Norwegians]] played their first [[List of Norwegian bandy champions|National Championship]], which was played annually up to 1940. During World War II, when Norway was occupied by Germany, illegal bandy was played in hidden places in forests, on ponds and lakes. In 1943, 1944 and 1945, illegal championships were held. In 1946 legal play resumed and still goes on in form of the [[Norwegian Bandy Premier League]] (''Eliteserien''). After World War II the number of teams rose, as well as attendance which regularly were in the thousands, but mild winters in the 1970s and 1980s shrunk the league, and in 2003 only five clubs (teams) fought out the 1st division with low attendance numbers and little media coverage. As of 2021 there are 10 teams in the [[Norwegian Bandy Premier League]].

Norway's best result in the [[Bandy World Championship|World Championship]] is a second place in [[1965 Bandy World Championship|1965]].

====Norwegian Championship====
The Norwegian bandy champion is decided each year by a play-off among the best teams in the Norwegian Bandy Premier League. The first [[List of Norwegian bandy champions|Norwegian bandy champions]] was decided in 1912 and the championship has been held almost every year since. Until 1928, the championship was played as 7-a-side bandy.
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