# 1945–46 in Swedish football

The 1945–46 season in Swedish football, starting August 1945 and ending July 1946:

## Honours
### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| Swedish Champions 1945–46 | IFK Norrköping | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| Swedish Cup Champions 1945 | IFK Norrköping | Winners of Svenska Cupen |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 1945–46 | IFK Norrköping |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Norra 1945–46 | Surahammars IF |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Östra 1945–46 | Örebro SK |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Västra 1945–46 | Billingsfors IK |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Södra 1945–46 | Landskrona BoIS |
| Cup | Svenska Cupen 1945 | IFK Norrköping |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications
### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| Division 2 Östra 1945–46 | Allsvenskan 1946–47 | Örebro SK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 Västra 1945–46 | Allsvenskan 1946–47 | Billingsfors IK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1945–46 | Division 2 Norra 1946–47 | Enköpings SK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1945–46 | Division 2 Norra 1946–47 | Iggesunds IK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1945–46 | Division 2 Östra 1946–47 | IFK Lidingö | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1945–46 | Division 2 Östra 1946–47 | IFK Värnamo | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1945–46 | Division 2 Västra 1946–47 | IFK Trollhättan | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1945–46 | Division 2 Västra 1946–47 | IF Viken | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1945–46 | Division 2 Södra 1946–47 | Höganäs BK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1945–46 | Division 2 Södra 1946–47 | Olofströms IF | Winners of promotion play-off |

### League transfers

| Transferred from | Transferred to | Team | Reason |
| Division 2 Södra 1945–46 | Division 2 Östra 1946–47 | Husqvarna IF | Geographical composition |
| Division 2 Östra 1945–46 | Division 2 Västra 1946–47 | Karlskoga IF | Geographical composition |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| Allsvenskan 1945–46 | Division 2 Östra 1946–47 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 11th team |
| Allsvenskan 1945–46 | Division 2 Södra 1946–47 | Halmstads BK | 12th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1945–46 | Division 3 1946–47 | Ljusne AIK | 9th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1945–46 | Division 3 1946–47 | Långshyttans AIK | 10th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1945–46 | Division 3 1946–47 | Sundbybergs IK | 9th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1945–46 | Division 3 1946–47 | Hagalunds IS | 10th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1945–46 | Division 3 1946–47 | IFK Tidaholm | 9th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1945–46 | Division 3 1946–47 | Gårda BK | 10th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1945–46 | Division 3 1946–47 | Limhamns IF | 9th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1945–46 | Division 3 1946–47 | Blomstermåla IK | 10th team |

## Domestic results
### Allsvenskan 1945–46

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | IFK Norrköping | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 67 | – | 22 | +45 | 35 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 48 | – | 27 | +21 | 30 |
| 3 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 48 | – | 29 | +19 | 30 |
| 4 | GAIS | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 36 | – | 28 | +8 | 28 |
| 5 | Degerfors IF | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | – | 23 | +8 | 23 |
| 6 | AIK | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 44 | – | 45 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | IF Elfsborg | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 43 | – | 44 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Helsingborgs IF | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 45 | – | 57 | -12 | 18 |
| 9 | IS Halmia | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 40 | – | 49 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Djurgårdens IF | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 42 | – | 64 | -22 | 16 |
| 11 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 31 | – | 60 | -29 | 15 |
| 12 | Halmstads BK | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | – | 51 | -27 | 10 |

### Division 2 Norra 1945–46

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Surahammars IF | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 39 | – | 20 | +19 | 26 |
| 2 | Avesta AIK | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | – | 25 | +14 | 25 |
| 3 | IFK Västerås | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 39 | – | 24 | +15 | 23 |
| 4 | IK Brage | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 39 | – | 26 | +13 | 21 |
| 5 | Västerås IK | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 30 | – | 29 | +1 | 19 |
| 6 | Ludvika FfI | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 41 | – | 34 | +7 | 18 |
| 7 | Sandvikens IF | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 34 | – | 35 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Sandvikens AIK | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | – | 37 | -8 | 15 |
| 9 | Ljusne AIK | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 26 | – | 49 | -23 | 8 |
| 10 | Långshyttans AIK | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 31 | – | 68 | -37 | 8 |

### Division 2 Östra 1945–46

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Örebro SK | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 58 | – | 36 | +22 | 30 |
| 2 | Åtvidabergs FF | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 46 | – | 32 | +14 | 20 |
| 3 | IK Sleipner | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 49 | – | 37 | +12 | 20 |
| 4 | Hammarby IF | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 47 | – | 38 | +9 | 20 |
| 5 | IFK Eskilstuna | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 27 | – | 20 | +7 | 19 |
| 6 | Reymersholms IK | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | – | 32 | -4 | 18 |
| 7 | BK Derby | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 33 | – | 30 | +3 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlskoga IF | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 27 | – | 37 | -10 | 14 |
| 9 | Sundbybergs IK | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 25 | – | 49 | -24 | 13 |
| 10 | Hagalunds IS | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 23 | – | 52 | -29 | 9 |

