# 1939–40 in Swedish football

The 1939–40 season in Swedish football, starting August 1939 and ending July 1940:

## Honours
### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| 1939–40 Swedish Champions | IF Elfsborg | Winners of Allsvenskan |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 1939–40 | IF Elfsborg |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Norra 1939–40 | Reymersholms IK |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Östra 1939–40 | IFK Norrköping |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Västra 1939–40 | Degerfors IF |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Södra 1939–40 | IS Halmia |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications
### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| Division 2 Östra 1939–40 | Allsvenskan 1940–41 | IFK Norrköping | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 Västra 1939–40 | Allsvenskan 1940–41 | Degerfors IF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1939–40 | Division 2 Norra 1940–41 | Sundbybergs IK | Winners of Östsvenska |
| Division 3 1939–40 | Division 2 Norra 1940–41 | Hofors AIF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1939–40 | Division 2 Östra 1940–41 | Åtvidabergs FF | 2nd team in Mellansvenska |
| Division 3 1939–40 | Division 2 Östra 1940–41 | Örebro SK | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1939–40 | Division 2 Östra 1940–41 | Örebro FF | 2nd team in Centralserien, norra |
| Division 3 1939–40 | Division 2 Västra 1940–41 | Arvika BK | Winners of Nordvästra |
| Division 3 1939–40 | Division 2 Västra 1940–41 | Lundby IF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1939–40 | Division 2 Södra 1940–41 | Kalmar AIK | Winners of Sydöstra |
| Division 3 1939–40 | Division 2 Södra 1940–41 | IFK Kristianstad | Winners of Sydsvenska |

### League transfers

| Transferred from | Transferred to | Team | Reason |
| Division 2 Norra 1939–40 | Division 2 Östra 1940–41 | IFK Västerås | Geographical composition |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| Allsvenskan 1939–40 | Division 2 Västra 1940–41 | Örgryte IS | 11th team |
| Allsvenskan 1939–40 | Division 2 Norra 1940–41 | Hammarby IF | 12th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1939–40 | Division 3 1940–41 | Ljusne AIK | 9th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1939–40 | Division 3 1940–41 | Enköpings SK | 10th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1939–40 | Division 3 1940–41 | Skärbläcka IF | Withdrew |
| Division 2 Östra 1939–40 | Division 3 1940–41 | IK Tord | 9th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1939–40 | Division 3 1940–41 | IFK Kumla | 10th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1939–40 | Division 3 1940–41 | Jonsereds IF | 9th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1939–40 | Division 3 1940–41 | IF Örnen | 10th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1939–40 | Division 3 1940–41 | IFK Trelleborg | 9th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1939–40 | Division 3 1940–41 | Ängelholms IF | 10th team |

## Domestic results
### Allsvenskan 1939–40

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | IF Elfsborg | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 66 | – | 31 | +35 | 32 |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 49 | – | 27 | +22 | 32 |
| 3 | Helsingborgs IF | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 49 | – | 32 | +17 | 27 |
| 4 | IK Brage | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 42 | – | 38 | +4 | 26 |
| 5 | Sandvikens IF | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 38 | – | 37 | +1 | 22 |
| 6 | AIK | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 38 | – | 38 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Landskrona BoIS | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 42 | – | 50 | -8 | 21 |
| 8 | IK Sleipner | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 33 | – | 49 | -16 | 21 |
| 9 | Gårda BK | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 27 | – | 39 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Malmö FF | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 25 | – | 28 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Örgryte IS | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | – | 44 | -16 | 14 |
| 12 | Hammarby IF | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 34 | – | 58 | -24 | 10 |

### Division 2 Norra 1939–40

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Reymersholms IK | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 58 | – | 24 | +34 | 28 |
| 2 | Djurgårdens IF | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 39 | – | 17 | +22 | 26 |
| 3 | Gefle IF | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 47 | – | 32 | +15 | 23 |
| 4 | Värtans IK | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | – | 25 | +8 | 21 |
| 5 | Ludvika FfI | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 40 | – | 33 | +7 | 21 |
| 6 | Nynäshamns IF | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 34 | – | 43 | -9 | 17 |
| 7 | Sandvikens AIK | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 30 | – | 40 | -10 | 14 |
| 8 | IFK Västerås | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | – | 41 | -16 | 13 |
| 9 | Ljusne AIK | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 25 | – | 39 | -14 | 11 |
| 10 | Enköpings SK | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | – | 50 | -37 | 6 |

