1936–37 in Swedish football

The 1936-37 season in Swedish football, starting August 1936 and ending July 1937:

Honours

Official titles

Title	Team	Reason
1936–37 Swedish Champions	AIK	Winners of Allsvenskan

Competitions

Level	Competition	Team
1st level	Allsvenskan 1936–37	AIK
2nd level	Division 2 Norra 1936–37	IK Brage
	Division 2 Östra 1936–37	Hammarby IF
	Division 2 Västra 1936–37	Degerfors IF
	Division 2 Södra 1936–37	Helsingborgs IF
Regional Championship	Norrländska Mästerskapet[1] 1937	Bodens BK

Promotions, relegations and qualifications

Promotions

Promoted from	Promoted to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Norra 1936–37	Allsvenskan 1937–38	IK Brage	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 2 Södra 1936–37		Helsingborgs IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1936–37	Division 2 Norra 1937–38	Sundbybergs IK	Winners of Östsvenska
		Skutskärs IF	Winners of promotion play-off
Division 3 1936–37	Division 2 Östra 1937–38	Katrineholms AIK	Winners of Mellansvenska
		Motala AIF	Winners of Södra Mellansvenska
Division 3 1936–37	Division 2 Västra 1937–38	Arvika BK	Winners of Nordvästra
Division 3 1936–37	Division 2 Södra 1937–38	IFK Trelleborg	Winners of Sydsvenska
		IFK Värnamo	Winners of Sydöstra
		Varbergs BoIS	Winners of promotion play-off

League transfers

Transferred from	Transferred to	Team	Reason
Division 2 Östra 1936–37	Division 2 Norra 1937–38	Hammarby IF	Geographical composition
		Reymersholms IK	Geographical composition
		Värtans IK	Geographical composition
Division 2 Norra 1936–37	Division 2 Östra 1937–38	Hallstahammars SK	Geographical composition
		Surahammars IF	Geographical composition
		IFK Västerås	Geographical composition
Division 2 Östra 1936–37	Division 2 Västra 1937–38	IK Tord	Geographical composition

Relegations

Relegated from	Relegated to	Team	Reason
Allsvenskan 1936–37	Division 2 Norra 1937–38	Djurgårdens IF	11th team
	Division 2 Östra 1937–38	IFK Norrköping	12th team
Division 2 Norra 1936–37	Division 3 1937–38	IF Rune	9th team
		Fagersta AIK	10th team
Division 2 Östra 1936–37	Division 3 1937–38	Husqvarna IF	9th team
		Årsta SK	10th team
Division 2 Västra 1936–37	Division 3 1937–38	IFK Örebro	9th team
		IFK Kristinehamn	10th team
Division 2 Södra 1936–37	Division 3 1937–38	Ängelholms IF	9th team
		Växjö BK	10th team

Domestic results

Allsvenskan 1936–37

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	AIK	22	17	2	3	59	–	24	+35	36
2	IK Sleipner	22	12	3	7	45	–	41	+4	27
3[2]	Örgryte IS	22	10	5	7	45	–	32	+13	25
4[2]	Sandvikens IF	22	12	1	9	46	–	34	+12	25
5	IF Elfsborg	22	10	4	8	41	–	33	+8	24
6[2]	Malmö FF	22	9	3	10	39	–	45	-6	21
7[2]	IFK Göteborg	22	8	5	9	34	–	40	-6	21
8[2]	GAIS	22	9	3	10	27	–	36	-9	21
9	Landskrona BoIS	22	9	1	12	33	–	42	-9	19
10	Gårda BK	22	6	6	10	30	–	44	-14	18
11	Djurgårdens IF	22	6	2	14	39	–	52	-13	14
12	IFK Norrköping	22	5	3	14	31	–	46	-15	13

Allsvenskan promotion play-off 1936–37

IK Brage v Hammarby IF

June 6, 1937

IK Brage	2–0	Hammarby IF

?, Borlänge

Hammarby IF v IK Brage

June 11, 1937

Hammarby IF	2–5	IK Brage

?, Stockholm

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Helsingborgs IF v Degerfors IF

June 6, 1937

Helsingborgs IF	4–1	Degerfors IF

?, Helsingborg

Degerfors IF v Helsingborgs IF

June 13, 1937

Degerfors IF	1–3	Helsingborgs IF

?, Degerfors

Division 2 Norra 1936–37

Norra

Östra

Västra

Södra

[1]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	IK Brage	18	16	1	1	70	–	21	+49	33
2[2]	Ljusne AIK	18	8	5	5	25	–	20	+5	21
3[2]	Gefle IF	18	8	5	5	35	–	31	+4	21
4	IFK Västerås	18	7	6	5	41	–	36	+5	20
5	Hallstahammars SK	18	8	3	7	42	–	29	+13	19
6[2]	IFK Grängesberg	18	7	4	7	39	–	37	+2	18
7[2]	Surahammars IF	18	6	6	6	35	–	34	+1	18
8	Bollnäs GIF	18	5	7	6	25	–	28	-3	16
9	IF Rune	18	2	3	13	26	–	62	-36	7
10	Fagersta AIK	18	2	2	14	22	–	65	-43	6

