The Norway national rugby league team was founded in 2008.

Rugby League in Norway is played through junior and amateur level.

In February 2008, Norway was granted official observer status by the Rugby League European Federation despite being unranked at that point.

[3] Norway played Great Britain Pioneers in their first representative match on 5 July 2009 in Oslo which the visitors won 24–0.

[4][5] Norway played their first international on 22 August 2009, against Denmark in Copenhagen and won 28–26.