### Division 2 Västra 1945–46

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Billingsfors IK | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 46 | – | 27 | +19 | 28 |
| 2 | Tidaholms GIF | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 38 | – | 29 | +9 | 21 |
| 3 | Lundby IF | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 34 | – | 29 | +5 | 21 |
| 4 | Deje IK | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | – | 28 | +1 | 20 |
| 5 | IFK Uddevalla | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | – | 34 | -9 | 20 |
| 6 | Örgryte IS | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 40 | – | 28 | +12 | 17 |
| 7 | Göteborgs FF | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 32 | – | 32 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Karlstads BIK | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 29 | – | 36 | -7 | 14 |
| 9 | IFK Tidaholm | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 27 | – | 35 | -8 | 14 |
| 10 | Gårda BK | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 28 | – | 50 | -22 | 10 |

### Division 2 Södra 1945–46

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Landskrona BoIS | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 53 | – | 20 | +33 | 29 |
| 2 | Husqvarna IF | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 51 | – | 29 | +22 | 27 |
| 3 | IFK Malmö | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 48 | – | 30 | +18 | 23 |
| 4 | Kalmar FF | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | – | 27 | +15 | 21 |
| 5 | Nybro IF | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 48 | – | 38 | +10 | 21 |
| 6 | Kalmar AIK | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 38 | – | 46 | -8 | 16 |
| 7 | Alets IK | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 | – | 39 | -10 | 14 |
| 8 | Malmö BI | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 34 | – | 53 | -19 | 14 |
| 9 | Limhamns IF | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 22 | – | 31 | -9 | 12 |
| 10 | Blomstermåla IK | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | – | 67 | -52 | 3 |

### Svenska Cupen 1945
#### Final
## National team results

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Harry Nilsson, Börje Leander - Olle Åhlund, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Carl Simonsson, Henry Carlsson, Bertil Bäckvall.
Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Harry Nilsson, Gösta Malm - Olle Åhlund, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Henry Carlsson, Stellan Nilsson.
Sweden: Henry Andersson - Oskar Holmqvist, Ove Karlsson-Widricks - Birger Rosengren, Börje Leander, Lennart Wigren - Malte Mårtensson, Börje Tapper, Knut Nordahl, Erik Holmqvist, Carl-Erik Sandberg.
Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Harry Nilsson, Gösta Malm - Olle Åhlund, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Henry Carlsson, Vincent Persson.
Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg ( Henry Andersson) - Harry Nilsson, Bertil Nordahl - Olle Åhlund, Arvid Emanuelsson, Rune Emanuelsson - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Henry Carlsson, Erik Holmqvist.
Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Harry Nilsson, Rune Emanuelsson - Olle Åhlund, Arvid Emanuelsson ( Börje Leander), Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Henry Carlsson, Stellan Nilsson.
Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Harry Nilsson, Oskar Holmqvist ( Börje Leander) - Olle Åhlund, Bertil Nordahl, Rune Emanuelsson - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Knut Nordahl, Stig Nyström.

## National team players in season 1945/46

| name | pos. | caps | goals | club |
| Olle Åhlund | MF | 6 | 0 | Degerfors IF |
| Henry Andersson | GK | 2 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Bertil Bäckvall | FW | 1 | 0 | Hammarby IF |
| Henry "Garvis" Carlsson | FW | 5 | 4 | AIK |
| Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson | MF | 5 | 0 | IF Elfsborg |
| Rune "Killing" Emanuelsson | MF/DF | 3 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Karl-Erik Grahn | MF | 4 | 1 | IF Elfsborg |
| Gunnar "Il Professore" Gren | FW | 6 | 9 | IFK Göteborg |
| Erik "Mulle" Holmqvist | FW | 2 | 1 | IFK Norrköping |
| Oskar "Masse" Holmqvist | DF | 2 | 0 | IFK Norrköping |
| Ove Karlsson-Widricks | DF | 1 | 0 | AIK |
| Börje Leander | DF/MF | 4 | 0 | AIK |
| Gösta Malm | DF | 2 | 0 | IFK Norrköping |
| Malte "Svarta Blixten" Mårtensson | FW | 1 | 0 | Hälsingborgs IF |
| Harry Nilsson | DF | 6 | 0 | AIK |
| Stellan Nilsson | FW | 2 | 1 | Malmö FF |
| Bertil Nordahl | DF/MF | 2 | 0 | Degerfors IF |
| Gunnar Nordahl | FW | 5 | 6 | IFK Norrköping |
| Knut Nordahl | FW | 2 | 0 | IFK Norrköping |
| Arne Nyberg | FW | 6 | 4 | IFK Göteborg |
| Stig Nyström | FW | 1 | 1 | Djurgårdens IF |
| Vincent Persson | FW | 1 | 1 | Degerfors IF |
| Birger "Bian" Rosengren | MF | 1 | 0 | IFK Norrköping |
| Carl-Erik "Pigge" Sandberg | FW | 1 | 0 | Malmö FF |
| Carl "Timpa" Simonsson | FW | 1 | 0 | Jönköpings Södra IF |
| Gustav "Gurra" Sjöberg | GK | 6 | 0 | AIK |
| Börje Tapper | FW | 1 | 5 | Malmö FF |
| Lennart "Skinnet" Wigren | MF | 1 | 0 | IFK Norrköping |