Norway is a Nordic country located on Scandinavian peninsula of Northern Europe. It's population is 5,601,049 (estimated per the 2025 census). The area is 385,207 km. or 148,729 square miles.
According to sources, the Greco Roman version of wrestling began in 1913.
However, it wasn't until 1994 when there would be a pro wrestling breakthrough in the country. A young wrestler under the ring name of Eric Isaken began his career in England under the direction of Doc Dean (per Fandom). He wrestled in Brian Dixon's All Star Wrestling shows. Over a period of several years, he wrestled throughout the Scandinavian countries, throughout Europe and in Japan.
In 2001, Erik Isaksen would return to Norway and build his own wrestling company known as Norges Wrestlingforbund. The promotion would hold their first show on 18 October 2001. The event was called Teltet in Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway.
NWF, for short, has had shows throughout the country such as Oslo, the capital of Norway. They've performed in Bergen (on the West Coast), Hamar and Nydalen to name several cities.
The promotion has three NWF Championships as well as two European Championships that are contested. According to Cagematch, NWF has hosted at least 190 shows in their history. That is definitely a good number considering the dark era of Covid-19 when wrestling shows were canceled.
There are two pro wrestling promotions in Norway. Besides Norges Wrestlingforbund, there is Norsk Elite Wrestling. They are a newer company that was organized in 2009 with their first show about a year later.
Here are the website links followed by the two Facebook links to the two promotions listed below. The sites are in Norwegian but if you have Google Translate, it will help to covert to the language you are familiar with. Thank you.
https://sportsunderholdning.no/
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