1936–37 in Swedish football
# 1936–37 in Swedish football

The 1936–37 season in Swedish football, starting August 1936 and ending July 1937:

## Honours

### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - |
| 1936–37 Swedish Champions | AIK | Winners of Allsvenskan |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 1936–37 | AIK |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Norra 1936–37 | IK Brage |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Östra 1936–37 | Hammarby IF |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Västra 1936–37 | Degerfors IF |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Södra 1936–37 | Helsingborgs IF |
| Regional Championship | Norrländska Mästerskapet 1937 | Bodens BK |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications

### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Division 2 Norra 1936–37 | Allsvenskan 1937–38 | IK Brage | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 2 Södra 1936–37 | Allsvenskan 1937–38 | Helsingborgs IF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1936–37 | Division 2 Norra 1937–38 | Sundbybergs IK | Winners of Östsvenska |
| Division 3 1936–37 | Division 2 Norra 1937–38 | Skutskärs IF | Winners of promotion play-off |
| Division 3 1936–37 | Division 2 Östra 1937–38 | Katrineholms AIK | Winners of Mellansvenska |
| Division 3 1936–37 | Division 2 Östra 1937–38 | Motala AIF | Winners of Södra Mellansvenska |
| Division 3 1936–37 | Division 2 Västra 1937–38 | Arvika BK | Winners of Nordvästra |
| Division 3 1936–37 | Division 2 Södra 1937–38 | IFK Trelleborg | Winners of Sydsvenska |
| Division 3 1936–37 | Division 2 Södra 1937–38 | IFK Värnamo | Winners of Sydöstra |
| Division 3 1936–37 | Division 2 Södra 1937–38 | Varbergs BoIS | Winners of promotion play-off |

### League transfers

| Transferred from | Transferred to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Division 2 Östra 1936–37 | Division 2 Norra 1937–38 | Hammarby IF | Geographical composition |
| Division 2 Östra 1936–37 | Division 2 Norra 1937–38 | Reymersholms IK | Geographical composition |
| Division 2 Östra 1936–37 | Division 2 Norra 1937–38 | Värtans IK | Geographical composition |
| Division 2 Norra 1936–37 | Division 2 Östra 1937–38 | Hallstahammars SK | Geographical composition |
| Division 2 Norra 1936–37 | Division 2 Östra 1937–38 | Surahammars IF | Geographical composition |
| Division 2 Norra 1936–37 | Division 2 Östra 1937–38 | IFK Västerås | Geographical composition |
| Division 2 Östra 1936–37 | Division 2 Västra 1937–38 | IK Tord | Geographical composition |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Allsvenskan 1936–37 | Division 2 Norra 1937–38 | Djurgårdens IF | 11th team |
| Allsvenskan 1936–37 | Division 2 Östra 1937–38 | IFK Norrköping | 12th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1936–37 | Division 3 1937–38 | IF Rune | 9th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1936–37 | Division 3 1937–38 | Fagersta AIK | 10th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1936–37 | Division 3 1937–38 | Husqvarna IF | 9th team |
| Division 2 Östra 1936–37 | Division 3 1937–38 | Årsta SK | 10th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1936–37 | Division 3 1937–38 | IFK Örebro | 9th team |
| Division 2 Västra 1936–37 | Division 3 1937–38 | IFK Kristinehamn | 10th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1936–37 | Division 3 1937–38 | Ängelholms IF | 9th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1936–37 | Division 3 1937–38 | Växjö BK | 10th team |

## Domestic results

### Allsvenskan 1936–37

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AIK | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 59 | – | 24 | +35 | 36 |
| 2 | IK Sleipner | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 45 | – | 41 | +4 | 27 |
| 3 | Örgryte IS | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 45 | – | 32 | +13 | 25 |
| 4 | Sandvikens IF | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 46 | – | 34 | +12 | 25 |
| 5 | IF Elfsborg | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | – | 33 | +8 | 24 |
| 6 | Malmö FF | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | – | 45 | -6 | 21 |
| 7 | IFK Göteborg | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | – | 40 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | GAIS | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | – | 36 | -9 | 21 |
| 9 | Landskrona BoIS | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 33 | – | 42 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Gårda BK | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 30 | – | 44 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | Djurgårdens IF | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 39 | – | 52 | -13 | 14 |
| 12 | IFK Norrköping | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 31 | – | 46 | -15 | 13 |

