The 1937–38 season in Swedish football, starting August 1937 and ending July 1938:
Honours
Official titles
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|1937–38 Swedish Champions||IK Sleipner||Winners of Allsvenskan
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Competitions
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!style="width: 225px;"|Level
!style="width: 275px;"|Competition
!style="width: 200px;"|Team
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|1st level||Allsvenskan 1937–38||IK Sleipner
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|rowspan=4|2nd level||Division 2 Norra 1937–38||Hammarby IF
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|Division 2 Östra 1937–38||Hallstahammars SK
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|Division 2 Västra 1937–38||Degerfors IF
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|Division 2 Södra 1937–38||Malmö BI
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|Regional Championship||Norrländska Mästerskapet 1938||Bodens BK
|}
Promotions, relegations and qualifications
Promotions
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!style="width: 275px;"|Promoted from
!style="width: 275px;"|Promoted to
!style="width: 200px;"|Team
!style="width: 225px;"|Reason
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|Division 2 Östra 1937–38||rowspan=2|Allsvenskan 1938–39||Hallstahammars SK||Winners of promotion play-off
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|Division 2 Västra 1937–38||Degerfors IF||Winners of promotion play-off
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|rowspan=2|Division 3 1937–38||rowspan=2|Division 2 Norra 1938–39||Enköpings SK||Winners of Östsvenska
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|Ludvika FfI||Winners of promotion play-off
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|rowspan=2|Division 3 1937–38||rowspan=2|Division 2 Östra 1938–39||Husqvarna IF||Winners of Södra Mellansvenska
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|IF Rune||Winners of promotion play-off
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|Division 3 1937–38||Division 2 Västra 1938–39||Deje IK||Winners of Nordvästra
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|rowspan=3|Division 3 1937–38||rowspan=3|Division 2 Södra 1938–39||Kalmar AIK||Winners of Sydöstra
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|IFK Malmö||Winners of Sydsvenska
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|Oskarströms IS||Winners of promotion play-off
|}
League transfers
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!style="width: 275px;"|Transferred from
!style="width: 275px;"|Transferred to
!style="width: 200px;"|Team
!style="width: 225px;"|Reason
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|Division 2 Västra 1937–38||Division 2 Östra 1938–39||IK Tord||Geographical composition
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|Division 2 Södra 1937–38||Division 2 Västra 1938–39||Varbergs BoIS||Geographical composition
|}
Relegations
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!style="width: 275px;"|Relegated from
!style="width: 275px;"|Relegated to
!style="width: 200px;"|Team
!style="width: 225px;"|Reason
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|rowspan=2|Allsvenskan 1937–38||rowspan=2|Division 2 Västra 1938–39||IFK Göteborg||11th team
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|GAIS||12th team
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|rowspan=2|Division 2 Norra 1937–38||rowspan=2|Division 3 1938–39||Sundbybergs IK||9th team
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|Skutskärs IF||10th team
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|rowspan=2|Division 2 Östra 1937–38||rowspan=2|Division 3 1938–39||BK Derby||9th team
|-
|Katrineholms AIK||10th team
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|rowspan=2|Division 2 Västra 1937–38||rowspan=2|Division 3 1938–39||Alingsås IF||9th team
|-
|Karlstads BIK||10th team
|-
|rowspan=2|Division 2 Södra 1937–38||rowspan=2|Division 3 1938–39||IFK Kristianstad||9th team
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|IFK Helsingborg||10th team
|}
Domestic results
Allsvenskan 1937–38
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5px|link=AIK Fotboll|AIK</div>
<div style="position: absolute; right: 122px; top: 263px;">
5px|link=IK Brage|IK Brage</div>
<div style="position: absolute; right: 162px; top: 347px;">
5px|link=IF Elfsborg|IF Elfsborg</div>
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5px|link=GAIS|GAIS</div>
<div style="position: absolute; right: 186px; top: 347px;">
3px|link=Gårda BK|Gårda BK</div>
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3px|link=IFK Göteborg|IFK Göteborg</div>
<div style="position: absolute; right: 168px; top: 397px;">
5px|link=Helsingborgs IF|Helsingborgs IF</div>
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5px|link=Landskrona BoIS|Landskrona BoIS</div>
<div style="position: absolute; right: 165px; top: 410px;">
5px|link=Malmö FF|Malmö FF</div>
<div style="position: absolute; right: 102px; top: 259px;">
5px|link=Sandvikens IF|Sandvikens IF</div>
<div style="position: absolute; right: 112px; top: 319px;">
5px|link=IK Sleipner|IK Sleipner</div>
<div style="position: absolute; right: 196px; top: 347px;">
3px|link=Örgryte IS|Örgryte IS</div>
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!style="width: 35px;"|D
!style="width: 35px;"|L
!style="width: 45px;"|GF
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!style="width: 45px;"|GA
!style="width: 35px;"|GD
!style="width: 45px;"|Pts
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|1||style="text-align: left;"|IK Sleipner
|22||12||6||4||46||–||28||+18||30
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|2||style="text-align: left;"|Helsingborgs IF
|22||12||2||8||36||–||27||+9||26
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National team players in season 1937–38
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! name
! pos.
