1938–39 in Swedish football

The 1938-39 season in Swedish football, starting August 1938 and ending July 1939:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
1938–39 Swedish Champions	IF Elfsborg	Winners of Allsvenskan

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1938–39	IF Elfsborg
2nd level	Division 2 Norra 1938–39	Hammarby IF
	Division 2 Östra 1938–39	IFK Norrköping
	Division 2 Västra 1938–39	IFK Göteborg
	Division 2 Södra 1938–39	Halmstads BK
Regional Championship	Norrländska Mästerskapet[1] 1939	Domsjö IF

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Norra 1938–39	Allsvenskan 1939–40	Hammarby IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 2 Västra 1938–39		IFK Göteborg	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1938–39	Division 2 Norra 1939–40	Nynäshamns IF	Winners of Östsvenska
		Sandvikens AIK	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1938–39	Division 2 Östra 1939–40	Finspångs AIK	Winners of Mellansvenska
		IFK Kumla	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1938–39	Division 2 Västra 1939–40	IF Örnen	Winners of Nordvästra
		Skara IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1938–39	Division 2 Södra 1939–40	Olofströms IF	Winners of Sydöstra
		Ängelholms IF	Winners of Sydsvenska

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Östra 1938–39	Division 2 Norra 1939–40	IFK Västerås	Geographical composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1938–39	Division 2 Västra 1939–40	Degerfors IF	11th team
	Division 2 Östra 1939–40	Hallstahammars SK	12th team
Division 2 Norra 1938–39	Division 3 1939–40	Bollnäs GIF	9th team
		IFK Grängesberg	10th team
Division 2 Östra 1938–39	Division 3 1939–40	IF Rune	9th team
		Motala AIF	10th team
Division 2 Västra 1938–39	Division 3 1939–40	Arvika BK	9th team
		Fässbergs IF	10th team
Division 2 Södra 1938–39	Division 3 1939–40	Oskarströms IS	9th team
		Kalmar AIK	10th team

Domestic results

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

Allsvenskan 1938–39

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IF Elfsborg	22	15	4	3	65	–	26	+39	34
2[2]	AIK	22	11	3	8	49	–	34	+15	25
3[2]	Malmö FF	22	9	7	6	30	–	29	+1	25
4[2]	Landskrona BoIS	22	9	7	6	29	–	36	-7	25
5	Gårda BK	22	7	8	7	38	–	37	+1	22
6	IK Brage	22	6	9	7	33	–	38	-5	21
7[2]	IK Sleipner	22	8	4	10	43	–	44	-1	20
8[2]	Sandvikens IF	22	9	2	11	34	–	36	-2	20
9[2]	Helsingborgs IF	22	7	6	9	29	–	33	-4	20
10[2]	Örgryte IS	22	8	3	11	39	–	43	-4	19
11[2]	Degerfors IF	22	9	1	12	43	–	52	-9	19
12	Hallstahammars SK	22	4	6	12	27	–	51	-29	14

Allsvenskan promotion play-off 1938–39

June 4, 1939

IFK Norrköping	1–3	Hammarby IF

?, Norrköping

June 11, 1939

Hammarby IF	1–0	IFK Norrköping

?, Stockholm

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June 4, 1939

Halmstads BK	0–3	IFK Göteborg

?, Halmstad

June 11, 1939

IFK Göteborg	2–1	Halmstads BK

?, Gothenburg

Division 2 Norra 1938–39

Norra

Östra

Västra

Södra

[1]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Hammarby IF	18	12	2	4	46	–	20	+26	26
2	Ludvika FfI	18	10	4	4	40	–	27	+13	24
3	Djurgårdens IF	18	9	4	5	43	–	32	+11	22
4[2]	Ljusne AIK	18	7	6	5	41	–	28	+13	20
5[2]	Reymersholms IK	18	7	6	5	40	–	30	+10	20
6	Värtans IK	18	8	2	8	29	–	28	+1	18
7	Gefle IF	18	7	3	8	37	–	37	0	17
8	Enköpings SK	18	5	5	8	27	–	43	-16	15
9	Bollnäs GIF	18	4	2	12	18	–	50	-32	10
10	IFK Grängesberg	18	2	4	12	26	–	52	-26	8

