1941–42 in Swedish football

The 1941–42 season in Swedish football, starting August 1941 and ending July 1942:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
1941–42 Swedish Champions	IFK Göteborg	Winners of Allsvenskan
1941 Swedish Cup Champions	Helsingborgs IF	Winners of Svenska Cupen

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1941–42	IFK Göteborg
2nd level	Division 2 Norra 1941–42	IK Brage
	Division 2 Östra 1941–42	IFK Eskilstuna
	Division 2 Västra 1941–42	Lundby IF
	Division 2 Södra 1941–42	Halmstads BK
Regional Championship	Norrländska Mästerskapet[1] 1942	GIF Sundsvall
Cup	Svenska Cupen 1941	Helsingborgs IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Östra 1941–42	Allsvenskan 1942–43	IFK Eskilstuna	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 2 Södra 1941–42		Halmstads BK	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1941–42	Division 2 Norra 1942–43	Hagalunds IS	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1941–42	Division 2 Östra 1942–43	Avesta AIK	Winners of promotion play-off
		Nyköpings AIK	Winners of promotion play-off
		IF Verdandi	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1941–42	Division 2 Västra 1942–43	IFK Trollhättan	Winners of promotion play-off
		IFK Uddevalla	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1941–42	Division 2 Södra 1942–43	Bromölla IF	Winners of promotion play-off
		Varbergs BoIS	Winners of promotion play-off

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1941–42	Division 2 Södra 1942–43	Landskrona BoIS	11th team
	Division 2 Norra 1942–43	Reymersholms IK	12th team
Division 2 Norra 1941–42	Division 3 1942–43	Ljusne AIK	9th team
		IFK Lidingö	10th team
Division 2 Östra 1941–42	Division 3 1942–43	IK City	9th team
		Mjölby AI	10th team
Division 2 Västra 1941–42	Division 3 1942–43	Karlstads BIK	9th team
		Skara IF	10th team
Division 2 Södra 1941–42	Division 3 1942–43	Kalmar AIK	9th team
		IFK Kristianstad	10th team

Domestic results

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

Allsvenskan 1941–42

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Göteborg	22	14	3	5	48	–	29	+19	31
2	GAIS	22	10	7	5	46	–	31	+15	27
3	IFK Norrköping	22	12	2	8	50	–	35	+15	26
4	Helsingborgs IF	22	11	4	7	42	–	27	+15	26
5	Malmö FF	22	9	7	6	37	–	33	+4	25
6	Degerfors IF	22	9	5	8	43	–	35	+8	23
7	IF Elfsborg	22	8	6	8	35	–	29	+6	22
8	Gårda BK	22	9	4	9	34	–	46	-12	22
9	AIK	22	7	7	8	37	–	34	+3	21
10	Sandvikens IF	22	6	3	13	27	–	45	-18	15
11	Landskrona BoIS	22	5	4	13	22	–	47	-25	14
12	Reymersholms IK	22	4	4	14	27	–	57	-30	12

Allsvenskan promotion play-off 1941–42

IFK Eskilstuna	3–0	IK Brage

May 31, 1942

?, Eskilstuna

IK Brage	4–1	IFK Eskilstuna

June 7, 1942

?, Borlänge

IFK Eskilstuna	2–0[2]	IK Brage

June 14, 1942

?, Solna

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Lundby IF	1–1	Halmstads BK

May 31, 1942

?, Gothenburg

Halmstads BK	2–1	Lundby IF

June 7, 1942

?, Halmstad

Division 2 Norra 1941–42

Norra

Östra

Västra

Södra

[1]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IK Brage	18	10	4	4	49	–	22	+27	24
2	Hammarby IF	18	9	6	3	55	–	35	+20	24
3	Sandvikens AIK	18	10	2	6	39	–	25	+14	22
4	Hofors AIF	18	7	4	7	31	–	37	-6	18
5	Djurgårdens IF	18	6	4	8	27	–	26	+1	16
6	Ludvika FfI	18	7	2	9	39	–	44	-5	16
7	Sundbybergs IK	18	4	7	7	30	–	38	-8	15
8	Gefle IF	18	4	7	7	33	–	43	-10	15
9	Ljusne AIK	18	6	3	9	42	–	57	-15	15
10	IFK Lidingö	18	7	1	10	32	–	50	-18	15

