# 1957–58 Norwegian Main League

The 1957–58 Hovedserien was the 14th completed season of top division football in Norway.

## Overview

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

## Teams and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Group A :
| Team | Ap. | Location |
| Brann | 10 | Bergen |
| Frigg | 6 | Oslo |
| Larvik Turn | 9 | Larvik |
| Odd | 11 | Skien |
| Raufoss | 4 | Raufoss |
| Sparta | 10 | Sarpsborg |
| Strømmen | 8 | Strømmen |
| Viking | 13 | Stavanger |
Group B :
| Team | Ap. | Location |
| Asker | 7 | Asker |
| Eik | 1 | Tønsberg |
| Fredrikstad | 13 | Fredrikstad |
| Lillestrøm | 8 | Lillestrøm |
| Molde | 2 | Molde |
| Sandefjord BK | 12 | Sandefjord |
| Skeid | 12 | Oslo |
| Steinkjer | 4 | Steinkjer |

## League tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Viking (C) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 21 | Qualification for the championship final |
| 2 | Larvik Turn | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 21 | |
| 3 | Strømmen | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 18 | |
| 4 | Brann | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 17 | |
| 5 | Raufoss | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 14 | |
| 6 | Odd | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 14 | |
| 7 | Frigg (R) | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 6 | Relegation to Landsdelsserien |
| 8 | Sparta (R) | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 44 | −34 | 1 | Relegation to Landsdelsserien |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Skeid | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 23 | Qualification for the championship final |
| 2 | Fredrikstad | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 18 | +27 | 21 | |
| 3 | Asker | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 17 | |
| 4 | Sandefjord | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 15 | |
| 5 | Lillestrøm | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 13 | |
| 6 | Eik | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 13 | |
| 7 | Molde (R) | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 7 | Relegation to Landsdelsserien |
| 8 | Steinkjer (R) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 59 | −42 | 3 | Relegation to Landsdelsserien |

## Results
### Group A

| Home \ Away | SKB | FRI | LAR | ODD | RAU | SPA | STR | VIK |
| Brann | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Frigg | 2–3 | | 2–3 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Larvik Turn | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Odd | 6–0 | 7–2 | 3–1 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Raufoss | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | | 7–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Sparta | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Strømmen | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–6 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Viking | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 0–2 | |

### Group B

| Home \ Away | ASK | EIK | FFK | LIL | MOL | SBK | SKD | SFK |
| Asker | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 |
| Eik | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–2 |
| Fredrikstad | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 4–3 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 9–0 |
| Lillestrøm | 2–6 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 |
| Molde | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 5–2 |
| Sandefjord BK | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Skeid | 3–1 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 3–1 |
| Steinkjer | 2–5 | 2–0 | 0–8 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |

## Championship final

* Viking 2–0 Skeid