The Norway men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team from Norway that participates at the IIHF World Championships. The team is governed by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association and is coached by Petter Thoresen.
Norway prior to the 1937 World Championships, their first international tournament. They finished in ninth place.
Game between France and Norway at Patinoire Pôle Sud in 2013.
Norwegian players prior to a game during the 2010 Winter Olympics, where they finished in 12th place.
Norwegian team's victory ceremony in at the 2022 World Championships
The 1979 Ice Hockey World Championships took place at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union from 14 to 27 April. Eight teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of four, and the best two from each group advancing to the final group. The four best teams then played each other twice in the final round. This was the 46th World Championship and at the same time, the 57th European Championship. In the May 1978 congress many rules were aligned with NHL practices and archaic rules were finally officially abandoned. The games were very well attended, setting a record by averaging over eleven thousand spectators per game.
Soviet stamp sheet dedicated to the 1979 World Ice Hockey Championships