Nationella Damhockeyligan

Nationella Damhockeyligan
Formerly
  • Division 1, 2007–2015
  • Damettan, 2015–2021
SportIce hockey
Founded2007 (2007)
FounderSIF
First season
  • as Division 1
  • Premier league, 1988–89
  • Second league, 2007–08
  • as DamEttan, 2015–16
  • as NDHL, 2021–22
No. of teams27
Country Sweden
Most recent
champion(s)		Norra: Skellefteå AIK
Södra: Södertälje SK
(2023–24)
Promotion toSDHL
Relegation toDamtvåan [sv]
Official websitendhlsverige.se

Nationella Damhockeyligan (lit. 'National Women's Hockey League') or NDHL is the second-highest women's ice hockey league in Sweden. It was previously known as the Damettan or Damettan i ishockey during 2015 to 2021, and Division 1 during 2007 to 2015. The league engages in active promotion and relegation with the top-tier Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and the third-tier Damtvåan.

Beginning with the first official women's ice hockey Swedish Championship in 1988, the Division 1 served as the premier league for women's ice hockey and the winner of its playoffs was named Swedish Champion. During the 2007–08 season, the best Division 1 teams qualified for a newly created premier league, the Riksserien (renamed SDHL in 2016), at which point Division 1 was reconfigured as the second-tier league.

Bodychecking was allowed for the 2022–2023 season.[1]

  1. ^ Kennedy, Ian (21 May 2022). "Swedish Women's Hockey League to introduce Bodychecking". The Hockey News. Retrieved 25 May 2022.