1940–41 in Swedish football

Swedish Football 1940–41
Allsvenskan (Tier 1) Division 2 (Tier 2) Division 3 (Tier 3)

The 1940–41 season in Swedish football, starting August 1940 and ending July 1941:

1 Honours
- 1.1 Official titles
- 1.2 Competitions
2 Promotions, relegations and qualifications
- 2.1 Promotions
- 2.2 Relegations
3 Domestic results
4 National team results
5 National team players in season 1940/41
6 References
7 Notes

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
Swedish Champions 1940–41	Helsingborgs IF	Winners of Allsvenskan

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1940–41	Helsingborgs IF
2nd level	Division 2 Norra 1940–41	Reymersholms IK
	Division 2 Östra 1940–41	IFK Eskilstuna
	Division 2 Västra 1940–41	GAIS
	Division 2 Södra 1940–41	Halmstads BK
Regional Championship	Norrländska Mästerskapet^[1] 1941	Bodens BK

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Norra 1940–41	Allsvenskan 1941–42	Reymersholms IK	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 2 Västra 1940–41	Allsvenskan 1941–42	GAIS	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1940–41	Division 2 Norra 1941–42	IFK Lidingö	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1940–41	Division 2 Norra 1941–42	Ljusne AIK	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1940–41	Division 2 Östra 1941–42	IK City	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1940–41	Division 2 Västra 1941–42	Karlstads BIK	Winners of promotion play-off
		Skogens IF	Winners of promotion play-off
		Waggeryds IK	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1940–41	Division 2 Södra 1941–42	Nybro IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1940–41	Division 2 Södra 1941–42	IFK Trelleborg	Winners of promotion play-off

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1940–41	Division 2 Norra 1941–42	IK Brage	11th team
Allsvenskan 1940–41	Division 2 Östra 1941–42	IK Sleipner	12th team
Division 2 Norra 1940–41	Division 3 1941–42	Värtans IK	9th team
Division 2 Norra 1940–41	Division 3 1941–42	Nynäshamns IF	10th team
Division 2 Östra 1940–41	Division 3 1941–42	Husqvarna IF	9th team
Division 2 Östra 1940–41	Division 3 1941–42	Örebro FF	10th team
Division 2 Västra 1940–41	Division 3 1941–42	Varbergs BoIS	9th team
Division 2 Västra 1940–41	Division 3 1941–42	Arvika BK	10th team
Division 2 Södra 1940–41	Division 3 1941–42	IFK Värnamo	9th team
Division 2 Södra 1940–41	Division 3 1941–42	Malmö BI	10th team

Domestic results

For a colour code explanation, see Seasons in Swedish football#Legend.

Allsvenskan 1940–41

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Helsingborgs IF	22	14	3	5	46	–	26	+20	31
2	Degerfors IF	22	12	5	5	47	–	28	+19	29
3	AIK	22	11	4	7	45	–	36	+9	26
4	IF Elfsborg	22	11	3	8	54	–	37	+17	25
5	Landskrona BoIS	22	8	9	5	36	–	36	0	25
6	IFK Göteborg	22	8	6	8	42	–	36	+6	22
7	IFK Norrköping	22	8	6	8	35	–	32	+3	22
8	Malmö FF	22	7	8	7	33	–	33	0	22
9	Gårda BK	22	7	4	11	31	–	42	-11	18
10	Sandvikens IF	22	6	6	10	30	–	42	-12	18
11	IK Brage	22	6	4	12	39	–	53	-14	16
12	IK Sleipner	22	3	4	15	28	–	65	-37	10

