October 24, 2010, Rosenborg won the league for the 22nd time after winning 1 – 0 over Tromsø IL.

Tromsø IL currently play in the Norwegian Premier League, and holds the position as the northernmost top-level football club in the world.

Tromsø IL also won its second district championship in 1932, but was knocked out in the semi final of the Northern Norwegian cup.

The thirties proved to be a good decade for Tromsø IL, as the club won district championships in 1933, 1936, and 1937, as well.

Tromsø IL started the post-war years in a good fashion, winning the club's sixth district championship in 1946.

In 1949, Tromsø IL won its second Northern Norwegian cup.

This time, the final match was played at Harstad Stadium, and Tromsø IL were to play FK Bodø / Glimt.

Tromsø IL won 3 – 1, just like in 1931.

Tromsø IL then won 5 consecutive district championships in the years between 1950 and 1954, before the club was introduced into the Norwegian league system ( Northern Norwegian clubs could still not be promoted to the top division, however ).

Tromsø IL met Harstad IL – the champions of the previous three years – in Harstad, making Harstad IL big favorites.

However, Tromsø IL won the match 2 – 0.

Clubs from Northern Norway were allowed into the Norwegian cup in 1963, and Tromsø IL participated for the first time in 1964, advancing to the second round after beating FK Mjølner.

Tromsø IL played its last Northern Norwegian cup match in 1969.

At the time, however, Tromsø IL was fighting in the bottom of the Northern Norwegian 2nd division ( Until 1979, the 2nd division was divided in three different groups, two southern and one northern – with the winners of the southern groups being promoted to the top division, while the winner of the northern group would have to face the 2nd placed teams of the two southern groups ), and was eventually relegated.

In 1975, Tromsø IL would be back in the 2nd division, after having won promotion the year before.

Tromsø IL did not do too well, however, and was once more relegated.

Tromsø IL was immediately promoted back to the 2nd division after not losing a single match in the 3rd division in 1980.

Then, Tromsø IL won the decisive match against Moss FK 1 – 0, after a legendary penalty kick save by goalkeeper Bjarte Flem.

Tromsø IL became the third and, for the time being, latest Northern Norwegian team to qualify for the top division, the other two being FK Mjølner and FK Bodø / Glimt.

The first season in the Premier League would be very hard for Tromsø IL, the club eventually had to play qualification to survive.

An experiment in the 1987 season proved valuable to Tromsø IL Tied matches would be decided on penalty shootouts, giving 3 points for a win, 2 for a shootout win, 1 for a shootout loss, and 0 for a loss.

Thanks to Bjarte Flem's exceptional penalty saves, Tromsø IL won 7 out of 9 shootouts this year.

In 1988, Tromsø IL ended 5th in the league, the season of Bjarte Flems ' infamous own goal.

The E 4 is the fastest road to go from Germany / Denmark to areas north of the arctic circle, including places in Norway like Tromsø.

Svalbard is subordinate to Nord-Troms District Court and Hålogaland Court of Appeal, both located in Tromsø.

It is one of eight universities in Norway, the other seven being the University of Oslo, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, the University of Tromsø, the University of Stavanger, the University of Agder, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås and the University of Nordland in Bodø.

The faculty is one of three Norwegian institutions which offer legal studies, the other two being the law faculties at the University of Oslo and the University of Tromsø.

The sea reached what is today an elevation of 221 m in Oslo ( Aker ), 25 m in Stavanger, 5 m near Stad, 180 m in Trondheim, 50 m in Tromsø and 75 m in Kirkenes.

The winter darkness is not totally dark on the mainland ; there is twilight for a few hours around noon in Tromsø, but in Longyearbyen there is near total darkness in the midst of the dark period.

Tromsø Idrettslag is a Norwegian professional football team founded in 1920, and based in Tromsø.

On 25 September 2011, Odd player Jone Samuelsen scored what is claimed to be the longest headed goal ever scored in a match, in a match against Tromsø IL, when he headed the ball from within his own half of the pitch into Tromsø's open goal, the goalkeeper having come forward for a late corner in the match.

The University of Tromsø (; ) is the world's northernmost university.

The University of Tromsø is the largest research and educational institution in northern Norway.

Svalbard is subordinate Nord-Troms District Court and Hålogaland Court of Appeal, both located in Tromsø.

Bodø / Glimt is one of three teams from Northern Norway that have played in the Norwegian Premier League, the others being Tromsø IL and FK Mjølner.

The county ( and the city of Tromsø ) is named after the island Tromsøya on which it is located ( Old Norse Trums ).

There is a theory that holds the Norwegian name of Tromsø derives from the Sámi name, though this theory lacks an explanation for the meaning of Romsa.

This, however, is the accusative and genitive form of the noun used when, for example, writing " Tromsø Municipality " ( Romssa Suohkan ).

Hasvik Airport is served with regular connections to Tromsø and Hammerfest, and there is a two-hour ferry crossing to Øksfjord, providing access by car.

Tromsø (; ; ) is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway.

The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.

Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population.