The club received an infusion of new encouragement through visiting footballing stars and coaches from southern Norway such as Jørgen Juve in 1929.

In the 1930s, Glimt also began training indoors to reduce the impact of the severe arctic winters.

[citation needed] Bodø/Glimt is one of three teams from Northern Norway that have played in the Norwegian top division, the others being Tromsø and Mjølner.

Not until the late 1970s did the Norwegian Football Association change the promotion rules; the play-off matches for Northern clubs were dropped.

The Cup-Championship was the crowning of three remarkable seasons, going from 2nd division to 2nd place in the top-division in only three years — an achievement rarely seen in the Norwegian league system.

This was illustrated with the 1993 and 1994 seasons when Glimt won the cup and became league runners-up, in 1994 only a better goal-difference allowed Bodø/Glimt to stay in the top division.

In the 2004 season Glimt finished third last and had to play a two-game qualification match against Kongsvinger to avoid relegation.

This had to be done to stabilize their financial situation, which was so poor that the Norwegian Football Association threatened to not give the team their playing license for next season, which would have resulted disastrously in forced relegation to the second division.

The poor results towards the end of the season finally prompted the board of the supporters’ club to write an open letter in which the training and alcohol consumption habits of certain unnamed players were criticised.

In a bizarre twist a few weeks later, the supporters’ club was threatened with a lawsuit in the multi-million class by former coach Trond Sollied, who was briefly mentioned in a by-sentence of the letter as having been in charge when the bad habits of the team had begun.

Ahead of the 2016 season, club legend Aasmund Bjørkan was appointed as head coach.

The place in the top league nevertheless looked secure with four games remaining, but Glimt lost all of them and was relegated.

Glimt made a decent performance during 2018, however a record of 14 draws saw them finishing only in 11th place, but retaining their status as a top-flight team.

Ahead of the 2019 season, Glimt was mentioned among the relegation candidates by most pundits, especially since the club had sold key players like captain Martin Bjørnbak and top scorer Kristian Fardal Opseth.

Ahead of the 2020 season, Glimt again sold several key players, among them captain Ricardo Friedrich and Håkon Evjen, and was not considered among the title candidates.

However, Glimt performed a record breaking season, winning 26 games and scoring 103 goals in 30 matches.

Ahead of the 2021 season, Bodø/Glimt had sold their three front men Philip Zinckernagel, Jens Petter Hauge and Kasper Junker.

Following two wins against Lithuanian teams, Glimt faced AC Milan at San Siro in the third qualifying round, narrowly losing 2-3.

Having been drawn into group C, Glimt first defeated Zorya Luhansk, and then drew CSKA Sofia 0-0 away.

The aggregate win against AZ was sealed by an extra time goal from Alfons Sampsted away at Alkmaar.

Due to a shortened season during the COVID-19 pandemic, the double against Milan was played as a single match at San Siro, with no return leg.

In 2021, they made their debut UEFA Champions League appearance, facing Legia Warsaw from Poland's Ekstraklasa in the first qualifying round.

After being eliminated then, following the 2–5 defeat in the aggregate, the club managed to make their debut in the group stage of UEFA Europa Conference League, where they recorded surprisingly positive results, winning over A.S. Roma 8–3 on aggregate and reaching past this stage to eventually defeat Celtic F.C.

In 2023, the Norway side qualified to play KKS Lech Poznań in the UEFA Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs.

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Nordlandsbanken, a major bank in the region, was one of the main sponsor of the club, present on their shirts until 2011.

A representative for Jordan, Norway's biggest dental company, spotted this at a match and offered the supporters a sponsor deal.