| Formerly |
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|---|---|
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | SIF |
| First season |
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| No. of teams | 27 |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Most recent champion(s) | Norra: Skellefteå AIK Södra: Södertälje SK (2023–24) |
| Promotion to | SDHL |
| Relegation to | Damtvåan |
| Official website | ndhlsverige |
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]
- ^ Kennedy, Ian (21 May 2022). "Swedish Women's Hockey League to introduce Bodychecking". The Hockey News. Retrieved 25 May 2022.