# 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 |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Östra 1938–39 | IFK Norrköping |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Västra 1938–39 | IFK Göteborg |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Södra 1938–39 | Halmstads BK |
| Regional Championship | Norrländska Mästerskapet 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 | Allsvenskan 1939–40 | IFK Göteborg | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1938–39 | Division 2 Norra 1939–40 | Nynäshamns IF | Winners of Östsvenska |
| Division 3 1938–39 | Division 2 Norra 1939–40 | Sandvikens AIK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1938–39 | Division 2 Östra 1939–40 | Finspångs AIK | Winners of Mellansvenska |
| Division 3 1938–39 | Division 2 Östra 1939–40 | IFK Kumla | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1938–39 | Division 2 Västra 1939–40 | IF Örnen | Winners of Nordvästra |
| Division 3 1938–39 | Division 2 Västra 1939–40 | Skara IF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1938–39 | Division 2 Södra 1939–40 | Olofströms IF | Winners of Sydöstra |
| Division 3 1938–39 | Division 2 Södra 1939–40 | 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 |
| Allsvenskan 1938–39 | Division 2 Östra 1939–40 | Hallstahammars SK | 12th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1938–39 | Division 3 1939–40 | Bollnäs GIF | 9th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1938–39 | Division 3 1939–40 | IFK Grängesberg | 10th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1938–39 | Division 3 1939–40 | IF Rune | 9th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1938–39 | Division 3 1939–40 | Motala AIF | 10th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1938–39 | Division 3 1939–40 | Arvika BK | 9th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1938–39 | Division 3 1939–40 | Fässbergs IF | 10th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1938–39 | Division 3 1939–40 | Oskarströms IS | 9th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1938–39 | Division 3 1939–40 | Kalmar AIK | 10th team |

## Domestic results
### Allsvenskan 1938–39

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

### Division 2 Norra 1938–39

| | 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 | Ljusne AIK | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 41 | – | 28 | +13 | 20 |
| 5 | 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 | Mjölby AI | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 33 | – | 35 | -2 | 17 |
| 6 | 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 | Halmstads BK | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 54 | – | 20 | +34 | 29 |
| 2 | IS Halmia | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 49 | – | 22 | +27 | 29 |
| 3 | BK Landora | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 38 | – | 30 | +8 | 22 |
| 4 | Malmö BI | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 39 | – | 39 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | 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 |

### Norrländska Mästerskapet 1939
#### Final
## National team results

Sweden: Henock Abrahamsson - Erik Nilsson, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Arne Linderholm, Arthur Svensson - Arne Nyberg, Sven Jonasson, Knut Hansson, Gunnar Bergström, Åke Andersson.
Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Erik Nilsson, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Arne Linderholm, Arthur Svensson - Arne Nyberg, Sven Jonasson, Knut Hansson, Gunnar Bergström, Arne Bryngelsson.
Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Erik Nilsson, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Arvid Emanuelsson, Arthur Svensson - Arne Nyberg, Erik Persson, Knut Hansson, Sven Jonasson, Arne Bryngelsson.
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Nilsson - Kurt Svanström, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Curt Hjelm, Erik Persson, Fridolf Martinsson, Gunnar Bergström, Åke Andersson.
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Nilsson - Kurt Svanström, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Erik Persson, Fridolf Martinsson, Gunnar Bergström, Åke Andersson.
Sweden: Erik Andersson - Erik Eriksson, Erik Lundin - Roland Lindberg, Sven Jacobsson, Göte Ellström - Stig Nyström, Curt Hjelm, Knut Johansson, Willis Karlsson, Ragnar Larsson.
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 |