1981 in Swedish football
# 1981 in Swedish football

The 1981 season in Swedish football, starting January 1981 and ending December 1981:

## Honours

### Official titles

| Title | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - |
| Swedish Champions 1981 | Östers IF | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| Swedish Cup Champions 1980–81 | Kalmar FF | Winners of Svenska Cupen |

### Competitions

| Level | Competition | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 1st level | Allsvenskan 1981 | Östers IF |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Norra 1981 | IFK Eskilstuna |
| 2nd level | Division 2 Södra 1981 | BK Häcken |
| Cup | Svenska Cupen 1980–81 | Kalmar FF |

## Promotions, relegations and qualifications

### Promotions

| Promoted from | Promoted to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Division 3 1981 | Division 2 Södra 1982 | Myresjö IF | Winners of qualification play-off |
| Division 3 1981 | Division 2 Södra 1982 | IK Oddevold | Winners of qualification play-off |

### Relegations

| Relegated from | Relegated to | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Allsvenskan 1981 | Division 2 Norra 1982 | IFK Sundsvall | 13th team |
| Allsvenskan 1981 | Division 2 Norra 1982 | Djurgårdens IF | 14th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1981 | Division 3 1982 | Degerfors IF | Losers of qualification play-off |
| Division 2 Norra 1981 | Division 3 1982 | Karlslunds IF | 12th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1981 | Division 3 1982 | Spånga IS | 13th team |
| Division 2 Norra 1981 | Division 3 1982 | GIF Sundsvall | 14th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1981 | Division 3 1982 | Jönköpings Södra IF | Losers of qualification play-off |
| Division 2 Södra 1981 | Division 3 1982 | IFK Hässleholm | 12th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1981 | Division 3 1982 | Grimsås IF | 13th team |
| Division 2 Södra 1981 | Division 3 1982 | GAIS | 14th team |

### International qualifications

| Qualified for | Enters | Team | Reason |
| - | - | - | - |
| European Cup 1982–83 | 1st round | Östers IF | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup 1982–83 | 1st round | IFK Norrköping | 3rd team in Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup 1982–83 | 1st round | IK Brage | 4th team in Allsvenskan |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1981–82 | 1st round | Kalmar FF | Winners of Svenska Cupen |
| International Football Cup 1982 | Group stage | Östers IF | Winners of Allsvenskan |
| International Football Cup 1982 | Group stage | IFK Göteborg | 2nd team in Allsvenskan |
| International Football Cup 1982 | Group stage | IFK Norrköping | 3rd team in Allsvenskan |
| International Football Cup 1982 | Group stage | IK Brage | 4th team in Allsvenskan |

## Domestic results

### Allsvenskan 1981

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Östers IF | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 57 | – | 20 | +37 | 40 |
| 2 | IFK Göteborg | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 60 | – | 24 | +36 | 36 |
| 3 | IFK Norrköping | 26 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 40 | – | 30 | +10 | 32 |
| 4 | IK Brage | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 34 | – | 27 | +7 | 30 |
| 5 | Malmö FF | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 48 | – | 44 | +4 | 27 |
| 6 | Örgryte IS | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 45 | – | 49 | -4 | 27 |
| 7 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 48 | – | 46 | +2 | 25 |
| 8 | AIK | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | – | 34 | +1 | 24 |
| 9 | Halmstads BK | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 35 | – | 44 | -9 | 24 |
| 10 | Åtvidabergs FF | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | – | 35 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | IF Elfsborg | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | – | 38 | -11 | 22 |
| 12 | Kalmar FF | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 28 | – | 38 | -10 | 21 |
| 13 | IFK Sundsvall | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | – | 58 | -34 | 18 |
| 14 | Djurgårdens IF | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 25 | – | 47 | -22 | 16 |

### Division 2 Norra 1981

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | IFK Eskilstuna | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 44 | – | 27 | +17 | 35 |
| 2 | Örebro SK | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 50 | – | 32 | +28 | 30 |
| 3 | Vasalunds IF | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 47 | – | 40 | +7 | 30 |
| 4 | Flens IF | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 43 | – | 41 | +2 | 30 |
| 5 | Västerås SK | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 37 | – | 36 | +1 | 30 |
| 6 | Sandvikens IF | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 38 | – | 24 | +14 | 29 |
| 7 | Karlstad BK | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 44 | – | 43 | +1 | 29 |
| 8 | Ope IF | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 35 | – | 28 | +7 | 28 |
| 9 | Gefle IF/Brynäs | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 40 | – | 41 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | IFK Västerås | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 31 | – | 28 | +3 | 25 |
| 11 | Degerfors IF | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 39 | – | 41 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 | Karlslunds IF | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 33 | – | 48 | -15 | 18 |
| 13 | Spånga IS | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 29 | – | 55 | -26 | 17 |
| 14 | GIF Sundsvall | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | – | 47 | -26 | 13 |

### Division 2 Södra 1981

| | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | BK Häcken | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 44 | – | 28 | +16 | 37 |
| 2 | IS Halmia | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 44 | – | 30 | +14 | 31 |
| 3 | Trelleborgs FF | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 41 | – | 30 | +9 | 29 |
| 4 | Karlskrona AIF | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 35 | – | 28 | +7 | 29 |
| 5 | Mjällby AIF | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 34 | – | 31 | +3 | 28 |
| 6 | Landskrona BoIS | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 | – | 26 | +4 | 27 |
| 7 | Västra Frölunda IF | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 29 | – | 28 | +1 | 27 |
| 8 | Helsingborgs IF | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | – | 33 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | IK Sleipner | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 32 | – | 41 | -9 | 26 |
| 10 | IFK Malmö | 26 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 33 | – | 31 | +2 | 24 |
| 11 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 39 | – | 45 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | IFK Hässleholm | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 30 | – | 43 | -13 | 22 |
| 13 | Grimsås IF | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 29 | – | 42 | -13 | 18 |
| 14 | GAIS | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | – | 38 | -16 | 16 |
