1937–47 Nordic Football Championship

The 1937–47 Nordic Football Championship was the fourth Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The tournament was arranged by the Football Association of Finland. The trophy was named Suomen Karhut (Finnish Bears). The tournament which was originally supposed to end in 1940, but the Second World War interrupted it and the last six matches were not played until 1947.

1937–47 Nordic Football Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark Finland Norway Sweden
Dates	13 June 1937 – 10 October 1947
Teams	4
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (2nd title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	118 (4.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gunnar Nordahl (7 goals)
← 1933–36 1948–51 →

Results

1937

Denmark	5-1	Norway
Kleven 20' Søbirk 30', 59' K. Hansen 64' Rasmussen 89'	Report	Martinsen 23'

13 June 1937

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Willy Peters (Germany)

Sweden	4-0	Finland
Bunke 60', 82' Persson 65' Svanström 68'	Report

16 June 1937

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 19,574

Referee: Willy Peters (Germany)

Finland	0-2	Norway
	Report	Martinsen 21', 53'

5 September 1937

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 7,881

Referee: Sölve Flisberg (Sweden)

Norway	3-2	Sweden
Brustad 44' Isaksen 74' Kvammen 76'	Report	Johansson 55' Bunke 82'

19 September 1937

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 29,344

Referee: Arthur Barton (England)

Sweden	1-2	Denmark
Persson 86'	Report	Andersen 18' Søbirk 58'

3 October 1937

14:00 (UTC+1:00)

Råsunda, Stockholm, Sweden

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Jimmy Jewell (England)

Denmark	2-1	Finland
Andersen 48' Friedmann 58'	Report	Mäkelä 24'

17 October 1937

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)

1938

Norway	9-0	Finland
Isaksen 3' Brustad 11', 22', 25', 33' Kvammen 17' (pen.), 51' Andersen 67' Arnesen 70'	Report

17 June 1938

19:30 (UTC+1:00)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Valdemar Laursen (Denmark)

Denmark	0-1	Sweden
	Report	Nyberg 35'

21 June 1938

19:00 (UTC+1:00)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 38,260

Referee: Thoralv Kristiansen (Norway)

Finland	2-4	Sweden
Lintamo 2' Granström 37'	Report	Lagerkrantz 27', 67' Bergström 51' Nyberg 74'

4 July 1938

19:00 (UTC+2:00)

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 15,366

Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

Finland	2-1	Denmark
Lintamo 15' Lehtonen 46'	Report	Sørensen 59'

31 August 1938

18:00 (UTC+2:00)

Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 11,368

Referee: Rudolf Eklöv (Sweden)

Norway	1-1	Denmark
Arnesen 33'	Report	Hansen 42'

18 September 1938

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Ullevaal stadion, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 33,065

Referee: Eklöv (Sweden)

Sweden	2-3	Norway
Persson 27' Nyberg 66'	Report	Brustad 16' Brynildsen 18' Nordahl 35'

2 October 1938

14:00 (UTC+1:00)

Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Jimmy Jewell (England)

1939

Sweden	5-1	Finland
Andersson 13' Persson 30', 64', 67' Grahn 35' (pen.)	Report	Nilsson 10' (o.g.)

9 June 1939

19:30 (UTC+1:00)

Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden

Attendance: 16,989

Referee: Reidar Randers Johansen (Norway)

Finland	1-2	Norway
Eronen 63'	Report	Andersen 7', 60'

3 September 1939

17:00 (UTC+2:00)

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 8,729

Referee: Rudolf Eklöw (Sweden)

Norway	2-3	Sweden
Navestad 8' (pen.) Yven 84'	Report	Nyberg 19', 73' Lennartsson 81'

17 September 1939

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Ullevaal stadion, Oslo, Norway

Attendance: 29,504

Referee: Einer Ulrich (Denmark)

Denmark	8-1	Finland
Nielsen 24' Thiesen 39', 57', 89' Lindbäck 48' (o.g.) Jørgensen 67' Albrechtsen 77' Søbirk 87'	Report	Granström 69'

17 September 1939

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Eklind (Sweden)

