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Norwegian Challenge
Tournament information
LocationKløfta, Norway
Established1994
Course(s)Miklagard GC
Par72
Length7,349 yards (6,720 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund175,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Kristoffer Broberg (2012)
To par−22 Kristoffer Broberg (2012)
Current champion
France Clément Sordet

The Norwegian Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Norway. It was founded in 1994 and is the leading men's tournament in Norway, which does not host a European Tour event.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Viking Challenge
2017 Clément Sordet  France Miklagard 203 −13 5 strokes Scotland Jack Doherty
England Charlie Ford
Netherlands Daan Huizing
Norwegian Challenge
2015–16: No tournament
2014 Benjamin Hébert  France Miklagard 273 −15 2 strokes Germany Florian Fritsch
2013 Jens Fahrbring  Sweden Losby 269 −19 3 strokes United States Daniel Im
Sweden Pontus Widegren
2012 Kristoffer Broberg  Sweden Byneset 266 −22 Playoff Spain Álvaro Velasco
2011 Andrea Pavan  Italy Hauger 279 −9 Playoff Austria Florian Praegant
Lexus Open
2009–10: No tournament
2008 Jeppe Huldahl  Denmark Moss & Rygge 271 −17 2 strokes Scotland Steven O'Hara
2007 Martin Wiegele  Austria Miklagard 278 −10 Playoff Scotland George Murray
2006 Kalle Brink  Sweden Larvik 275 −13 3 strokes Spain José Manuel Carriles
Scotland Greig Hutcheon
Norway Peter Kaensche
Norway Jan-Are Larsen
Norwegian Challenge
2005: No tournament
2004 Stephen Browne  Ireland Vestfold 205 −11 3 strokes Sweden Oskar Bergman
England Denny Lucas
England Mark Sanders
Norwegian Open
2001–03: No tournament
2000 Paul Nilbrink  Norway Losby 206 −10 Playoff Sweden Per Larsson
England Stuart Little
1999 Pehr Magnebrant  Sweden Sorknes 281 −7 3 strokes Sweden Patrik Gottfridson
Netcom Norwegian Open
1998 Gary Emerson  England Borre 275 −17 1 stroke Sweden Max Anglert
1997 Demitri Bieri  Switzerland Oslo 275 Playoff England John Bickerton
Karsten Ping Norwegian Open
1996 Ignacio Feliu  Spain Oslo 273 1 stroke England John Mellor
1995 Stephen Field  England Oslo 275 3 strokes England Andrew Collison
Karsten Ping Norwegian Challenge
1994 Raymond Burns  Northern Ireland Borre 276 3 strokes England Jamie Taylor