The Swedish ice hockey champions () is a title awarded annually to the winning playoff team of the top-tier ice hockey league in Sweden, which currently is Swedish Hockey League (SHL). It was first awarded to IK Göta in 1922, the championship's inaugural year. The championship's present SHL format did not take into effect until the league was originally formed for the 1975–76 season under the name of Elitserien. A team who wins the Swedish Championship is awarded the Le Mat Trophy. Djurgårdens IF holds the most titles in history with 16 titles. The most recent Swedish Champions are Frölunda HC, who won their fourth title in club history in 2016.
Before 1953, the Swedish champions were determined through a standalone tournament, the Swedish Ice Hockey Championship, where teams could submit their participation. In other words, the leagues were not connected with the Swedish Championship during this period. Between 1953 and 1955, the winner was decided through matches between the winners of Division 1 Norra and Division 1 Södra. From 1956 to 1965, the Swedish champions was the winner of a second round group stage following Division 1. In the years of 1966 and 1967 a play-off was played between Division 1 teams and the 1968 season saw a return to second round group stage. In the 1975–76 season, Elitserien was started and the winner of Elitserien (later SHL) play-off became Swedish ice hockey champion.
Lasse Björn and Tord Lundström have the most titles, with nine each.
Below is a list of the players awarded medals.
Players
A
Bengt Åkerblom - Djurgården 1989 Tommy Albelin - Djurgården 1983 Ruben Allinger - Djurgården 1926 Folke Andersson - Djurgården 1926 Karl-Erik Andersson - Djurgården 1950, 1954, 1955 Ola Andersson - Djurgården 1989 Sune Andersson - Djurgården 1926 Sven Andersson - Djurgården 1954 Hans Andersson-Tvilling - Djurgården 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Stig Andersson-Tvilling - Djurgården 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960 Wilhelm Arwe - Djurgården 1926
B
Rolf Berggren - Djurgården 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 Bo Berglund - Djurgården 1983 Charles Berglund - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2001 Lennart Berglund - Djurgården 1954, 1955 Tommy Björkman - Djurgården 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 Lasse Björn - Djurgården 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 Arto Blomsten - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991 Arne Boman - Djurgården 1958 Bengt Bornström - Djurgården 1958 François Bouchard - Djurgården 2001 Dag Bredberg - Djurgården 1983
C
Björn Carlsson - Djurgården 1983 Jan Chmelar - Djurgården 2000 Jan Claesson - Djurgården 1983
D
Christian Due-Boje - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991
E
Per Eklund - Djurgården 2000 Håkan Eriksson - Djurgården 1983 Joakim Eriksson - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Thomas Eriksson - Djurgården 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991 Tomaz Eriksson - Djurgården 1989
F
Nichlas Falk - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Jonas Finn-Olsson - Djurgården 2001 Leif Fredblad - Djurgården 1962 Edvin Frylén - Djurgården 2001
G
Johan Garpenlöv - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 2001 Mikael Good - Djurgården 1983 Stefan Gustavson - Djurgården 1991
Z
Mikael Håkanson - Djurgården 2000 Lars Hallström - Djurgården 2000 Jörgen Holmberg - Djurgården 1983 Martin Holst - Djurgården 2001
J
Magnus Jansson - Djurgården 1991 Gösta Johansson - Djurgården 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960 Kent Johansson - Djurgården 1983, 1990 Mikael Johansson - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2001 Nils Johansson - Djurgården 1926 Thomas Johansson - Djurgården 2000 Yngve Johansson - Djurgården 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1962 Anders Johnson - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991 Ola Josefsson - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991
K
Kyösti Karjalainen - Djurgården 2001 Ernst Karlberg - Djurgården 1926 Yngve Karlsson - Djurgården 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1962 Kenneth Kennholt - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991 Espen Knutsen - Djurgården 2000 Mikko Konttila - Djurgården 2000 Niklas Kronwall - Djurgården 2000, 2001
L
Bengt Larsson - Djurgården 1950, 1955, 1958 Bo Larsson - Djurgården 1983 Calle Lilja - Djurgården 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 Karl-Erik Lilja - Djurgården 1983, 1990 Erik Lindgren - Djurgården 1926 Fredrik Lindquist - Djurgården 1991 Johan Lindstedt - Djurgården 1991 Martin Linse - Djurgården 1983
M
Mikael Magnusson - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Torsten Magnusson - Djurgården 1954 Ove Malmberg - Djurgården 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 Hans Mild - Djurgården 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 Pontus Molander - Djurgården 1983 Tommy Mörth - Djurgården 1983
N
Tord Nänzén - Djurgården 1983 Lennart Nierenburg - Djurgården 1950 Patrik Nilson - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Kent Nilsson - Djurgården 1989 Peter Nilsson - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991 Björn Nord - Djurgården 2000 Claes Norström - Djurgården 1989 Per Nygårds - Djurgården 1991
O
Carl-Göran Öberg - Djurgården 1961, 1962, 1963 Jens Öhling - Djurgården 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991 Jimmie Ölvestad - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Vladimír Országh - Djurgården 2001 Kristofer Ottosson - Djurgården 2000, 2001
P
Stefan Perlström - Djurgården 1983, 1989 Joakim Persson - Djurgården 1991 Ronnie Pettersson - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Marcus Ragnarsson - Djurgården 1991
R
Rolf Ridderwall - Djurgården 1983, 1989, 1990 Petter Rönnquist - Djurgården 1991 Åke Rydberg - Djurgården 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
S
Andreas Salomonsson - Djurgården 2001 Gösta Sandberg - Djurgården 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963 Hans Särkijärvi - Djurgården 1983 Christian Sjögren - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Stig Sjöstam - Djurgården 1955 Leif Skiöld - Djurgården 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 Håkan Södergren - Djurgården 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991 Walter Söderman - Djurgården 1926 Tommy Söderström - Djurgården 1990, 1991, 2000 Orvar Stambert - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991 Hans Stelius - Djurgården 1950 Hans Stergel - Djurgården 1963 Roland Stoltz - Djurgården 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 Mats Sundin - Djurgården 1990 Kurt Svensson - Djurgården 1963
T
Mikael Tellqvist - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Michael Thelvén - Djurgården 1983 Björn Thorsell - Djurgården 1983 Kurt Thulin - Djurgården 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963 Daniel Tjärnqvist - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Mathias Tjärnqvist - Djurgården 2000, 2001 Sven Tumba - Djurgården 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
V
Jan Viktorsson - Djurgården 1989, 1990, 1991
W
Peter Wallén - Djurgården 1989 Mats Waltin - Djurgården 1983, 1990 Gösta Westerlund - Djurgården 1963 Mikael Westling - Djurgården 1983 Lars-Göran Wiklander - Djurgården 2000 Eddie Wingren - Djurgården 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
Y
Mats Ytter - Djurgården 1989
Z
Bertz Zetterberg - Djurgården 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958 Magnus Zirath - Djurgården 2000
References
See also List of Swedish ice hockey champions List of Swedish ice hockey junior champions List of SHL seasons