# 1991 Norwegian First Division

The 1991 1. divisjon, Norway's second-tier football league, began play on 28 April 1991 and ended on 6 October 1991. The league was contested by 24 teams, divided in two groups and the winner of each group won promotion to Tippeligaen, while the runners-up played a promotion-playoff against the 10th placed team in the 1991 Tippeligaen. The bottom three teams were relegated to the 2. divisjon.
Mjøndalen and Ham-Kam won promotion to Tippeligaen, while Kristiansund, Frigg, Surnadal, Mjølner, Råde and Sandefjord was relegated to the 2. divisjon.

## Tables
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mjøndalen (C, P) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 53 | Promotion to Tippeligaen |
| 2 | Bryne | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 45 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | VIF Fotball | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 40 | |
| 4 | Hødd | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 33 | |
| 5 | Aalesund | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 33 | |
| 6 | Fana | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 32 | |
| 7 | Strømmen | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 30 | |
| 8 | Djerv 1919 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 27 | |
| 9 | Haugar | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 25 | |
| 10 | Kristiansund (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 25 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 11 | Frigg (R) | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 18 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 12 | Surnadal (R) | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 54 | −34 | 9 | Relegation to Second Division |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | HamKam (C, P) | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 51 | Promotion to Tippeligaen |
| 2 | Strindheim | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 42 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Fredrikstad | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 40 | |
| 4 | Eik-Tønsberg | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 37 | |
| 5 | Tromsdalen | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 33 | |
| 6 | Elverum | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 32 | |
| 7 | Drøbak/Frogn | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 32 | |
| 8 | Moss | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 31 | |
| 9 | Pors | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 24 | |
| 10 | Mjølner (R) | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 11 | Råde (R) | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 15 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 12 | Sandefjord BK (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 11 | Relegation to Second Division |

## Promotion play-offs
### Results

* Strindheim – Bryne 0–2
* Brann – Strindheim 1–0
* Bryne – Brann 0–1
Brann won the qualification round and was promoted to the 1992 Tippeligaen.

### Play-off table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Brann (O) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 | Remained in Tippeligaen |
| 2 | Bryne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Remained in First Division |
| 3 | Strindheim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | Remained in First Division |

## Top scorers Group A and B

| Goalscorers | Team | Goals |
| Ole Petter Skonnord | Elverum | 17 |
| Arve Svorkmo | HamKam | 15 |
| Ståle Solbakken | HamKam | 14 |
| Per Ivar Fornes | Mjøndalen | 12 |
| Geir Hasund | Hødd | 12 |
| Ståle Killie | Mjølner | 12 |
| Thor Helge Fagernes | Eik-Tønsberg | 11 |
| Stein Arne Ingelstad | HamKam | 11 |
| Erik Nymoen | Frigg | 11 |
| Terje Pedersen | Moss | 11 |
| Rolf Bredal | Drøbak/Frogn | 10 |
| Are Christensen | Vålerengen | 10 |
| Stig Otto Jørgensen | Tromsdalen | 10 |
| Per Terje Markussen | Mjøndalen | 10 |
| Sander Solberg | Fredrikstad | 10 |
| Erling Ytterland | HamKam | 10 |
| Tom Freddy Aune | Fredrikstad | 9 |
| Tommy Hansen | Mjøndalen | 9 |
| Morten Hanssen | Fredrikstad | 9 |
| Mons Ivar Mjelde | Bryne | 9 |
| Kai Birger Myrold | Aalesund | 9 |
| Arve Sundby | Eik-Tønsberg | 9 |