# 1940–41 in Swedish football

The 1940–41 season in Swedish football, starting August 1940 and ending July 1941:

## Honours
### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| 1940–41 Swedish Champions | Helsingborgs IF | Winners of Allsvenskan |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 1940–41 | Helsingborgs IF |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Norra 1940–41 | Reymersholms IK |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Östra 1940–41 | IFK Eskilstuna |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Västra 1940–41 | GAIS |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Södra 1940–41 | Halmstads BK |
| Regional Championship | Norrländska Mästerskapet 1941 | Bodens BK |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications
### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| Division 2 Norra 1940–41 | Allsvenskan 1941–42 | Reymersholms IK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 Västra 1940–41 | Allsvenskan 1941–42 | GAIS | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1940–41 | Division 2 Norra 1941–42 | IFK Lidingö | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1940–41 | Division 2 Norra 1941–42 | Ljusne AIK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1940–41 | Division 2 Östra 1941–42 | IK City | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1940–41 | Division 2 Västra 1941–42 | Karlstads BIK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1940–41 | Division 2 Västra 1941–42 | Skogens IF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1940–41 | Division 2 Västra 1941–42 | Waggeryds IK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1940–41 | Division 2 Södra 1941–42 | Nybro IF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1940–41 | Division 2 Södra 1941–42 | IFK Trelleborg | Winners of promotion play-off |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| Allsvenskan 1940–41 | Division 2 Norra 1941–42 | IK Brage | 11th team |
| Allsvenskan 1940–41 | Division 2 Östra 1941–42 | IK Sleipner | 12th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1940–41 | Division 3 1941–42 | Värtans IK | 9th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1940–41 | Division 3 1941–42 | Nynäshamns IF | 10th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1940–41 | Division 3 1941–42 | Husqvarna IF | 9th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1940–41 | Division 3 1941–42 | Örebro FF | 10th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1940–41 | Division 3 1941–42 | Varbergs BoIS | 9th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1940–41 | Division 3 1941–42 | Arvika BK | 10th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1940–41 | Division 3 1941–42 | IFK Värnamo | 9th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1940–41 | Division 3 1941–42 | Malmö BI | 10th team |

## Domestic results
### Allsvenskan 1940–41

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Helsingborgs IF | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 46 | – | 26 | +20 | 31 |
| 2 | Degerfors IF | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 47 | – | 28 | +19 | 29 |
| 3 | AIK | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 45 | – | 36 | +9 | 26 |
| 4 | IF Elfsborg | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 54 | – | 37 | +17 | 25 |
| 5 | Landskrona BoIS | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 36 | – | 36 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 42 | – | 36 | +6 | 22 |
| 7 | IFK Norrköping | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | – | 32 | +3 | 22 |
| 8 | Malmö FF | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 33 | – | 33 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Gårda BK | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 31 | – | 42 | -11 | 18 |
| 10 | Sandvikens IF | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 30 | – | 42 | -12 | 18 |
| 11 | IK Brage | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 39 | – | 53 | -14 | 16 |
| 12 | IK Sleipner | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 28 | – | 65 | -37 | 10 |

### Division 2 Norra 1940–41

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Reymersholms IK | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 49 | – | 20 | +29 | 27 |
| 2 | Djurgårdens IF | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | – | 20 | +18 | 27 |
| 3 | Sandvikens AIK | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 49 | – | 24 | +25 | 25 |
| 4 | Hammarby IF | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 41 | – | 30 | +11 | 21 |
| 5 | Sundbybergs IK | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | – | 43 | -9 | 19 |
| 6 | Ludvika FfI | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 51 | – | 42 | +9 | 15 |
| 7 | Gefle IF | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | – | 36 | -13 | 15 |
| 8 | Hofors AIF | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | – | 44 | -21 | 13 |
| 9 | Värtans IK | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | – | 33 | -9 | 12 |
| 10 | Nynäshamns IF | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | – | 51 | -40 | 6 |

