In the first years, this was called Norges Ishockeyforbund, because bandy was called ishockey (ice hockey) back then, since it is a form of hockey played on ice, but when the Canadian sport of ice hockey came to Norway, the international name bandy was adopted for what was actually bandy, and the term ishockey was reserved for what now is called ice hockey.

[1] Bandy was originally governed through a committee in the Football Association of Norway.

The founding clubs were Drafn, Drammen IF, Frigg, Hasle, Kjapp-Rjukan, Mercantile, Rapp-Trondheim, Ready and Trygg.

[3] National teams: Field hockey in Norway is governed through a certain section of the association: Landhockeyseksjon, Norges Bandyforbund.

It organises the men's and women's national teams and the Norwegian Floorball Eliteserie.