### Division 2 Östra 1939–40

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | IFK Norrköping | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 46 | – | 15 | +31 | 29 |
| 2 | Surahammars IF | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 42 | – | 16 | +26 | 26 |
| 3 | IFK Eskilstuna | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 46 | – | 26 | +20 | 23 |
| 4 | Mjölby AI | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 40 | – | 32 | +8 | 22 |
| 5 | Hallstahammars SK | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 39 | – | 29 | +10 | 21 |
| 6 | Skärblacka IF | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 32 | – | 38 | -6 | 15 |
| 7 | Husqvarna IF | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | – | 40 | -15 | 15 |
| 8 | Finspångs AIK | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 36 | – | 49 | -13 | 13 |
| 9 | IK Tord | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 28 | – | 54 | -26 | 13 |
| 10 | IFK Kumla | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 19 | – | 54 | -35 | 3 |

### Division 2 Västra 1939–40

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Degerfors IF | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 69 | – | 14 | +55 | 32 |
| 2 | Karlskoga IF | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 51 | – | 26 | +25 | 22 |
| 3 | GAIS | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 48 | – | 31 | +17 | 21 |
| 4 | Skara IF | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 41 | – | 29 | +12 | 21 |
| 5 | Varbergs BoIS | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 44 | – | 33 | +11 | 19 |
| 6 | Tidaholms GIF | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 33 | – | 37 | -4 | 19 |
| 7 | Deje IK | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 32 | – | 37 | -5 | 15 |
| 8 | Billingsfors IK | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 28 | – | 39 | -11 | 15 |
| 9 | Jonsereds IF | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 34 | – | 51 | -17 | 13 |
| 10 | IF Örnen | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | – | 98 | -83 | 3 |

### Division 2 Södra 1939–40

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | IS Halmia | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 57 | – | 21 | +36 | 29 |
| 2 | Malmö BI | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | – | 22 | +9 | 23 |
| 3 | Halmstads BK | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | – | 23 | +14 | 22 |
| 4 | IFK Värnamo | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 34 | – | 22 | +12 | 22 |
| 5 | BK Landora | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 42 | – | 32 | +10 | 22 |
| 6 | Olofströms IF | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 38 | – | 45 | -7 | 18 |
| 7 | IFK Malmö | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 35 | – | 39 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Höganäs BK | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | – | 36 | -12 | 13 |
| 9 | IFK Trelleborg | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 23 | – | 43 | -20 | 11 |
| 10 | Ängelholms IF | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 17 | – | 55 | -38 | 5 |

### Division 2 promotion play-off 1939–40
## National team results

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Källström - Gösta Dahl, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Knut Johansson, Ragnar Lennartsson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.
Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Harry Nilsson, Erik Källström - Gösta Dahl, Arvid Emanuelsson, Karl-Erik Grahn - Arne Nyberg, Knut Johansson, Ragnar Lennartsson, Sven Jonasson, Stig Nyström.

## National team players in season 1939/40

| name | pos. | caps | goals | club |
| Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist) | GK | 2 | 0 | Hammarby IF |
| Gösta Dahl | MF | 2 | 1 | IF Elfsborg |
| Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson | MF | 2 | 0 | IF Elfsborg |
| Karl-Erik Grahn | MF | 2 | 0 | IF Elfsborg |
| Knut Johansson | FW | 2 | 1 | IF Elfsborg |
| Sven "Jonas" Jonasson | FW | 2 | 0 | IF Elfsborg |
| Erik "Järnbacken" Källström | DF | 2 | 0 | IF Elfsborg |
| Ragnar "Raggen" Lennartsson | FW | 2 | 2 | IF Elfsborg |
| Harry Nilsson | DF | 2 | 0 | Landskrona BoIS |
| Arne Nyberg | FW | 2 | 2 | IFK Göteborg |
| Stig Nyström | FW | 2 | 1 | IK Brage |