NHH, in English sometimes also referred to as the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, was founded in 1936. NHH is an acronym for Norges Handelshøyskole. Ever since its foundation, it has been a bastion of higher education in economics and business administration in Norway.

NHH has changed much since it was first conceived over 100 years ago. Norway's first business school is now part of a global network comprising some of the world's leading institutions for the research and teaching of economics and business administration. This has been achieved over the last 100 years, with much work done to establish a Norwegian school of business in Bergen before the doors opened in 1936.