# 1978–79 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)

1978–79 was the fourth season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the Swedish Hockey League).
Division 1 was divided into four starting groups, based on geography. The top four teams in the group would continue to the playoffs to determine which clubs would participate in the qualifier for promotion to Elitserien. The bottom two teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1979–80 season.

## Regular season
### Northern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Timrå IK | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 165 | 68 | 43 |
| 2. | Kiruna AIF | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 178 | 67 | 38 |
| 3. | Bodens BK | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 128 | 94 | 31 |
| 4. | GroKo Hockey | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 122 | 105 | 30 |
| 5. | Piteå IF | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 119 | 126 | 22 |
| 6. | IFK Kiruna | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 90 | 124 | 21 |
| 7. | Kågedalens AIF | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 85 | 135 | 16 |
| 8. | Sundsvall/Tunadal | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 81 | 144 | 12 |
| 9. | Tegs SK | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 57 | 162 | 3 |

### Eastern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Huddinge IK | 36 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 224 | 121 | 62 |
| 2. | Södertälje SK | 36 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 242 | 135 | 49 |
| 3. | Hammarby IF | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 150 | 99 | 48 |
| 4. | Västerås IK | 36 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 179 | 133 | 44 |
| 5. | Almtuna IS | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 164 | 131 | 43 |
| 6. | Väsby IK | 36 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 184 | 161 | 40 |
| 7. | NSA-76 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 139 | 179 | 25 |
| 8. | Linköpings HC | 36 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 109 | 201 | 19 |
| 9. | IK Westmannia | 36 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 155 | 277 | 19 |
| 10. | Nynäshamns IF | 36 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 96 | 205 | 11 |

### Southern Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Karlskrona IK | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 121 | 89 | 38 |
| 2. | HV71 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 144 | 92 | 37 |
| 3. | Nybro IF | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 133 | 75 | 34 |
| 4. | Malmö IF | 27 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 112 | 94 | 32 |
| 5. | IF Troja | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 125 | 102 | 27 |
| 6. | IFK Bäcken | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 130 | 123 | 27 |
| 7. | Tingsryds AIF | 27 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 109 | 113 | 25 |
| 8. | Halmstads HK | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 99 | 137 | 21 |
| 9. | Skövde IK | 27 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 113 | 154 | 15 |
| 10. | Boro/Vetlanda HC | 27 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 91 | 198 | 14 |

### Western Group

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | Mora IK | 27 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 207 | 93 | 45 |
| 2. | Bofors IK | 27 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 163 | 91 | 38 |
| 3. | Fagersta AIK | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 120 | 107 | 36 |
| 4. | Strömsbro IF | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 146 | 114 | 35 |
| 5. | Falu IF | 27 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 106 | 104 | 28 |
| 6. | IK Viking | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 95 | 122 | 21 |
| 7. | Malungs IF | 27 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 85 | 123 | 20 |
| 8. | IK Rommehed | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 85 | 138 | 19 |
| 9. | Ludvika HC | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 97 | 137 | 15 |
| 10. | Grums IK | 27 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 91 | 166 | 13 |

## Playoffs
### North/East
#### First round

* Timrå IK - Hammarby IF 2:0 (6:3, 7:6 OT)
* Kiruna AIF - Västerås IK 2:1 (3:4, 4:3, 4:0)
* Bodens BK - Södertälje SK 1:2 (5:1, 5:6 OT, 2:4)
* Huddinge IK - GroKo Hockey 2:0 (7:3, 12:3)

#### Second round

* Timrå IK - Södertälje SK 1:2 (6:4, 4:5 OT, 6:7)
* Huddinge IK - Kiruna AIF 2:0 (9:2, 3:2)

### South/West
#### First round

* Mora IK - Nybro IF 2:1 (10:0, 5:6, 4:3 OT)
* Bofors IK - Malmö IF 2:0 (8:4, 5:4)
* Karlskrona IK - Fagersta AIK 2:1 (7:2, 2:3, 6:2)
* HV71 - Strömsbro IF 2:0 (10:2, 4:3)

#### Second round

* Mora IK - HV71 0:2 (5:7, 3:6)
* Bofors IK - Karlskrona IK 2:0 (9:0, 6:3)