# 1952–53 in Swedish football

The 1952–53 season in Swedish football, starting August 1952 and ending July 1953:

## Honours
### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| Swedish Champions 1952–53 | Malmö FF | Winners of Allsvenskan |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 1952–53 | Malmö FF |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Sandvikens IF |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Kalmar FF |
| Regional Championship | Norrländska Mästerskapet 1953 | Fagerviks GF |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications
### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Allsvenskan 1953–54 | Sandvikens IF | Winners |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Allsvenskan 1953–54 | Kalmar FF | Winners |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | Lycksele IF | Winners of Norrländska Norra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | Skellefteå AIK | 2nd team in Norrländska Norra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | Fagerviks GF | Winners of Norrländska Södra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | Ljunga IF | 2nd team in Norrländska Södra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | Sollefteå GIF | 3rd team in Norrländska Södra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | Sandvikens AIK | 2nd team in Norra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | IFK Östersund | 4th team in Norra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | IF Älgarna | 5th team in Norra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | Ljusne AIK | 6th team in Norra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Norrland 1953–54 | GIF Sundsvall | 7th team in Norra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | Avesta AIK | Winners of Norra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | Falu BS | 3rd team in Norra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | Västerås IK | 2nd team in Östra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | IFK Eskilstuna | 3rd team in Östra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | Karlskoga IF | 2nd team in Västra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | IK Sleipner | Winners of Östra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | Redbergslids IK | Winners of Västra |
| Division 3 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | Landskrona BoIS | Winners of Södra |

### League transfers

| Transferred from | Transferred to | Team | Reason |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | IK City | 2nd team |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | Hammarby IF | 6th team |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | Västerås SK | 7th team |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | IK Brage | 8th team |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | Motala AIF | 3rd team |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | Åtvidabergs FF | 4th team |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | BK Derby | 5th team |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | Höganäs BK | 2nd team |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | Norrby IF | 3rd team |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | Halmstads BK | 4th team |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | Örgryte IS | 5th team |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | Råå IF | 6th team |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | BK Häcken | 7th team |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | IFK Trelleborg | 8th team |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| Allsvenskan 1952–53 | Division 2 Svealand 1953–54 | Örebro SK | 11th team |
| Allsvenskan 1952–53 | Division 2 Götaland 1953–54 | IFK Malmö | 12th team |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Division 3 1953–54 | Karlstads BIK | 9th team |
| Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53 | Division 3 1953–54 | IF Viken | 10th team |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Division 3 1953–54 | Lunds BK | 9th team |
| Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53 | Division 3 1953–54 | IS Halmia | 10th team |

## Domestic results
### Allsvenskan 1952–53

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 60 | – | 32 | +28 | 31 |
| 2 | IFK Norrköping | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 49 | – | 32 | +17 | 27 |
| 3 | Djurgårdens IF | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 41 | – | 34 | +7 | 26 |
| 4 | Helsingborgs IF | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | – | 23 | +10 | 24 |
| 5 | AIK | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 36 | – | 36 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | GAIS | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 50 | – | 50 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 40 | – | 43 | -3 | 21 |
| 8 | Degerfors IF | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 41 | – | 36 | +5 | 20 |
| 9 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 32 | – | 54 | -22 | 20 |
| 10 | IF Elfsborg | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | – | 36 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Örebro SK | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | – | 40 | -17 | 16 |
| 12 | IFK Malmö | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 29 | – | 46 | -17 | 14 |

### Division 2 Nordöstra 1952–53

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sandvikens IF | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 51 | – | 13 | +38 | 28 |
| 2 | IK City | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 48 | – | 16 | +32 | 28 |
| 3 | Motala AIF | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 38 | – | 28 | +10 | 25 |
| 4 | Åtvidabergs FF | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 40 | – | 23 | +17 | 23 |
| 5 | BK Derby | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | – | 28 | -3 | 18 |
| 6 | Hammarby IF | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | – | 23 | +2 | 17 |
| 7 | Västerås SK | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | – | 41 | -18 | 13 |
| 8 | IK Brage | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | – | 47 | -22 | 13 |
| 9 | Karlstads BIK | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | – | 42 | -23 | 8 |
| 10 | IF Viken | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 20 | – | 53 | -33 | 7 |

### Division 2 Sydvästra 1952–53

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kalmar FF | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 31 | – | 24 | +7 | 24 |
| 2 | Höganäs BK | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | – | 22 | +11 | 21 |
| 3 | Norrby IF | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 31 | – | 20 | +11 | 20 |
| 4 | Halmstads BK | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | – | 27 | +8 | 20 |
| 5 | Örgryte IS | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 37 | – | 33 | +4 | 20 |
| 6 | Råå IF | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | – | 26 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | BK Häcken | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | – | 36 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | IFK Trelleborg | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | – | 32 | -8 | 15 |
| 9 | Lunds BK | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | – | 31 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | IS Halmia | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | – | 46 | -26 | 6 |