### Division 2 Norra 1936–37

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | IK Brage | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 70 | – | 21 | +49 | 33 |
| 2 | Ljusne AIK | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | – | 20 | +5 | 21 |
| 3 | Gefle IF | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | – | 31 | +4 | 21 |
| 4 | IFK Västerås | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 41 | – | 36 | +5 | 20 |
| 5 | Hallstahammars SK | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 42 | – | 29 | +13 | 19 |
| 6 | IFK Grängesberg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 39 | – | 37 | +2 | 18 |
| 7 | Surahammars IF | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 35 | – | 34 | +1 | 18 |
| 8 | Bollnäs GIF | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | – | 28 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | IF Rune | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 26 | – | 62 | -36 | 7 |
| 10 | Fagersta AIK | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 22 | – | 65 | -43 | 6 |

### Division 2 Östra 1936–37

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hammarby IF | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 33 | – | 21 | +12 | 25 |
| 2 | IK Tord | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 42 | – | 33 | +9 | 21 |
| 3 | BK Derby | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 37 | – | 23 | +14 | 20 |
| 4 | Skärblacka IF | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 36 | – | 31 | +5 | 20 |
| 5 | Reymersholms IK | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 39 | – | 35 | +4 | 20 |
| 6 | IFK Eskilstuna | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 46 | – | 33 | +13 | 17 |
| 7 | Värtans IK | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | – | 24 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Mjölby AI | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 32 | – | 40 | -8 | 16 |
| 9 | Husqvarna IF | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | – | 42 | -17 | 13 |
| 10 | Årsta SK | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | – | 49 | -28 | 11 |

### Division 2 Västra 1936–37

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Degerfors IF | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 62 | – | 29 | +33 | 30 |
| 2 | Karlskoga IF | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 46 | – | 20 | +26 | 26 |
| 3 | Alingsås IF | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 37 | – | 28 | +9 | 19 |
| 4 | Billingsfors IK | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 35 | – | 30 | +5 | 18 |
| 5 | Tidaholms GIF | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | – | 32 | -5 | 17 |
| 6 | Jonsereds IF | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | – | 34 | -7 | 17 |
| 7 | Karlstads BIK | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | – | 34 | -8 | 15 |
| 8 | Fässbergs IF | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 29 | – | 39 | -10 | 14 |
| 9 | IFK Örebro | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 25 | – | 47 | -22 | 12 |
| 10 | IFK Kristinehamn | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 20 | – | 41 | -21 | 12 |

### Division 2 Södra 1936–37

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Helsingborgs IF | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 52 | – | 16 | +36 | 28 |
| 2 | Halmstads BK | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 46 | – | 14 | +32 | 26 |
| 3 | Höganäs BK | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 40 | – | 29 | +11 | 24 |
| 4 | Malmö BI | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 40 | – | 32 | +8 | 21 |
| 5 | BK Landora | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 30 | – | 29 | +1 | 18 |
| 6 | IFK Kristianstad | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 48 | – | 48 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | IFK Helsingborg | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 35 | – | 35 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | IS Halmia | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 27 | – | 36 | -9 | 14 |
| 9 | Ängelholms IF | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | – | 52 | -25 | 13 |
| 10 | Växjö BK | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | – | 70 | -54 | 2 |

## National team results

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Otto Andersson, Erik Källström - Victor Carlund, Arvid Emanuelsson, Torsten Johansson - Gustaf Josefsson, Erik Persson, Sven Jonasson, Karl-Erik Grahn, Åke Hallman.