Division 2 Östra 1938–39

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Norrköping	18	13	3	2	44	–	15	+29	29
2	IFK Eskilstuna	18	13	2	3	59	–	19	+40	28
3	Skärblacka IF	18	11	2	5	47	–	25	+22	24
4	Surahammars IF	18	7	5	6	37	–	30	+7	19
5[2]	Mjölby AI	18	7	3	8	33	–	35	-2	17
6[2]	Husqvarna IF	18	7	3	8	29	–	55	-26	17
7	IK Tord	18	6	4	8	27	–	31	-4	16
8	IFK Västerås	18	6	3	9	31	–	35	-4	15
9	IF Rune	18	2	4	12	35	–	66	-31	10
10	Motala AIF	18	3	1	14	25	–	56	-30	7

Division 2 Västra 1938–39

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IFK Göteborg	18	13	4	1	48	–	11	+37	30
2	GAIS	18	12	5	1	42	–	13	+29	29
3	Varbergs BoIS	18	12	2	4	38	–	22	+16	26
4	Tidaholms GIF	18	8	5	5	40	–	24	+16	21
5	Billingsfors IK	18	8	2	8	31	–	37	-6	18
6	Karlskoga IF	18	5	6	7	29	–	37	-8	16
7	Jonsereds IF	18	6	3	9	27	–	25	+2	15
8	Deje IK	18	3	4	11	27	–	45	-18	10
9	Arvika BK	18	2	4	12	28	–	63	-35	8
10	Fässbergs IF	18	2	3	13	21	–	54	-33	7

Division 2 Södra 1938–39

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1[2]	Halmstads BK	18	14	1	3	54	–	20	+34	29
2[2]	IS Halmia	18	13	3	2	49	–	22	+27	29
3	BK Landora	18	9	4	5	38	–	30	+8	22
4[3]	Malmö BI	18	9	1	8	39	–	39	0	19
5[3]	IFK Trelleborg	18	8	3	7	42	–	42	0	19
6	IFK Värnamo	18	7	4	7	36	–	32	+4	18
7	IFK Malmö	18	6	2	10	41	–	49	-8	14
8	Höganäs BK	18	5	2	11	30	–	42	-12	12
9	Oskarströms IS	18	4	3	11	25	–	36	-11	11
10	Kalmar AIK	18	2	3	13	23	–	65	-42	7

Division 2 promotion play-off 1938–39

June 4, 1939

Sandvikens AIK	0–0	Iggesunds IK

?, ?

June 11, 1939

Iggesunds IK	1–1	Sandvikens AIK

?, ?

June 18, 1939

Sandvikens AIK	3–1[4]	Iggesunds IK

?, ?

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June 4, 1939

Katrineholms AIK	1–3	IFK Kumla

?, ?

June 11, 1939

IFK Kumla	5–1	Katrineholms AIK

?, ?

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June 4, 1939

Skara IF	5–1	Skogens IF

?, ?

June 7, 1939

Skogens IF	3–0	Skara IF

?, ?

June 11, 1939

Skara IF	3–1[4]	Skogens IF

?, ?

Norrländska Mästerskapet 1939

Final

July 23, 1939

Domsjö IF	1–1 2–1 (aet)	Bodens BK

?, Domsjö

National team results

August 7, 1938
Friendly
№ 218

Sweden	2–6	Czechoslovakia
Bergström 54' Nyberg 61'		Horák 13' Bican 29', 33', 79' Senecký 72', 88'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 20,927

Referee: Capdeville (France)

Sweden: Henock Abrahamsson - Erik Nilsson, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Arne Linderholm, Arthur Svensson - Arne Nyberg, Sven Jonasson, Knut Hansson, Gunnar Bergström, Åke Andersson.

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September 4, 1938
Friendly
№ 219

Norway	2–1	Sweden
Arnesen 22' Brynhildsen 62'		Hansson 15'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Laursen (Denmark)

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Erik Nilsson, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Arne Linderholm, Arthur Svensson - Arne Nyberg, Sven Jonasson, Knut Hansson, Gunnar Bergström, Arne Bryngelsson.

