Swedish football champions () is a title held by the winners of the highest Swedish football league played each year, Allsvenskan. Malmö FF are the holders of the record of most titles with 24 Swedish championships, the most recent of which was won in 2024. The title has been contested since 1896 in various competition formats. The first Swedish Champions, Örgryte IS, were declared in 1896 when the club won the cup tournament Svenska Mästerskapet. This happened before there existed any Swedish national association, which was created in 1904. The winners of Svenska Mästerskapet between 1896 and 1904 have retroactively been declared holders of the title by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF). After the creation of the SvFF, the title continued to be held by the winners of Svenska Mästerskapet until 1925, even though a Swedish first national league, Svenska Serien, started in 1910. Svenska Mästerskapet was discontinued in 1925.
In 1924–25, a new Swedish national league was created, Allsvenskan, but the Swedish Champions title was not awarded to the winners of that league until 1930–31.Nylin, 2004, p. 134. Since then, the winners of Allsvenskan are considered Swedish Champions, with a few exceptions. Between 1982 and 1990, the title was given to the winners of a play-off held after Allsvenskan was finished, and the following two years, 1991 and 1992, the title was given to the winners of Mästerskapsserien, a continuation league with the best teams from Allsvenskan.Nylin, 2004, p. 135.
The current trophy, Lennart Johanssons Pokal, has been awarded since 2001, with Hammarby IF being the first winners. Johansson himself handed out the trophy in Sundsvall on 27 October 2001. The first trophy which was in use from 1904 to 2000 was named von Rosen's Pokal after the first chairman of the Swedish FA Clarence von Rosen. However, in November 2000 it was discovered that von Rosen had been active in the Swedish national socialist movement during World War II which prompted the FA to give up using the old trophy.
Champions +KeyChampions also won Svenska Cupen during the same season(n)Number of championship titles and runners-up by each club.
Svenska Mästerskapet (1896–1925) YearChampionsRunners-up1896Örgryte IS (1)IS Idrottens Vänner (1)1897Örgryte IS (2)Örgryte IS 2 (1)1898Örgryte IS (3)AIK (1)1899Örgryte IS (4)Göteborgs FF (1)1900AIK (1)Örgryte IS (2)1901AIK (2)Örgryte IS 2 (3)1902Örgryte IS (5)Jönköpings AIF (1)1903Göteborgs IF (1)Göteborgs FF (2)1904Örgryte IS (6)Djurgårdens IF (1)1905Örgryte IS (7)IFK Stockholm (1)1906Örgryte IS (8)Djurgårdens IF (2)1907Örgryte IS (9)IFK Uppsala (1)1908IFK Göteborg (1)IFK Uppsala (2)1909Örgryte IS (10)Djurgårdens IF (3)1910IFK Göteborg (2)Djurgårdens IF (4)1911AIK (3)IFK Uppsala (3)1912Djurgårdens IF (1)Örgryte IS (4)1913Örgryte IS (11)Djurgårdens IF (5)1914AIK (4)Hälsingborgs IF (1)1915Djurgårdens IF (2)Örgryte IS (5)1916AIK (5)Djurgårdens IF (6)1917Djurgårdens IF (3)AIK (2)1918IFK Göteborg (3)Hälsingborgs IF (2)1919GAIS (1)Djurgårdens IF (7)1920Djurgårdens IF (4)IK Sleipner (1)1921IFK Eskilstuna (1)IK Sleipner (2)1922GAIS (2)Hammarby IF (1)1923AIK (6)IFK Eskilstuna (1)1924Fässbergs IF (1)IK Sirius (1)1925Brynäs IF (1)BK Derby (1)
