1939–40 in Swedish football

The 1939–40 season in Swedish football, starting August 1939 and ending July 1940:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
1939–40 Swedish Champions	IF Elfsborg	Winners of Allsvenskan

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1939–40	IF Elfsborg
2nd level	Division 2 Norra 1939–40	Reymersholms IK
	Division 2 Östra 1939–40	IFK Norrköping
	Division 2 Västra 1939–40	Degerfors IF
	Division 2 Södra 1939–40	IS Halmia

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Östra 1939–40	Allsvenskan 1940–41	IFK Norrköping	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 2 Västra 1939–40		Degerfors IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1939–40	Division 2 Norra 1940–41	Sundbybergs IK	Winners of Östsvenska
		Hofors AIF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1939–40	Division 2 Östra 1940–41	Åtvidabergs FF	2nd team in Mellansvenska[1]
		Örebro SK	Winners of promotion play-off
		Örebro FF	2nd team in Centralserien, norra[2]
Division 3 1939–40	Division 2 Västra 1940–41	Arvika BK	Winners of Nordvästra
		Lundby IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1939–40	Division 2 Södra 1940–41	Kalmar AIK	Winners of Sydöstra
		IFK Kristianstad	Winners of Sydsvenska

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Norra 1939–40	Division 2 Östra 1940–41	IFK Västerås	Geographical composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1939–40	Division 2 Västra 1940–41	Örgryte IS	11th team
	Division 2 Norra 1940–41	Hammarby IF	12th team
Division 2 Norra 1939–40	Division 3 1940–41	Ljusne AIK	9th team
		Enköpings SK	10th team
Division 2 Östra 1939–40	Division 3 1940–41	Skärbläcka IF	Withdrew[2]
		IK Tord	9th team
		IFK Kumla	10th team
Division 2 Västra 1939–40	Division 3 1940–41	Jonsereds IF	9th team
		IF Örnen	10th team
Division 2 Södra 1939–40	Division 3 1940–41	IFK Trelleborg	9th team
		Ängelholms IF	10th team

Domestic results

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

Allsvenskan 1939–40

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1[3]	IF Elfsborg	22	13	6	3	66	–	31	+35	32
2[3]	IFK Göteborg	22	15	2	5	49	–	27	+22	32
3	Helsingborgs IF	22	12	3	7	49	–	32	+17	27
4	IK Brage	22	10	6	6	42	–	38	+4	26
5	Sandvikens IF	22	10	2	10	38	–	37	+1	22
6[3]	AIK	22	8	5	9	38	–	38	0	21
7[3]	Landskrona BoIS	22	7	7	8	42	–	50	-8	21
8[3]	IK Sleipner	22	8	5	9	33	–	49	-16	21
9	Gårda BK	22	5	10	7	27	–	39	-12	20
10	Malmö FF	22	4	10	8	25	–	28	-3	18
11	Örgryte IS	22	3	8	11	28	–	44	-16	14
12	Hammarby IF	22	3	4	15	34	–	58	-24	10

Allsvenskan promotion play-off 1939–40

IFK Norrköping	3–2	Reymersholms IK

June 2, 1940

?, Norrköping

Reymersholms IK	3–4	IFK Norrköping

June 9, 1940

?, Solna

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IS Halmia	3–3	Degerfors IF

June 2, 1940

?, Halmstad

Degerfors IF	1–0	IS Halmia

June 9, 1940

?, Degerfors

Division 2 Norra 1939–40

Norra

Östra

Västra

Södra

[4]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Reymersholms IK	18	13	2	3	58	–	24	+34	28
2	Djurgårdens IF	18	10	6	2	39	–	17	+22	26
3	Gefle IF	18	10	3	5	47	–	32	+15	23
4[3]	Värtans IK	18	9	3	6	33	–	25	+8	21
5[3]	Ludvika FfI	18	8	5	5	40	–	33	+7	21
6	Nynäshamns IF	18	7	3	8	34	–	43	-9	17
7	Sandvikens AIK	18	7	0	11	30	–	40	-10	14
8	IFK Västerås	18	4	5	9	25	–	41	-16	13
9	Ljusne AIK	18	4	3	11	25	–	39	-14	11
10	Enköpings SK	18	2	2	14	13	–	50	-37	6