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October 2, 1938
1937–47 Nordic Championship
№ 220

Sweden	2–3	Norway
Persson 27' Nyberg 66'		Brustad 16' Brynhildsen 18' Nordahl 35'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 38,112

Referee: Jerwell (England)

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Erik Nilsson, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Arvid Emanuelsson, Arthur Svensson - Arne Nyberg, Erik Persson, Knut Hansson, Sven Jonasson, Arne Bryngelsson.

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June 2, 1939
Friendly
№ 221

Sweden	3–2	Norway
Martinsson 59' Andersson 69' Persson 84'		Frantzen 39',[5] 43'

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 28,283

Referee: Laursen (Denmark)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Nilsson - Kurt Svanström, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Curt Hjelm, Erik Persson, Fridolf Martinsson, Gunnar Bergström, Åke Andersson.

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June 9, 1939
1937–47 Nordic Championship
№ 222

Sweden	5–1	Finland
Andersson 13' Persson 30', 64', 67' Grahn 35' (p)		Nilsson 10' (og)

Råsunda, Solna

Attendance: 16,862

Referee: Randers-Johansen (Norway)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Nilsson - Kurt Svanström, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Erik Persson, Fridolf Martinsson, Gunnar Bergström, Åke Andersson.

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June 11, 1939
Friendly
№ 223

Sweden	7–0	Lithuania
Larsson 1', 87' Hjelm 9', 12' Nyström 31' Lundin 59' (p) Karlsson 72'

Tingvalla IP, Karlstad

Attendance: 5,631

Referee: Daehlen (Norway)

Sweden: Erik Andersson - Erik Eriksson, Erik Lundin - Roland Lindberg, Sven Jacobsson, Göte Ellström - Stig Nyström, Curt Hjelm, Knut Johansson, Willis Karlsson, Ragnar Larsson.

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June 14, 1939
Jubilee tournament
(DBU - 50)
semi-finals
№ 224

Norway	1–0	Sweden
Martinsen 83'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Birlem (Germany)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Nilsson - Kurt Svanström, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Erik Persson, Fridolf Martinsson, Gunnar Bergström, Åke Andersson.

National team players in season 1938/39

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Henock Abrahamsson	GK	1	0	Gårda BK
Erik Almgren	MF	3	0	AIK
Åke "Carnera" Andersson	FW	4	2	AIK
Erik "Fjösarn" Andersson	GK	1	0	Landskrona BoIS
Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist)	GK	3	0	Hammarby IF
Gunnar Bergström	FW	5	1	IK Brage
Arne Bryngelsson	FW	2	0	Sandvikens IF
Göte Ellström	MF	1	0	Örgryte IS
Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson	MF	4	0	IF Elfsborg
Erik Eriksson	DF	1	0	IK Brage
Karl-Erik Grahn	MF	3	1	IF Elfsborg
Knut "Buckla" Hansson	FW	3	1	Landskrona BoIS
Curt Hjelm	FW	2	2	IK Sleipner
Sven "Jack" Jacobsson	MF	1	0	GAIS
Knut Johansson	FW	1	0	IF Elfsborg
Sven "Jonas" Jonasson	FW	3	0	IF Elfsborg
Olle "Plåten" Källgren	DF	3	0	Sandvikens IF
Willis Karlsson (Carlsson)	FW	1	1	Billingsfors IK
Ragnar Larsson	FW	1	2	IFK Eskilstuna
Roland Lindberg	MF	1	0	Gårda BK
Arne Linderholm	MF	2	0	IK Sleipner
Erik Lundin	DF	1	1	Degerfors IF
Fridolf Martinsson	FW	3	1	Örgryte IS
Erik Nilsson	DF	6	0	Malmö FF
Harry Nilsson	DF	3	0	Landskrona BoIS
Arne Nyberg	FW	5	2	IFK Göteborg
Stig Nyström	FW	1	1	IK Brage
Erik "Lillis" Persson	FW	4	5	AIK
Gustav "Gurra" Sjöberg	GK	2	0	AIK
Kurt Svanström	MF	3	0	Örgryte IS
Arthur Svensson	MF	3	0	AIK