Handbollsligan (literally, "The Handball league") is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff.

Structure The season starts in September with a regular season comprising 14 teams meeting each other twice. A total of 26 rounds. The eight best teams after the regular season qualifies for the play-off. The 14th team is relegated, and the 11th, 12th and 13th team plays matches against the second, third and fourth from Allsvenskan to qualify for next season's Handbollsligan.

The season ends with the finals in the beginning of May and the winning team qualifies directly to EHF European League and the losing team qualifies for the EHF European Cup.

Teams for season 2025–26

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacityAlingsås HKAlingsåsEstrad Alingsås2,800Amo HKAlstermoAmokabelhallen700Eskilstuna GuifEskilstunaSTIGA Sports Arena4,000Hammarby IFStockholmEriksdalshallen2,600HF KarlskronaKarlskronaBrinova Arena Karlskrona2,500HK MalmöMalmöBaltiska Hallen4,000IF HallbyJönköpingJönköpings idrottshus1,500IFK KristianstadKristianstadKristianstad Arena5,221IFK SkövdeSkövdeArena Skövde2,516IK SävehofPartillePartille Arena4,100OV HelsingborgHelsingborgHelsingborg Arena4,700VästeråsIrsta HFVästeråsVästerås Arena1,800Ystads IF HFYstadYstad Arena2,863Önnereds HKGothenburgÖHK-hallen1,004

Swedish Champions

1931–32 – Flottans IF Karlskrona 1932–33 – Redbergslids IK 1933–34 – Redbergslids IK 1934–35 – Majornas IK 1935–36 – SoIK Hellas 1936–37 – SoIK Hellas 1937–38 – Västerås IK 1938–39 – Uppsala Studenters IF 1939–40 – Majornas IK 1940–41 – IFK Kristianstad 1941–42 – Majornas IK 1942–43 – Majornas IK 1943–44 – Majornas IK 1944–45 – Majornas IK 1945–46 – Majornas IK 1946–47 – Redbergslids IK 1947–48 – IFK Kristianstad 1948–49 – IFK Lidingö 1949–50 – IK Heim 1950–51 – AIK Handboll 1951–52 – IFK Kristianstad 1952–53 – IFK Kristianstad 1953–54 – Redbergslids IK 1954–55 – IK Heim 1955–56 – Örebro SK 1956–57 – Örebro SK 1957–58 – Redbergslids IK 1958–59 – IK Heim 1989-60 – IK Heim 1960–61 – Vikingarnas IF 1961–62 – IK Heim 1962–63 – Redbergslids IK 1963–64 – Redbergslids IK 1964–65 – Redbergslids IK 1965–66 – IS Göta 1966–67 – Vikingarnas IF 1967–68 – IF Saab 1968–69 – SoIK Hellas 1969–70 – SoIK Hellas 1970–71 – SoIK Hellas 1971–72 – SoIK Hellas 1972–73 – IF Saab 1973–74 – IF Saab 1974–75 – HK Drott 1975–76 – Ystads IF 1976–77 – SoIK Hellas 1977–78 – HK Drott 1978–79 – HK Drott 1979–80 – LUGI HF 1980–81 – Vikingarnas IF 1981–82 – IK Heim 1982–83 – IK Heim 1983–84 – HK Drott 1984–85 – Redbergslids IK 1985–86 – Redbergslids IK 1986–87 – Redbergslids IK 1987–88 – HK Drott 1988–89 – Redbergslids IK 1989–90 – HK Drott 1990–91 – HK Drott 1991–92 – Ystads IF 1992–93 – Redbergslids IK

1993–94 – HK Drott 1994–95 – Redbergslids IK 1995–96 – Redbergslids IK 1996–97 – Redbergslids IK 1997–98 – Redbergslids IK 1998–99 – HK Drott 1999-00 – Redbergslids IK 2000–01 – Redbergslids IK 2001–02 – HK Drott 2002–03 – Redbergslids IK 2003–04 – IK Sävehof 2004–05 – IK Sävehof 2005–06 – Hammarby IF 2006–07 – Hammarby IF 2007–08 – Hammarby IF 2008–09 – Alingsås HK 2009–10 – IK Sävehof 2010–11 – IK Sävehof 2011–12 – IK Sävehof 2012–13 – HK Drott 2013–14 – Alingsås HK 2014–15 – IFK Kristianstad 2015–16 – IFK Kristianstad 2016–17 – IFK Kristianstad 2017–18 – IFK Kristianstad 2018–19 – IK Sävehof 2019–20 – Cancelled (COVID-19) 2020–21 – IK Sävehof 2021–22 – Ystads IF 2022–23 – IFK Kristianstad 2023–24 – IK Sävehof 2024–25 – Ystads IF 2025–26 – IFK Kristianstad

EHF coefficient ranking

For season 2015/2016, see footnote (PDF). European Handball Federation.

7.  (11) PGNiG Superliga Mężczyzn (38.60) 8.  (10) Macedonian Super Liga (36.40) 9.  (14) Elitserien (36.33) 10.  (12) Belarusian First League (33.90) 11.  (8) Swiss Handball League (33.00)

Seasonal Coefficient Ranking Graph : Year 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Rank 15 13 13 12 14 9 10

References

External links Official website Swedish handball association