The 2008 Tippeligaen was the 64th completed season of top division football in Norway.

The teams promoted from the 1. divisjon at the end of the previous season were champions Molde, automatic qualifiers HamKam, and play-off winners Bodø/Glimt.

Stabæk secured their first ever league championship by defeating Vålerenga 6–2 in the penultimate round.

From the 2009 season onwards, the number of teams in the Tippeligaen was expanded from fourteen to sixteen.

Sogndal played at home first, decided in a draw held by the NFF.