Sweden: Sven Bergquist - Nils Axelsson, Walter Sköld - Fritz Berg, Arvid Emanuelsson, Ernst Andersson - Bertil Ericsson, Erik Persson, Sven Jonasson, Karl-Erik Grahn, Andreas Nilsson.

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Nils Axelsson, Walter Sköld - Fritz Berg, Sven Andersson, Ernst Andersson - Gustaf Josefsson, Erik Persson, Sven Jonasson, Karl-Erik Grahn, Axel Nilsson.

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Valter Lundgren, Olle Källgren - Kurt Svanström, Gunnar Löfgren, Ernst Andersson - Gustaf Josefsson, Erik Persson, Olle Zetherlund, Lennart Bunke, Axel Nilsson.

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Valter Lundgren, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Gunnar Löfgren, Kurt Svanström - Gustaf Josefsson, Sven Jonasson, Bertil Ericsson, Lennart Bunke, Gustav Wetterström.

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Valter Lundgren, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Sven Jacobsson, Kurt Svanström - Gustaf Josefsson, Sven Jonasson, Bertil Ericsson, Lennart Bunke, Gustav Wetterström.

Sweden: Gustav Sjöberg - Valter Lundgren, Olle Källgren - Erik Almgren, Sven Jacobsson, Kurt Svanström - Gustaf Josefsson, Erik Persson, Sven Jonasson, Lennart Bunke, Gustav Wetterström.

## National team players in season 1936–37

| Name | Pos. | Caps | Goals | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Erik Almgren | MF | 3 | 0 | AIK Solna |
| Ernst Andersson | MF | 3 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Otto Andersson | DF | 1 | 0 | Örgryte IS Göteborg |
| Sven "Vrålis" Andersson | MF | 1 | 0 | AIK Solna |
| Nils Axelsson | DF | 2 | 0 | Hälsingborgs IF |
| Fritz Berg | MF | 2 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist) | GK | 2 | 0 | AIK Solna (1) Hammarby IF Stockholm (1) |
| Lennart "Ledde" Bunke | FW | 4 | 3 | Hälsingborgs IF |
| Victor Carlund | MF | 1 | 0 | Örgryte IS Göteborg |
| Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson | MF | 2 | 0 | IF Elfsborg Borås |
| Bertil Ericsson | FW | 3 | 1 | Sandvikens IF |
| Karl-Erik Grahn | FW | 3 | 0 | IF Elfsborg Borås |
| Åke Hallman | FW | 1 | 0 | IF Elfsborg Borås |
| Sven "Jack" Jacobsson | MF | 2 | 0 | GAIS Göteborg |
| Torsten Johansson | MF | 1 | 0 | IFK Norrköping |
| Sven "Jonas" Jonasson | FW | 6 | 4 | IF Elfsborg Borås |
| Gustaf "Niggern" Josefsson | FW | 6 | 2 | AIK Solna |
| Olle "Plåten" Källgren | DF | 4 | 0 | Sandvikens IF |
| Erik "Järnbacken" Källström | DF | 1 | 0 | IF Elfsborg Borås |
| Gunnar Löfgren | MF | 2 | 0 | IFK Göteborg |
| Valter Lundgren | DF | 4 | 0 | AIK Solna |
| Andreas Nilsson | FW | 1 | 0 | Malmö FF |
| Axel "Acke" Nilsson | FW | 2 | 0 | AIK Solna |
| Erik "Lillis" Persson | FW | 5 | 3 | AIK Solna |
| Gustav "Gurra" Sjöberg | GK | 5 | 0 | AIK Solna |
| Walter Sköld | DF | 2 | 0 | AIK Solna |
| Kurt Svanström | MF | 4 | 1 | Örgryte IS Göteborg |
| Gustav "Gutta" Wetterström | FW | 3 | 4 | IK Sleipner Norrköping |
| Olle Zetherlund (Zetterlund) | FW | 1 | 0 | AIK Solna |
