| Country: | Norway |
| Season: | 1956 |
| Division1: | Hovedserien |
| Champions1: | Larvik Turn |
| Division2: | Landsdelsserien |
| Champions2: | Sparta (Group East/South) Start (Group South/West A1) |
| Domestic: | NM |
| Dchampions: | Skeid |
| Prevseason: | 1955 |
| Nextseason: | 1957 |
| Flagicon: | yes |
The 1956 season was the 51st season of competitive football in Norway.
See main article: 1955–56 Hovedserien.
June 3: Larvik Turn-Fredrikstad 3-2
June 3: Ulf - Start 6-3
June 10: Årstad - Ulf 2-0
Årstad promoted.
June 3: Molde - Steinkjer 2-4
June 10: Steinkjer - Molde 3-2 (agg. 7–4)
Steinkjer promoted.
1. Lisleby (Promoted) 2. Selbak 3. Sprint/Jeløy 4. Hafslund 5. Borgen 6. Tune 7. Torp 8. Askim
1. Mjøndalen (Play-off) 2. Åssiden 3. Geithus 4. Sagene 5. Jevnaker 6. Solberg 7. Steinberg 8. Liull
1. Spartacus (Play-off) 2. Sandaker 3. Bjørkelangen 4. Grue 5. Grüner 6. Sørli 7. Aurskog 8. Aasen
1. Hamarkameratene (Play-off) 2. Fremad 3. Einastrand 4. Vardal 5. Gjøvik SK 6. Mesna 7. Vang 8. Stange
1. Eik (Play-off) 2. Tønsberg Turn 3. Urædd 4. Brevik 5. Kragerø 6. Teie 7. Tønsbergkam. 8. Sem
1. Storm (Play-off) 2. Borg 3. Rjukan 4. Ulefoss 5. Gjerpen 6. Drangedal 7. Skiens BK 8. Gvarv
1. Risør (Play-off) 2. Trauma 3. Rygene 4. Dristug 5. Arendals BK Tvedestrand (withdrew)
1. Vindbjart (Play-off) 2. AIK Lund 3. Vigør 4. Mandalskam. 5. Farsund 6. Våg
1. Nærbø (Promoted) 2. Ålgård 3. Randaberg 4. Egersund 5. Klepp 6. Brusand
1. Jarl (Promoted) 2. Buøy 3. Haugar 4. Torvastad 5. Vaulen 6. Riska
1. Hardy (Play-off) 2. Sandviken 3. Fjellkameratene 4. Viggo 5. Laksevåg 6. Trane 7. Minde
1. Erdal (Play-off) 2. Voss 3. Florvåg 4. Eidsvåg (Åsane) 5. Ålvik 6. Fyllingen 7. Kjøkkelvik
1. Rollon (Play-off) 2. Herd 3. Volda 4. Aksla 5. Velled./Ringen 6. Sykkylven 7. Hareid 8. Ørsta
1. Kleive (Play-off) 2. Åndalsnes 3. Eide 4. Måndalen 5. Isfjorden 6. Frode 7. Olymp (withdrew)
1. Framtid (Play-off) 2. Dahle 3. Goma 4. Halsa 5. Sunndal 6. Tingvoll 7. Nordlandet 8. Enge
1. Heimdal (Play-off) 2. Melhus 3. Flå 4. Leik 5. LeinstrandHommelvik (disqualified)
1. Troll (Play-off) 2. Orkanger 3. Løkken 4. Rindal 5. Svorkmo 6. Orkdal
1. Trond (Play-off) 2. National 3. Tryggkameratene 4. Nidar 5. Ørn (Trondheim) 6. Strindheim 7. NTHI 8. Rapp
1. Opphaug (Play-off) 2. Fevåg 3. Stadsbygd 4. Lensvik 5. Beian 6. Uthaug Rissa (withdrew)
1. Nessegutten (Play-off) 2. Verdal 3. Neset 4. Namsos 5. Malm 6. Fram (Skatval) 7. ByafossenBlink (withdrew and merged with Stjørdal)
1. Mo 2. Bodø/Glimt 3. Brønnøysund 4. Mosjøen 5. Grand 6. Saltdalkam.
1. Harstad 2. Mjølner 3. Narvik/Nor 4. Tromsø 5. Finnsnes 6. Ballangen
Spartacus - Mjøndalen 1-2
Mjøndalen - Hamarkameratene 3-1
Hamarkameratene - Spartacus 2-4
Spartacus - Mjøndalen 1-2
Eik - Storm 2-0
Storm - Eik 0-5 (agg. 0–7)
Eik promoted
Vindbjart - Risør 0-3
Risør - Vindbjart 2-4 (agg. 5–4)
Risør promoted.
Jarl - Nærbø 6-3
Nærbø - Jarl 1-1 (agg. 4–7)
Risør - Jarl 2-5
Hardy - Erdal 1-0
Hardy promoted.
Kleive - Rollon 1-2
Framtid - Kleive 7-0
Rollon - Framtid 1-3
Heimdal - Troll?
Opphaug - Troll 1-7
Trond - Nessegutten 0-1
Opphaug - Trond 1-3
Troll - Nessegutten 2-3
Nessegutten - Opphaug 7-1
Troll - Trond 3-1
Steinberg - Aurskog 0-8
Steinberg relegated.
See main article: 1956 Norwegian Football Cup.
See main article: Norway national football team.
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Res.*!style="background: lightblue;" align=center|Comp.!style="background: lightblue;"|Norwegian goalscorers|-|May 30|Oslo||0 - 0|F||-|June 13|Oslo||1 - 3|F|Gunnar Dybwad|-|June 24|Copenhagen||3 - 2|NC series|Gunnar Dybwad, Knut Sandengen|-|June 28|Bucharest||0 - 2|F||-|August 26|Oslo||1 - 1|NC series|Arne Høivik|-|September 16|Oslo||3 - 1|NC series|Harry Kure, Finn Gundersen (2)|-|October 28|Warszawa||3 - 5|F|Harry Kure, Gunnar Dybwad (2)|} Note: Norway's goals first
October 28: Poland – Norway 5-3 ] |
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