1961–62 Norwegian Main League - Wikipedia

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Hovedserien

Season	1961–62
Champions	Brann 1st title
Relegated	Rosenborg Odd Eik-Tønsberg Sandefjord Lisleby Ørn-Horten Greåker Larvik Turn
European Cup	Fredrikstad
Matches played	240
Goals scored	938 (3.91 per match)
Average attendance	4,734
← 1960–61 1. divisjon 1963 →

The 1961–62 Hovedserien was the 18th completed season of top division football in Norway.

It was contested by 16 teams, and Brann won the championship, their first league title.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Ap.	Location
Brann	13	Bergen
Eik	5	Tønsberg
Fredrikstad	17	Fredrikstad
Frigg	7	Oslo
Greåker	4	Sarpsborg
Larvik Turn	13	Larvik
Lisleby	6	Fredrikstad
Lyn	10	Oslo
Odd	15	Skien
Ørn-Horten	8	Horten
Rosenborg	4	Trondheim
Sandefjord BK	16	Sandefjord
Skeid	16	Oslo
Steinkjer	5	Steinkjer
Vålerengen	13	Oslo
Viking	17	Stavanger

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brann (C)	30	21	4	5	94	44	+50	46
2	Steinkjer	30	18	5	7	81	43	+38	41
3	Fredrikstad	30	18	5	7	80	45	+35	41	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round[1]
4	Frigg	30	15	10	5	59	43	+16	40
5	Lyn	30	16	5	9	86	66	+20	37
6	Vålerengen	30	15	6	9	75	41	+34	36
7	Viking	30	14	7	9	49	48	+1	35
8	Skeid	30	11	11	8	63	40	+23	33
9	Rosenborg (R)	30	14	3	13	55	60	−5	31	Relegation to Second Division
10	Odd (R)	30	10	7	13	57	68	−11	27
11	Eik (R)	30	9	8	13	47	59	−12	26
12	Sandefjord BK (R)	30	11	3	16	35	51	−16	25
13	Lisleby (R)	30	8	3	19	42	74	−32	19
14	Ørn-Horten (R)	30	7	3	20	45	91	−46	17
15	Greåker (R)	30	4	8	18	35	75	−40	16
16	Larvik Turn (R)	30	3	4	23	35	90	−55	10

Source: NIFS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

• Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)