Allsvenskan promotion play-off 1940–41

June 2, 1941	Reymersholms IK	3–0	IFK Eskilstuna	?, Stockholm
				?, Stockholm

June 8, 1941	IFK Eskilstuna	4–2	Reymersholms IK	?, Eskilstuna
				?, Eskilstuna

June 15, 1941	Reymersholms IK	3–1^[2]	IFK Eskilstuna	?, Solna
				?, Solna

June 2, 1941	Halmstads BK	2–2	GAIS	?, Halmstad
				?, Halmstad

June 8, 1941	GAIS	3–0	Halmstads BK	?, Gothenburg
				?, Gothenburg

Division 2 Norra 1940–41

Norra

Östra

Västra

Södra

^[1]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Reymersholms IK	18	12	3	3	49	–	20	+29	27
2	Djurgårdens IF	18	12	3	3	38	–	20	+18	27
3	Sandvikens AIK	18	12	1	5	49	–	24	+25	25
4	Hammarby IF	18	9	3	6	41	–	30	+11	21
5	Sundbybergs IK	18	8	3	7	34	–	43	-9	19
6	Ludvika FfI	18	6	3	9	51	–	42	+9	15
7	Gefle IF	18	6	3	9	23	–	36	-13	15
8	Hofors AIF	18	5	3	10	23	–	44	-21	13
9	Värtans IK	18	4	4	10	24	–	33	-9	12
10	Nynäshamns IF	18	1	4	13	11	–	51	-40	6

Division 2 Östra 1940–41

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Eskilstuna	18	15	2	1	75	–	21	+54	32
2	Örebro SK	18	9	3	6	42	–	34	+8	21
3	Surahammars IF	18	9	2	7	33	–	25	+8	20
4	Hallstahammars SK	18	8	2	8	31	–	27	+4	18
5	Åtvidabergs FF	18	8	2	8	42	–	45	-3	18
6	Finspångs AIK	18	8	2	8	39	–	46	-7	18
7	IFK Västerås	18	6	5	7	26	–	38	-12	17
8	Mjölby AI	18	5	4	9	21	–	34	-13	14
9	Husqvarna IF	18	5	2	11	27	–	37	-10	12
10	Örebro FF	18	4	2	12	23	–	52	-29	10

Division 2 Västra 1940–41

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	GAIS	18	14	2	2	48	–	16	+32	30
2	Tidaholms GIF	18	10	4	4	57	–	32	+25	24
3	Örgryte IS	18	9	5	4	36	–	30	+6	23
4	Karlskoga IF	18	9	3	6	49	–	32	+17	21
5	Skara IF	18	9	2	7	44	–	38	+6	20
6	Lundby IF	18	8	1	9	36	–	45	-9	17
7	Deje IK	18	7	1	10	31	–	44	-13	15
8	Billingsfors IK	18	6	1	11	33	–	35	-2	13
9	Varbergs BoIS	18	3	3	12	28	–	52	-24	9
10	Arvika BK	18	3	2	13	26	–	64	-38	8

Division 2 Södra 1940–41

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Halmstads BK	18	13	2	3	44	–	20	+24	28
2	IS Halmia	18	12	0	6	56	–	24	+32	24
3	Kalmar AIK	18	9	3	6	42	–	41	+1	21
4	Höganäs BK	18	9	2	7	40	–	38	+2	20
5	IFK Kristianstad	18	6	5	7	41	–	42	-1	17
6	IFK Malmö	18	6	4	8	36	–	34	+2	16
7	BK Landora	18	6	4	8	26	–	44	-18	16
8	Olofströms IF	18	6	3	9	34	–	40	-6	15
9	IFK Värnamo	18	5	2	11	24	–	40	-16	12
10	Malmö BI	18	3	5	10	22	–	42	-20	11

Division 2 promotion play-off 1940–41

June 2, 1941	Avesta AIK	1–2	Ljusne AIK	?, ?
				?, ?

June 8, 1941	Ljusne AIK	3–1	Avesta AIK	?, ?
				?, ?

June 2, 1941	IFK Lidingö	3–0	Brynäs IF	?, ?
				?, ?

June 8, 1941	Brynäs IF	0–2	IFK Lidingö	?, ?
				?, ?

June 2, 1941	IK City	2–1	Västerås SK	?, ?
				?, ?

June 8, 1941	Västerås SK	1–2	IK City	?, ?
				?, ?

June 2, 1941	IFK Åmål	2–1	Karlstads BIK	?, ?
				?, ?

June 8, 1941	Karlstads BIK	1–0	IFK Åmål	?, ?
				?, ?