### Division 2 Östra 1940–41

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | IFK Eskilstuna | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 75 | – | 21 | +54 | 32 |
| 2 | Örebro SK | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | – | 34 | +8 | 21 |
| 3 | Surahammars IF | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 33 | – | 25 | +8 | 20 |
| 4 | Hallstahammars SK | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 31 | – | 27 | +4 | 18 |
| 5 | Åtvidabergs FF | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 42 | – | 45 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Finspångs AIK | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 39 | – | 46 | -7 | 18 |
| 7 | IFK Västerås | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | – | 38 | -12 | 17 |
| 8 | Mjölby AI | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | – | 34 | -13 | 14 |
| 9 | Husqvarna IF | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 27 | – | 37 | -10 | 12 |
| 10 | Örebro FF | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 23 | – | 52 | -29 | 10 |

### Division 2 Västra 1940–41

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | GAIS | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 48 | – | 16 | +32 | 30 |
| 2 | Tidaholms GIF | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 57 | – | 32 | +25 | 24 |
| 3 | Örgryte IS | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 36 | – | 30 | +6 | 23 |
| 4 | Karlskoga IF | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 49 | – | 32 | +17 | 21 |
| 5 | Skara IF | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 44 | – | 38 | +6 | 20 |
| 6 | Lundby IF | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 36 | – | 45 | -9 | 17 |
| 7 | Deje IK | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 31 | – | 44 | -13 | 15 |
| 8 | Billingsfors IK | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 33 | – | 35 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Varbergs BoIS | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 28 | – | 52 | -24 | 9 |
| 10 | Arvika BK | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 26 | – | 64 | -38 | 8 |

### Division 2 Södra 1940–41

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Halmstads BK | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 44 | – | 20 | +24 | 28 |
| 2 | IS Halmia | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 56 | – | 24 | +32 | 24 |
| 3 | Kalmar AIK | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | – | 41 | +1 | 21 |
| 4 | Höganäs BK | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 40 | – | 38 | +2 | 20 |
| 5 | IFK Kristianstad | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 41 | – | 42 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | IFK Malmö | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 36 | – | 34 | +2 | 16 |
| 7 | BK Landora | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | – | 44 | -18 | 16 |
| 8 | Olofströms IF | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 34 | – | 40 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | IFK Värnamo | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | – | 40 | -16 | 12 |
| 10 | Malmö BI | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | – | 42 | -20 | 11 |

### Norrländska Mästerskapet 1941
#### Final
## National team results

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Harry Nilsson, Erik Källström - Gösta Dahl, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Knut Johansson, Sven Jonasson, Hilding Gustafsson.
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Hilding Gustafsson - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Åke Andersson, Gunnar Gren, Knut Johansson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Hilding Gustafsson - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Gunnar Gren, Knut Johansson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Hilding Gustafsson - Erik Persson, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Erik Holmqvist, Knut Johansson, Sven Jonasson, Sture Andersson-Dahlöf.

## National team players in season 1940/41

| name | pos. | caps | goals | club |
| Åke "Carnera" Andersson | FW | 1 | 0 | AIK |
| Sture Andersson-Dahlöf | FW | 1 | 0 | IF Elfsborg |
| Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist) | GK | 3 | 0 | Hammarby IF |
| Gösta Dahl | MF | 1 | 0 | IF Elfsborg |
| Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson | MF | 4 | 1 | IF Elfsborg |
| Karl-Erik Grahn | MF | 4 | 0 | IF Elfsborg |
| Gunnar "Il Professore" Gren | FW | 3 | 1 | Gårda BK |
| Hilding "Moggli" Gustafsson | DF | 4 | 0 | Reymersholms IK |
| Erik "Mulle" Holmqvist | FW | 1 | 2 | IFK Norrköping |
| Knut Johansson | FW | 4 | 6 | IF Elfsborg |
| Sven "Jonas" Jonasson | FW | 4 | 1 | IF Elfsborg |
| Erik "Järnbacken" Källström | DF | 1 | 0 | IF Elfsborg |
| Harry Nilsson | DF | 4 | 0 | Landskrona BoIS |
| Arne Nyberg | FW | 3 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Stig Nyström | FW | 2 | 0 | IK Brage |
| Erik Persson | MF | 3 | 1 | Landskrona BoIS |
| Gustav "Gurra" Sjöberg | GK | 1 | 0 | AIK |