Overview
- Viking sealed the title with a 5-1 home victory over Valerenga to finish on 71 points.
- Bodo/Glimt beat Fredrikstad 5-0 on the final day but finished a point behind the new champions.
- Captain Zlatko Tripic scored a first-half penalty in the decisive match and has been central to the team’s resurgence.
- Joint head coaches Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen led a rebuild that followed relegation in 2017 and promotion in 2018.
- FK Haugesund and Stromsgodset were relegated, and Bryne will play Aalesund in a promotion/relegation playoff for 2026.