Allsvenskan (1931–1981) YearChampionsRunners-upTop scorer (club)Goals1930–31GAIS (3)AIKJohn Nilsson (GAIS) 261931–32AIK (7)Örgryte ISCarl-Erik Holmberg (Örgryte IS) 291932–33Hälsingborgs IF (1)GAISTorsten Bunke (Hälsingborgs IF) 211933–34Hälsingborgs IF (2)GAISSven Jonasson (IF Elfsborg) 201934–35IFK Göteborg (4)AIKHarry Andersson (IK Sleipner) 231935–36IF Elfsborg (1)AIKSven Jonasson (IF Elfsborg) 241936–37AIK (8)IK SleipnerOlle Zethlerlund (AIK) 231937–38IK Sleipner (1)Hälsingborgs IFCurt Hjelm (IK Sleipner) 131938–39IF Elfsborg (2)AIKErik Persson (AIK)Ove Andersson (Malmö FF)Yngve Lindgren (Örgryte IS) 161939–40IF Elfsborg (3)IFK GöteborgAnders Pålsson (Hälsingborgs IF) 171940–41Hälsingborgs IF (3)Degerfors IFStig Nyström (IK Brage) 171941–42IFK Göteborg (5)GAISSven Jacobsson (GAIS) 201942–43IFK Norrköping (1)IF ElfsborgGunnar Nordahl (Degerfors IF) 161943–44Malmö FF (1)IF ElfsborgLeif Larsson (IFK Göteborg) 191944–45IFK Norrköping (2)IF ElfsborgGunnar Nordahl (IFK Norrköping) 271945–46IFK Norrköping (3)Malmö FFGunnar Nordahl (IFK Norrköping) 251946–47IFK Norrköping (4)AIKGunnar Gren (IFK Göteborg) 181947–48IFK Norrköping (5)Malmö FFGunnar Nordahl (IFK Norrköping) 181948–49Malmö FF (2)Hälsingborgs IFCarl-Johan Franck (Hälsingborgs IF) 191949–50Malmö FF (3)Jönköpings Södra IFIngvar Rydell (Malmö FF) 221950–51Malmö FF (4)Råå IFHasse Jeppson (Djurgårdens IF) 171951–52IFK Norrköping (6)Malmö FFKarl-Alfred Jacobsson (GAIS) 171952–53Malmö FF (5)IFK NorrköpingKarl-Alfred Jacobsson (GAIS) 241953–54GAIS (4)Hälsingborgs IFKarl-Alfred Jacobsson (GAIS) 211954–55Djurgårdens IF (5)Halmstads BKKurt Hamrin (AIK) 221955–56IFK Norrköping (7)Malmö FFSylve Bengtsson (Halmstads BK) 221956–57IFK Norrköping (8)Malmö FFHarry Bild (IFK Norrköping) 191957–58IFK Göteborg (6)IFK NorrköpingBertil Johansson (IFK Göteborg)Henry Källgren (IFK Norrköping) 271959Djurgårdens IF (6)IFK NorrköpingRune Börjesson (Örgryte IS) 211960IFK Norrköping (9)IFK MalmöRune Börjesson (Örgryte IS) 241961IF Elfsborg (4)IFK NorrköpingBertil Johansson (IFK Göteborg) 201962IFK Norrköping (10)Djurgårdens IFLeif Skiöld (Djurgårdens IF) 211963IFK Norrköping (11)Degerfors IFLars Heinermann (Degerfors IF)Bo Larsson (Malmö FF) 171964Djurgårdens IF (7)Malmö FFKrister Granbom (Hälsingborgs IF) 221965Malmö FF (6)IF ElfsborgBo Larsson (Malmö FF) 281966Djurgårdens IF (8)IFK NorrköpingOve Kindvall (IFK Norrköping) 201967Malmö FF (7)Djurgårdens IFDag Szepanski (Malmö FF) 221968Östers IF (1)Malmö FFOve Eklund (Åtvidabergs FF) 161969IFK Göteborg (7)Malmö FFReine Almqvist (IFK Göteborg) 161970Malmö FF (8)Åtvidabergs FFBo Larsson (Malmö FF) 161971Malmö FF (9)Åtvidabergs FFRoland Sandberg (Åtvidabergs FF) 171972Åtvidabergs FF (1)AIKRalf Edström (Åtvidabergs FF)Roland Sandberg (Åtvidabergs FF) 161973Åtvidabergs FF (2)Östers IFJan Mattsson (Östers IF) 201974Malmö FF (10)AIKJan Mattsson (Östers IF) 221975Malmö FF (11)Östers IFJan Mattsson (Östers IF) 311976Halmstads BK (1)Malmö FFRutger Backe (Halmstads BK) 211977Malmö FF (12)IF ElfsborgReine Almqvist (IFK Göteborg)Mats Aronsson (Landskrona BoIS) 151978Östers IF (2)Malmö FFTommy Berggren (Djurgårdens IF) 191979Halmstads BK (2)IFK GöteborgMats Werner (Hammarby IF) 141980Östers IF (3)Malmö FFBilly Ohlsson (Hammarby IF) 191981Östers IF (4)IFK GöteborgTorbjörn Nilsson (IFK Göteborg) 20
Allsvenskan play-offs (1982–1990) YearChampionsRunners-upTop scorer (club)Goals1982IFK Göteborg (8)League champions: IFK GöteborgHammarby IFDan Corneliusson (IFK Göteborg) 121983IFK Göteborg (9)League champions: AIKÖsters IFThomas Ahlström (IF Elfsborg) 161984IFK Göteborg (10)League champions: IFK GöteborgIFK NorrköpingBilly Ohlsson (Hammarby IF) 141985Örgryte IS (12)League champions: Malmö FFIFK GöteborgSören Börjesson (Örgryte IS)Peter Karlsson (Kalmar FF)Billy Lansdowne (Kalmar FF) 101986Malmö FF (13)League champions: Malmö FFAIKJohnny Ekström (IFK Göteborg) 131987IFK Göteborg (11)League champions: Malmö FFMalmö FFLasse Larsson (Malmö FF) 191988Malmö FF (14)League champions: Malmö FFDjurgårdens IFMartin Dahlin (Malmö FF) 171989IFK Norrköping (12)League champions: Malmö FFMalmö FFJan Hellström (IFK Norrköping) 161990IFK Göteborg (12)League champions: IFK GöteborgIFK NorrköpingKaj Eskelinen (IFK Göteborg) 10
Mästerskapsserien (1991–1992) YearChampionsRunners-upTop scorer (club)Goals1991IFK Göteborg (13)League champions: IFK GöteborgIFK NorrköpingKennet Andersson (IFK Göteborg) 131992AIK (9)League champions: IFK NorrköpingIFK NorrköpingHans Eklund (Östers IF) 16
Allsvenskan (1993–present) +Allsvenskan champions since 1993SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeTop scorer (club)Goals1993IFK Göteborg (14)IFK NorrköpingAIK (Halmstads BK) (Trelleborgs FF) 181994IFK Göteborg (15)Örebro SKMalmö FF (IFK Norrköping) 231995IFK Göteborg (16)Helsingborgs IFHalmstads BK (Västra Frölunda IF) 171996IFK Göteborg (17)Malmö FFHelsingborgs IF (IFK Göteborg) 191997Halmstads BK (3)IFK GöteborgMalmö FF (Halmstads BK) (IF Elfsborg) (Örebro SK) 141998AIK (10)Helsingborgs IFHammarby IF (Helsingborgs IF) 181999Helsingborgs IF (4)AIKHalmstads BK (Örgryte IS) 152000Halmstads BK (4)Helsingborgs IFAIK (IF Elfsborg) 182001Hammarby IF (1)Djurgårdens IFAIK (Halmstads BK) 152002Djurgårdens IF (9)Malmö FFÖrgryte IS (Malmö FF) 242003Djurgårdens IF (10)Hammarby IFMalmö FF (Malmö FF) 222004Malmö FF (15)Halmstads BKIFK Göteborg (Halmstads BK) 142005Djurgårdens IF (11)IFK GöteborgKalmar FF (Halmstads BK) 162006IF Elfsborg (5)AIKHammarby IFAri (Kalmar FF) 152007IFK Göteborg (18)Kalmar FFDjurgårdens IF (IFK Göteborg) (Helsingborgs IF)142008Kalmar FF (1)IF ElfsborgIFK Göteborg (Kalmar FF) 192009AIK (11)IFK GöteborgIF Elfsborg (IFK Göteborg)Wánderson (GAIS)182010Malmö FF (16)Helsingborgs IFÖrebro SK (Gefle IF / Helsingborgs IF) 202011Helsingborgs IF (5)AIKIF Elfsborg (BK Häcken / Malmö FF)212012IF Elfsborg (6)BK HäckenMalmö FFMajeed Waris (BK Häcken)232013Malmö FF (17)AIKIFK Göteborg (IFK Norrköping / Helsingborgs IF)152014Malmö FF (18)IFK GöteborgAIK (IFK Göteborg)232015IFK Norrköping (13)IFK GöteborgAIK (IFK Norrköping)212016Malmö FF (19)AIKIFK Norrköping (BK Häcken)172017Malmö FF (20)AIKDjurgårdens IF (IFK Norrköping) (Djurgårdens IF)142018AIK (12)IFK NorrköpingMalmö FF (BK Häcken)202019Djurgårdens IF (12)Malmö FFHammarby IF (Djurgårdens IF)152020Malmö FF (21)IF ElfsborgBK Häcken (IFK Norrköping)182021Malmö FF (22)AIKDjurgårdens IF (IFK Norrköping)172022BK Häcken (1)Djurgårdens IFHammarby IF (BK Häcken)222023Malmö FF (23)IF ElfsborgBK Häcken (Malmö FF)162024Malmö FF (24)Hammarby IFAIKNikola Vasić (IF Brommapojkarna)172025Mjällby AIF (1)Hammarby IFGAISIbrahim Diabate (GAIS)August Priske (Djurgårdens IF)18
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Total titles won by club
A total of 21 clubs have been crowned Swedish champions from Örgryte IS in 1896 until Mjällby AIF in 2025. A total of 125 Swedish championships have been awarded. Malmö FF is the most successful club with 24 Swedish championships. + Performance by clubClubWinnersRunners-upWinning seasons Malmö FF2416 1943–44, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 IFK Göteborg189 1908, 1910, 1918, 1934–35, 1941–42, 1957–58, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007 IFK Norrköping1311 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1989, 2015 AIK1217 1900, 1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1923, 1931–32, 1936–37, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2018 Djurgårdens IF1212 1912, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1954–55, 1959, 1964, 1966, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019 Örgryte IS126 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1913, 1985 IF Elfsborg68 1935–36, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1961, 2006, 2012 Helsingborgs IF59 1932–33, 1933–34, 1940–41, 1999, 2011 GAIS43 1919, 1922, 1930–31, 1953–54 Östers IF43 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981 Halmstads BK42 1976, 1979, 1997, 2000 Åtvidabergs FF22 1972, 1973 IK Sleipner13 1937–38 Hammarby IF15 2001 IFK Eskilstuna11 1921 Kalmar FF11 2008 BK Häcken11 2022 Göteborgs IF1– 1903 Fässbergs IF1– 1924 Brynäs IF1– 1925 Mjällby AIF1– 2025
Total titles won by city The 21 title-winning clubs have come from a total of 14 cities. The most successful city is Gothenburg. + Total titles won by cityCityTitlesWinning clubs Gothenburg36 IFK Göteborg (18), Örgryte IS (12), GAIS (4), Göteborgs IF (1), BK Häcken (1) Stockholm25 AIK (12), Djurgårdens IF (12), Hammarby IF (1) Malmö24 Malmö FF (24) Norrköping14 IFK Norrköping (13), IK Sleipner (1) Borås6 IF Elfsborg (6) Helsingborg5 Helsingborgs IF (5) Växjö4 Östers IF (4) Halmstad4 Halmstads BK (4) Åtvidaberg2 Åtvidabergs FF (2) Eskilstuna1 IFK Eskilstuna (1) Hällevik1 Mjällby AIF (1) Kalmar1 Kalmar FF (1) Mölndal1 Fässbergs IF (1) Gävle1 Brynäs IF (1)
Total titles won by county