Division 2 Östra 1941–42

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Eskilstuna	18	12	4	2	46	–	22	+24	28
2	Surahammars IF	18	10	3	5	31	–	23	+8	23
3	IK Sleipner	18	9	4	5	38	–	24	+14	22
4	Örebro SK	18	9	3	6	35	–	30	+5	21
5	Hallstahammars SK	18	8	3	7	28	–	28	0	19
6	Finspångs AIK	18	7	4	7	37	–	43	-6	18
7	IFK Västerås	18	4	7	7	28	–	29	-1	15
8	Åtvidabergs FF	18	5	5	8	30	–	33	-3	15
9	IK City	18	5	5	8	23	–	29	-6	15
10	Mjölby AI	18	2	0	16	17	–	52	-35	4

Division 2 Västra 1941–42

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Lundby IF	18	13	3	2	60	–	20	+40	29
2	Tidaholms GIF	18	12	2	4	50	–	35	+15	26
3	Örgryte IS	18	7	7	4	36	–	28	+8	21
4	Karlskoga IF	18	7	5	6	33	–	24	+9	19
5	Billingsfors IK	18	9	1	8	40	–	36	+4	19
6	Skogens IF	18	7	3	8	40	–	50	-10	17
7	Waggeryds IK	18	5	6	7	43	–	52	-9	16
8	Deje IK	18	5	3	10	30	–	45	-15	13
9	Karlstads BIK	18	4	3	11	33	–	50	-17	11
10	Skara IF	18	3	3	12	22	–	47	-25	9

Division 2 Södra 1941–42

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Halmstads BK	18	13	1	4	55	–	20	+35	27
2	IS Halmia	18	12	1	5	46	–	23	+23	25
3	Höganäs BK	18	9	2	7	38	–	33	+5	20
4	Nybro IF	18	9	1	8	39	–	37	+2	19
5	BK Landora	18	7	2	9	42	–	42	0	16
6	Olofströms IF	18	7	2	9	32	–	41	-9	16
7	IFK Trelleborg	18	7	2	9	31	–	44	-13	16
8	IFK Malmö	18	6	3	9	32	–	50	-18	15
9	Kalmar AIK	18	6	2	10	38	–	51	-13	14
10	IFK Kristianstad	18	5	2	11	31	–	43	-12	12

Division 2 promotion play-off 1941–42

1st round

IFK Åmål	1–1	IFK Uddevalla

May 17, 1942

?, ?

IFK Uddevalla	1–1	IFK Åmål

May 25, 1942

?, ?

IFK Åmål	?–?[2] 1–3 (aet)	IFK Uddevalla

May 28, 1942

?, ?

2nd round

Iggesunds IK	1–1	Avesta AIK

June 7, 1942

?, ?

Avesta AIK	2–1	Iggesunds IK

June 14, 1942

?, ?

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Örtakoloniens IF	1–1	Hagalunds IS

May 31, 1942

?, ?

Hagalunds IS	9–0	Örtakoloniens IF

June 7, 1942

?, ?

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Västerås IK	0–2	IF Verdandi

May 31, 1942

?, ?

IF Verdandi	5–1	Västerås IK

June 7, 1942

?, ?

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Storfors FF	3–3	IFK Uddevalla

May 31, 1942

?, ?

IFK Uddevalla	3–0	Storfors FF

June 7, 1942

?, ?

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IFK Trollhättan	2–1	Krokslätts FF

May 31, 1942

?, ?

Krokslätts FF	0–2	IFK Trollhättan

June 7, 1942

?, ?