Division 2 Östra 1936–37

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Hammarby IF	18	9	7	2	33	–	21	+12	25
2	IK Tord	18	8	5	5	42	–	33	+9	21
3[2]	BK Derby	18	7	6	5	37	–	23	+14	20
4[2]	Skärblacka IF	18	8	4	6	36	–	31	+5	20
5[2]	Reymersholms IK	18	9	2	7	39	–	35	+4	20
6[2]	IFK Eskilstuna	18	7	3	8	46	–	33	+13	17
7[2]	Värtans IK	18	6	5	7	20	–	24	-4	17
8	Mjölby AI	18	6	4	8	32	–	40	-8	16
9	Husqvarna IF	18	4	5	9	25	–	42	-17	13
10	Årsta SK	18	3	5	10	21	–	49	-28	11

Division 2 Västra 1936–37

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Degerfors IF	18	14	2	2	62	–	29	+33	30
2	Karlskoga IF	18	12	2	4	46	–	20	+26	26
3	Alingsås IF	18	7	5	6	37	–	28	+9	19
4	Billingsfors IK	18	8	2	8	35	–	30	+5	18
5[2]	Tidaholms GIF	18	6	5	7	27	–	32	-5	17
6[2]	Jonsereds IF	18	5	7	6	27	–	34	-7	17
7	Karlstads BIK	18	6	3	9	26	–	34	-8	15
8	Fässbergs IF	18	6	2	10	29	–	39	-10	14
9[2]	IFK Örebro	18	5	2	11	25	–	47	-22	12
10[2]	IFK Kristinehamn	18	5	2	11	20	–	41	-21	12

Division 2 Södra 1936–37

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF		GA	GD	Pts
1	Helsingborgs IF	18	12	4	2	52	–	16	+36	28
2	Halmstads BK	18	11	4	3	46	–	14	+32	26
3	Höganäs BK	18	10	4	4	40	–	29	+11	24
4	Malmö BI	18	9	3	6	40	–	32	+8	21
5[2]	BK Landora	18	7	4	7	30	–	29	+1	18
6[2]	IFK Kristianstad	18	8	2	8	48	–	48	0	18
7	IFK Helsingborg	18	7	2	9	35	–	35	0	16
8	IS Halmia	18	6	2	10	27	–	36	-9	14
9	Ängelholms IF	18	5	3	10	27	–	52	-25	13
10	Växjö BK	18	1	0	17	16	–	70	-54	2

Division 2 promotion play-off 1936–37

Strands IF v Skutskärs IF

June 6, 1937

Strands IF	2–1	Skutskärs IF

?, ?

Skutskärs IF v Strands IF

June 13, 1937

Skutskärs IF	3–1	Strands IF

?, ?

Skutskärs IF v Strands IF

June 18, 1937

Skutskärs IF	2–1[3]	Strands IF

?, ?

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Kinna IF v Varbergs BoIS

June 6, 1937

Kinna IF	2–3	Varbergs BoIS

?, ?

Varbergs BoIS v Kinna IF

June 13, 1937

Varbergs BoIS	2–1	Kinna IF

?, ?

Norrländska Mästerskapet 1937

Final

Bodens BK v Sandviks IK

July 25, 1937

Bodens BK	3–2	Sandviks IK

Bandyvallen, Boden

National team results

Japan  v  Sweden

August 4, 1936 1936 Olympics 1st round (1/8 final) № 201

Japan	3–2	Sweden
Kamo 49' Ukon 62' Matsunaga 85'		Persson 24', 37'

Hertha Platz, Berlin Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Peters (Germany)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Otto Andersson, Erik Källström - Victor Carlund, Arvid Emanuelsson, Torsten Johansson - Gustaf Josefsson, Erik Persson, Sven Jonasson, Karl-Erik Grahn, Åke Hallman.

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Finland  v  Sweden

September 27, 1936 1933–36 Nordic Championship № 202

Finland	1–2	Sweden
Kanerva 85' (p)		Jonasson 44' Ericsson 50'

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Daehlen (Norway)

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Nils Axelsson, Walter Sköld - Fritz Berg, Arvid Emanuelsson, Ernst Andersson - Bertil Ericsson, Erik Persson, Sven Jonasson, Karl-Erik Grahn, Andreas Nilsson.