Sweden	4-1	Denmark
Lennartsson 35' Johansson 43' Nyström 57' Dahl 84'	Report	Jørgensen 7'

1 October 1939

14:00 (UTC+1:00)

Råsunda, Stockholm, Sweden

Attendance: 22,698

Referee: Dæhlen (Norway)

Denmark	4-1	Norway
Albrechtsen 6' Friedmann 49' Jørgensen 68', 85'	Report	Brynildsen 34'

22 October 1939

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Eklind (Sweden)

1947

Denmark	1-4	Sweden
K.A. Hansen 57'	Report	Nordahl 7', 22' Liedholm 33' Lindskog 49'

15 June 1947

13:30 (UTC+2:00)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Reader (England)

Sweden	7-0	Finland
Liedholm 4', 52' Nordahl 5', 30', 40' Gren 9' (pen.) Turunen 78' (o.g.)	Report

24 August 1947

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Ryavallen, Borås, Sweden

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Aksel Asmussen (Denmark)

Finland	3-3	Norway
Reunanen 10' Myntti 20', 23'	Report	Dahlen 21' Sørensen 41' Brynildsen 88' (pen.)

7 September 1947

15:00 (UTC+2:00)

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 13,533

Referee: Valdemar Laursen (Denmark)

Norway	3-5	Denmark
Thoresen 35' Osnes 42' (pen.), 71'	Report	G. Hansen 1' (o.g.) J. Hansen 10', 82' Præst 13', 83'

21 September 1947

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 34,756

Referee: Nilsson (Sweden)

Denmark	4-1	Finland
J. Hansen 2' Præst 4', 23' Sørensen 57'	Report	Stolpe 80'

10 October 1947

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus, Denmark

Attendance: 22,300

Referee: John Erik Andersson (Sweden)

Sweden	4-1	Norway
Liedholm 9' Nordahl 15', 70' Gren 71'	Report	Kvammen 41'

10 October 1947

15:00 (UTC+1:00)

Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden

Attendance: 36,134

Referee: George Reader (England)

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	12	9	0	3	41	16	+25	18
2	Denmark	12	7	1	4	34	21	+13	15
3	Norway	12	5	2	5	31	30	+1	12
4	Finland	12	1	1	10	12	51	–39	3

Winners

1937–47 Nordic Football Championship winners
Sweden Second title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.92 goals per match.

7 goals

• Gunnar Nordahl

6 goals

• Erik Persson
• Arne Brustad

5 goals

• Arne Nyberg

4 goals

• Nils Liedholm
• Karl Aage Præst
• Pauli Jørgensen
• Helmuth Søbirk
• Reidar Kvammen

3 goals

• Jørgen Wagner Hansen
• Oskar Theisen
• Alf Martinsen
• Torkild Andersen
• Knut Brynildsen
• Lennart Bunke

2 goals

• Alex Friedmann
• Kaj Hansen
• Knud Andersen
• Svend Albrechtsen
• Holger Granström
• Nuutti Lintamo
• Stig-Göran Myntti
• Magnar Isaksen
• Trygve Arnesen
• Knut Osnes
• Floyd Lagerkrantz
• Ragnar Lennartsson
• Gunnar Gren

1 goal

• Arne Sørensen
• Arno Nielsen
• Eyolf Kleven
• Jørgen Leschly Sørensen
• Karl Aage Hansen
• Peder Rasmussen
• Aatos Lehtonen
• Pentti Eronen
• Eino Mäkelä
• Harry Reunanen
• Olof Stolpe
• Gunnar Dahlen
• Gunnar Thoresen
• Hans Nordahl
• Harry Yven
• Olav Navestad
• Odd Wang Sørensen
• Åke Andersson
• Gösta Dahl
• Karl-Erik Grahn
• Kurt Svanström
• Knut Johansson
• Georg Johansson
• Gunnar Bergström
• Lennart Lindskog
• Stig Nyström

See also

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup

References

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
• Aarhus, Lars; Elbech, Søren; Pietarinen, Heikki (2001-02-06). "Nordic Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
• "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU. Retrieved 2007-03-16.

External links

• Nordic Championships 1937-47 at RSSSF