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Varbergs BoIS	3–0	Klippans BIF

May 31, 1942

?, ?

Klippans BIF	2–1	Varbergs BoIS

June 7, 1942

?, ?

Varbergs BoIS	2–0[2]	Klippans BIF

June 14, 1942

?, ?

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Husqvarna IF	3–0	Nyköpings AIK

May 31, 1942

?, ?

Nyköpings AIK	4–0	Husqvarna IF

June 7, 1942

?, ?

Husqvarna IF	0–1[2]	Nyköpings AIK

May 31, 1942

?, ?

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IFK Oskarshamn	3–0	Bromölla IF

May 31, 1942

?, ?

Bromölla IF	6–3	IFK Oskarshamn

June 7, 1942

?, ?

IFK Oskarshamn	4–5[2]	Bromölla IF

May 31, 1942

?, ?

Norrländska Mästerskapet 1942

Final

GIF Sundsvall	2–1	IFK Holmsund

July 19, 1942

Idrottsparken, Sundsvall

Svenska Cupen 1941

Final

Helsingborgs IF	3–1	IK Sleipner

October 26, 1941

Råsunda, Solna

National team results

Sweden	2–2	Denmark
Carlsson 71' Jacobsson 74'		Pløger 25' Hansen 39'

September 14, 1941
Friendly
№ 231

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 33,894

Referee: Fink (Germany)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Hilding Gustafsson - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Sven Jacobsson, Henry Carlsson, Åke Andersson.

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Sweden	4–2	Germany
Carlsson 24', 49', 80' Mårtensson 28'		Lehner 29' Walter 89'

October 5, 1941
Friendly
№ 232

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 36,532

Referee: Laursen (Denmark)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Hilding Gustafsson ( Börje Leander) - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Malte Mårtensson, Erik Holmqvist, Oskar Holmqvist, Henry Carlsson, Åke Andersson.

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Denmark	2–1	Sweden
Pløger 57' Hansen 74'		Holmqvist 61'

October 19, 1941
Friendly
№ 233

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 42,360

Referee: Viinioksa (Finland)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Hilding Gustafsson - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Malte Mårtensson, Erik Holmqvist, Oskar Holmqvist, Henry Carlsson, Åke Andersson.

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Denmark	0–3	Sweden
		Hansen 38' (og) Nordahl 40' Carlsson 68'

June 28, 1942
Friendly
№ 234

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 40,360

Referee: Alho (Finland)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Rickard Ödéhn - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Malte Mårtensson, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Henry Carlsson, Jan Östlund.

National team players in season 1941/42

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Åke "Carnera" Andersson	FW	3	0	AIK
Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist)	GK	4	0	Hammarby IF
Henry "Garvis" Carlsson	FW	4	5	AIK
Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson	MF	4	0	IF Elfsborg
Karl-Erik Grahn	MF	4	0	IF Elfsborg
Gunnar "Il Professore" Gren	FW	2	0	IFK Göteborg
Hilding "Moggli" Gustafsson	DF	3	0	Reymersholms IK
Erik "Mulle" Holmqvist (Holmquist) Eric Holmqvist	FW	2	0	IFK Norrköping
Oskar "Masse" Holmqvist (Holmquist) Oscar Holmqvist	FW	2	1	IFK Norrköping
Sven "Jack" Jacobsson	FW	1	1	GAIS
Börje Leander	MF	1	0	AIK
Malte "Svarta Blixten" Mårtensson	FW	3	1	Hälsingborgs IF
Harry Nilsson	DF	4	0	Landskrona BoIS (3) AIK (1)
Gunnar Nordahl	FW	1	1	Degerfors IF
Arne Nyberg	FW	1	0	IFK Göteborg
Rickard (Richard) Ödéhn	DF	1	0	IF Elfsborg
Jan Östlund	FW	1	0	Halmstads BK
Erik Persson	MF	4	0	Landskrona BoIS

Notes

1. 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.
2. 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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