Division 2 Östra 1939–40

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Norrköping	18	13	3	2	46	–	15	+31	29
2	Surahammars IF	18	10	6	2	42	–	16	+26	26
3	IFK Eskilstuna	18	10	3	5	46	–	26	+20	23
4	Mjölby AI	18	9	4	5	40	–	32	+8	22
5	Hallstahammars SK	18	10	1	7	39	–	29	+10	21
6[3]	Skärblacka IF[2]	18	6	3	9	32	–	38	-6	15
7[3]	Husqvarna IF	18	6	3	9	25	–	40	-15	15
8[3]	Finspångs AIK	18	5	3	10	36	–	49	-13	13
9[3]	IK Tord	18	5	3	10	28	–	54	-26	13
10	IFK Kumla	18	0	3	15	19	–	54	-35	3

Division 2 Västra 1939–40

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Degerfors IF	18	16	0	2	69	–	14	+55	32
2	Karlskoga IF	18	10	2	6	51	–	26	+25	22
3[3]	GAIS	18	9	3	6	48	–	31	+17	21
4[3]	Skara IF	18	10	1	7	41	–	29	+12	21
5[3]	Varbergs BoIS	18	9	1	8	44	–	33	+11	19
6[3]	Tidaholms GIF	18	8	3	7	33	–	37	-4	19
7[3]	Deje IK	18	6	3	9	32	–	37	-5	15
8[3]	Billingsfors IK	18	7	1	10	28	–	39	-11	15
9	Jonsereds IF	18	4	5	9	34	–	51	-17	13
10	IF Örnen	18	1	1	16	15	–	98	-83	3

Division 2 Södra 1939–40

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IS Halmia	18	13	3	2	57	–	21	+36	29
2	Malmö BI	18	9	5	4	31	–	22	+9	23
3[3]	Halmstads BK	18	8	6	4	37	–	23	+14	22
4[3]	IFK Värnamo	18	10	2	6	34	–	22	+12	22
5[3]	BK Landora	18	9	4	5	42	–	32	+10	22
6	Olofströms IF	18	6	6	6	38	–	45	-7	18
7	IFK Malmö	18	5	5	8	35	–	39	-4	15
8	Höganäs BK	18	3	7	8	24	–	36	-12	13
9	IFK Trelleborg	18	2	7	9	23	–	43	-20	11
10	Ängelholms IF	18	1	3	14	17	–	55	-38	5

Division 2 promotion play-off 1939–40

Iggesunds IK	5–0	Hofors AIF

June 9, 1940

?, ?

Hofors AIF	2–1	Iggesunds IK

June 16, 1940

?, ?

Hofors AIF	2–0[5]	Iggesunds IK

June 23, 1940

?, ?

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IF Rune	4–6	Örebro SK

June 2, 1940

?, ?

Örebro SK	5–1	IF Rune

June 9, 1940

?, ?

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Kinna IF	1–3	Lundby IF

June 2, 1940

?, ?

Lundby IF	5–1	Kinna IF

June 9, 1940

?, ?

National team results

Norway	2–3	Sweden
Navestad 8' (p) Yven 84'		Nyberg 19', 73' Lennartson 81'

September 17, 1939
1937–47 Nordic Championship
№ 225

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 29,504

Referee: Ulrich (Denmark)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Källström - Gösta Dahl, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Knut Johansson, Ragnar Lennartsson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.

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Sweden	4–1	Denmark
Lennartson 40' Johansson 43' Nyström 58' Dahl 85'		Jørgensen 8'

October 1, 1939
1937–47 Nordic Championship
№ 226

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 23,354

Referee: Daehlen (Norway)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Källström - Gösta Dahl, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Knut Johansson, Ragnar Lennartsson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.

National team players in season 1939/40

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist)	GK	2	0	Hammarby IF
Gösta Dahl	MF	2	1	IF Elfsborg
Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson	MF	2	0	IF Elfsborg
Karl-Erik Grahn	MF	2	0	IF Elfsborg
Knut Johansson	FW	2	1	IF Elfsborg
Sven "Jonas" Jonasson	FW	2	0	IF Elfsborg
Erik "Järnbacken" Källström	DF	2	0	IF Elfsborg
Ragnar "Raggen" Lennartsson	FW	2	2	IF Elfsborg
Harry Nilsson	DF	2	0	Landskrona BoIS
Arne Nyberg	FW	2	2	IFK Göteborg
Stig Nyström	FW	2	1	IK Brage