! caps
! goals
! club
|-
| Henock Abrahamsson
| GK
| 5
| 0
| Gårda BK
|-
| Erik Almgren
| MF
| 7
| 0
| AIK
|-
| Åke "Carnera" Andersson
| FW
| 4
| 0
| GAIS (3)<br />AIK (1)
|-
| Ernst Andersson
| MF
| 2
| 0
| IFK Göteborg
|-
| Gillis Andersson
| FW
| 1
| 0
| IF Elfsborg
|-
| Harry Andersson
| FW
| 3
| 3
| IK Sleipner
|-
| Harry "Patly" Andersson
| FW
| 2
| 0
| IS Halmia
|-
| Sven "Vrålis" Andersson
| MF
| 1
| 0
| AIK
|-
| Fritz Berg
| MF
| 2
| 0
| IFK Göteborg
|-
| Sven "Svenne Berka" Bergquist (Bergqvist)
| GK
| 3
| 0
| Hammarby IF
|-
| Curt (Kurt) Bergsten
| FW
| 1
| 0
| Landskrona BoIS
|-
| Gunnar Bergström
| FW
| 5
| 3
| IK Brage
|-
| Lennart "Ledde" Bunke
| FW
| 2
| 1
| Hälsingborgs IF
|-
| Lennart Carlsson-Askerlund
| FW
| 1
| 0
| IFK Eskilstuna
|-
| Arvid "Emma" Emanuelsson
| MF
| 1
| 0
| IF Elfsborg
|-
| Bertil Ericsson
| FW
| 1
| 0
| Sandvikens IF
|-
| Ivar Eriksson
| DF
| 4
| 0
| Sandvikens IF
|-
| Lars Flodin
| MF
| 1
| 0
| Hälsingborgs IF
|-
| Karl-Erik Grahn
| MF
| 1
| 0
| IF Elfsborg
|-
| Knut "Buckla" Hansson
| FW
| 1
| 2
| Landskrona BoIS
|-
| Sven "Jack" Jacobsson
| MF
| 2
| 0
| GAIS
|-
| Georg "Massa" Johansson
| FW
| 1
| 1
| IK Brage
|-
| Karl Johansson
| DF
| 1
| 0
| IK Sleipner
|-
| Sven "Jonas" Jonasson
| FW
| 7
| 1
| IF Elfsborg
|-
| Olle "Plåten" Källgren
| DF
| 5
| 0
| Sandvikens IF
|-
| Einar Karlsson
| MF
| 1
| 0
| Gårda BK
|-
| Tore Keller
| FW
| 3
| 1
| IK Sleipner
|-
| Floyd Lagercrantz
| FW
| 2
| 3
| AIK
|-
| Folke Lind
| DF
| 1
| 0
| GAIS
|-
| Arne Linderholm
| MF
| 3
| 0
| IK Sleipner
|-
| Gunnar Löfgren
| MF
| 2
| 0
| IFK Göteborg
|-
| Valter Lundgren
| DF
| 3
| 0
| AIK
|-
| Malte "Svarta Blixten" Mårtensson
| FW
| 1
| 0
| Hälsingborgs IF
|-
| Erik Nilsson
| DF
| 3
| 0
| Malmö FF
|-
| Harry Nilsson
| DF
| 1
| 0
| Landskrona BoIS
|-
| Sven Nilsson
| MF
| 1
| 0
| Malmö FF
|-
| Arne Nyberg
| FW
| 6
| 5
| IFK Göteborg
|-
| Erik Persson
| FW
| 2
| 0
| Landskrona BoIS
|-
| Erik "Lillis" Persson
| FW
| 3
| 1
| AIK
|-
| Gustav "Gurra" Sjöberg
| GK
| 2
| 0
| AIK
|-
| Sixten "Jompa" Skoglund
| FW
| 1
| 0
| IK Brage
|-
| Walter Sköld
| DF
| 2
| 0
| AIK
|-
| Kurt Svanström
| MF
| 3
| 0
| Örgryte IS
|-
| Arthur Svensson
| MF
| 3
| 0
| AIK
|-
| Gustav "Gutta" Wetterström
| FW
| 3
| 3
| IK Sleipner
|}
Notes
References
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