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Sweden  v  England

May 17, 1937 Friendly № 203

Sweden	0–4	England
		Steele 7', 13', 37' Johnson 34'

Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 34,119 Referee: Langenus (Belgium)

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Nils Axelsson, Walter Sköld - Fritz Berg, Sven Andersson, Ernst Andersson - Gustaf Josefsson, Erik Persson, Sven Jonasson, Karl-Erik Grahn, Axel Nilsson.

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Sweden  v  Finland

June 16, 1937 1938 World Cup qualification, 1937–47 Nordic Championship № 204

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

Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 19,548 Referee: Daehlen (Norway)

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Valter Lundgren, Olle Källgren - Kurt Svanström, Gunnar Löfgren, Ernst Andersson - Gustaf Josefsson, Erik Persson, Olle Zetherlund, Lennart Bunke, Axel Nilsson.

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Sweden  v  Estonia

June 20, 1937 1938 World Cup qualification № 205

Sweden	7–2	Estonia
Josefsson 7', 41' Bunke 40' Jonasson 49' (p) Wetterström 73, 77', 84'		Siimenson 2' Uukkivi 3'

Råsunda, Solna Attendance: 18,421 Referee: Remke (Denmark)

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Valter Lundgren, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Gunnar Löfgren, Kurt Svanström - Gustaf Josefsson, Sven Jonasson, Bertil Ericsson, Lennart Bunke, Gustav Wetterström.

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Poland  v  Sweden

June 23, 1937 Friendly № 206

Poland	3–1	Sweden
Wodarz 12' Piątek 24' Wilimowski 60'		Wetterström 76'

Stadion Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego, Warsaw Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Leclerq (France)

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Valter Lundgren, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Sven Jacobsson, Kurt Svanström - Gustaf Josefsson, Sven Jonasson, Bertil Ericsson, Lennart Bunke, Gustav Wetterström.

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Romania  v  Sweden

June 27, 1937 Friendly № 207

Romania	2–2	Sweden
Baratky 22', 89' (p)		Jonasson 25', 30'

Stadionul Principele Carol (O.N.E.F.), Bucharest Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Langenus (Belgium)

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Valter Lundgren, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Sven Jacobsson, Kurt Svanström - Gustaf Josefsson, Erik Persson, Sven Jonasson, Lennart Bunke, Gustav Wetterström.

National team players in season 1936/37

name	pos.	caps	goals	club
Erik Almgren	MF	3	0	AIK Solna
Ernst Andersson	MF	3	0	IFK Göteborg
Otto Andersson	DF	1	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Sven "Vrålis" Andersson	MF	1	0	AIK Solna
Nils Axelsson	DF	2	0	Hälsingborgs IF
Fritz Berg	MF	2	0	IFK Göteborg
Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist)	GK	2	0	AIK Solna (1) Hammarby IF Stockholm (1)
Lennart "Ledde" Bunke	FW	4	3	Hälsingborgs IF
Victor Carlund	MF	1	0	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson	MF	2	0	IF Elfsborg Borås
Bertil Ericsson	FW	3	1	Sandvikens IF
Karl-Erik Grahn	FW	3	0	IF Elfsborg Borås
Åke Hallman	FW	1	0	IF Elfsborg Borås
Sven "Jack" Jacobsson	MF	2	0	GAIS Göteborg
Torsten Johansson	MF	1	0	IFK Norrköping
Sven "Jonas" Jonasson	FW	6	4	IF Elfsborg Borås
Gustaf "Niggern" Josefsson	FW	6	2	AIK Solna
Olle "Plåten" Källgren	DF	4	0	Sandvikens IF
Erik "Järnbacken" Källström	DF	1	0	IF Elfsborg Borås
Gunnar Löfgren	MF	2	0	IFK Göteborg
Valter Lundgren	DF	4	0	AIK Solna
Andreas Nilsson	FW	1	0	Malmö FF
Axel "Acke" Nilsson	FW	2	0	AIK Solna
Erik "Lillis" Persson	FW	5	3	AIK Solna
Gustav "Gurra" Sjöberg	GK	5	0	AIK Solna
Walter Sköld	DF	2	0	AIK Solna
Kurt Svanström	MF	4	1	Örgryte IS Göteborg
Gustav "Gutta" Wetterström	FW	3	4	IK Sleipner Norrköping
Olle Zetherlund (Zetterlund)	FW	1	0	AIK Solna

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. Tie breaker is goal average.
3. Since extra time, aggregate score and the away goals rule was not used, a third match played on neutral ground decided the play-off.

References

Print

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