1952–53 Norwegian Main League
# 1952–53 Norwegian Main League

The 1952–53 Hovedserien was the 9th completed season of top division football in Norway.

## Overview

16 teams competed. Larvik Turn & IF won the championship, their first league title.

## Teams and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A :

| Team | Ap. | Location |
| - | - | - |
| Årstad | 5 | Bergen |
| Brann | 7 | Bergen |
| Fredrikstad | 8 | Fredrikstad |
| Sarpsborg FK | 8 | Sarpsborg |
| Skeid | 7 | Oslo |
| Strømmen | 4 | Strømmen |
| Varegg | 1 | Bergen |
| Viking | 8 | Stavanger |

Group B :

| Team | Ap. | Location |
| - | - | - |
| Asker | 2 | Asker |
| Larvik Turn | 4 | Larvik |
| Lillestrøm | 3 | Lillestrøm |
| Lyn | 8 | Oslo |
| Odd | 6 | Skien |
| Ranheim | 5 | Trondheim |
| Sandefjord BK | 7 | Sandefjord |
| Sparta | 6 | Sarpsborg |

## League tables

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Skeid | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 10 | +38 | 23 | Qualification for the championship final |
| 2 | Fredrikstad | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 19 | +21 | 18 | |
| 3 | Sarpsborg FK | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 18 | |
| 4 | Viking | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 17 | |
| 5 | Strømmen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 15 | |
| 6 | Varegg | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 8 | |
| 7 | Brann (R) | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 36 | −27 | 7 | Relegation |
| 8 | Årstad (R) | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 38 | −27 | 6 | Relegation |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Larvik Turn (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 11 | +33 | 22 | Qualification for the championship final |
| 2 | Asker | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 19 | |
| 3 | Lillestrøm | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 16 | |
| 4 | Sandefjord BK | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 15 | |
| 5 | Odd | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 13 | |
| 6 | Sparta | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 12 | |
| 7 | Lyn (R) | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 8 | Relegation |
| 8 | Ranheim (R) | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 37 | −25 | 7 | Relegation |

## Results

### Group A

| Home \ Away | ÅRS | SKB | FRE | SAR | SKD | STR | VAR | VIK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Årstad | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Brann | 0–0 | | 1–8 | 1–1 | 1–7 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Fredrikstad | 7–2 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 |
| Sarpsborg FK | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Skeid | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | | 8–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Strømmen | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Varegg | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 3–2 | | 2–3 |
| Viking | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |

### Group B

| Home \ Away | ASK | LAR | LIL | LYN | ODD | RAN | SBK | SPA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Asker | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Larvik Turn | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 12–0 | 3–0 |
| Lillestrøm | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Lyn | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 |
| Odd | 1–3 | 1–3 | 7–1 | 2–4 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Ranheim | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 2–4 | | 0–4 | 4–0 |
| Sandefjord BK | 3–3 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Sparta | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

## Championship final

* Larvik Turn 3–2 Skeid