June 15, 1941	IFK Åmål	?–?^[2] 1–3 (aet)	Karlstads BIK	?, ?
				?, ?

June 2, 1941	Skogens IF	2–0	IF Heimer	?, ?
				?, ?

June 8, 1941	IF Heimer	2–3	Skogens IF	?, ?
				?, ?

June 2, 1941	IFK Trelleborg	4–1	Anderstorps IF	?, ?
				?, ?

June 8, 1941	Anderstorps IF	1–4	IFK Trelleborg	?, ?
				?, ?

June 2, 1941	Waggeryds IK	3–1	Skärblacka IF	?, ?
				?, ?

June 8, 1941	Skärblacka IF	2–1	Waggeryds IK	?, ?
				?, ?

June 15, 1941	Waggeryds IK	5–0^[2]	Skärblacka IF	?, ?
				?, ?

June 2, 1941	Karlskrona BK	2–3	Nybro IF	?, ?
				?, ?

June 8, 1941	Nybro IF	4–0	Karlskrona BK	?, ?
				?, ?

Norrländska Mästerskapet 1941

Final

July 20, 1941	Bodens BK	6–0	IF Älgarna	Bandyvallen, Boden
				Bandyvallen, Boden

National team results

August 29, 1940 Friendly № 227	Finland	2–3	Sweden	Olympiastadion, Helsinki Attendance: 15,578 Referee: Bauwens (Germany)
	Weckström 31' (p) Beijar 58'		Johansson 13', 34', 85'

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Harry Nilsson, Erik Källström - Gösta Dahl, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Knut Johansson, Sven Jonasson, Hilding Gustafsson.

September 22, 1940 Friendly № 228	Sweden	5–0	Finland	Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 22,089 Referee: Laursen (Denmark)
	Persson 28' Johansson 58', 59', 74' Gren 89'

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Hilding Gustafsson - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Åke Andersson, Gunnar Gren, Knut Johansson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.

October 6, 1940 Friendly № 229	Sweden	1–1	Denmark	Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 34,415 Referee: Ahlfors (Finland)
	Emanuelsson 5'		Mathiesen 6'

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Hilding Gustafsson - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Knut Johansson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.

October 20, 1940 Friendly № 230	Denmark	3–3	Sweden	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 40,600 Referee: Lundström (Finland)
	Hansen 21', 35', 37'		Jonasson 13' Holmqvist 72', 86'

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Hilding Gustafsson - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Erik Holmqvist, Knut Johansson, Sven Jonasson, Sture Andersson-Dahlöf.

National team players in season 1940/41

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Åke "Carnera" Andersson	FW	1	0	AIK Solna
Sture Andersson-Dahlöf	FW	1	0	IF Elfsborg Borås
Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist)	GK	3	0	Hammarby IF Stockholm
Gösta Dahl	MF	1	0	IF Elfsborg Borås
Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson	MF	4	1	IF Elfsborg Borås
Karl-Erik Grahn	MF	4	0	IF Elfsborg Borås
Gunnar "Il Professore" Gren	FW	3	1	Gårda BK Göteborg
Hilding "Moggli" Gustafsson	DF	4	0	Reymersholms IK Stockholm
Erik "Mulle" Holmqvist	FW	1	2	IFK Norrköping
Knut Johansson	FW	4	6	IF Elfsborg Borås
Sven "Jonas" Jonasson	FW	4	1	IF Elfsborg Borås
Erik "Järnbacken" Källström	DF	1	0	IF Elfsborg Borås
Harry Nilsson	DF	4	0	Landskrona BoIS
Arne Nyberg	FW	3	0	IFK Göteborg
Stig Nyström	FW	2	0	IK Brage Borlänge
Erik Persson	MF	3	1	Landskrona BoIS
Gustav "Gurra" Sjöberg	GK	1	0	AIK Solna

References

Print

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Notes

^ ^a ^b Teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the national league system until the 1953–54 season, and a championship was instead played to decide the best team in Norrland.
^ ^a ^b ^c Since extra time, aggregate score and the away goals rule was not used, a third match played on neutral ground decided the play-off.

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