Handbollsligan is the highest division of women's

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

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. The inaugural Elitserien season took place in 1951, with Kvinnliga IK Sport winning the championship. The league currently consists of 12 teams. The eight top teams at the end of every season continue to the playoffs, in which the quarterfinals and semifinals are played as a best-of-five series, unlike the final which is played as a single match. The champion is awarded a spot in the EHF Women's Champions League's qualification stage. Historically, the women's Elitserien was dominated by IK Sävehof, with 17 championships. For the 2016–2017 season, the name of the league was changed to Svensk Handbollselit. Until then, it was called Elitserien ( en, the Elite League) ( sv, Elitserien i handboll för damer). For the 2023–2024 season it changed name to "Handbollsligan", like the men's league.

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Boden Handboll IF Boden may refer to: Places *Boden Municipality in Sweden *Boden, Sweden, a city and the seat of Boden Municipality *Boden, Germany, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany *Boden, Illinois, an unincorporated ...

* H 65 Höörs HK * IK Sävehof * Kristianstad HK * Kungälvs HK *

Lugi HF Lugi HF is a handball team from Lund, Sweden. Both the men's and women's teams play in the top division in 2021-22, Handbollsligan and Svensk handbollselit respectively. Sports Hall information *Name: – Sparbanken Skåne Arena *City: – ...

Önnereds HK Önnereds HK is a handball club based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Around 60 teams are organized in the club. Since 1965, handball has been played in the Gothenburg district of Önnered. In 1985, the club was split into a football and a handball depart ...

Skara HF Skara HF is a handball club in Skara Skara is a locality and the seat of Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 18,580 inhabitants in 2013. Despite its small size, it is one of the oldest cities in Sweden, and has a long e ...

Skövde HF Skövde Handbollsflickor is a Swedish women's handball club from Skövde playing in the Elitserien. Playing in top-flight since 1997, Skövde won its first championship in 2008. In all other seasons since 2005 it has been the championship's run ...

Skuru IK Skuru IK is a sports club in Skuru in Nacka, Sweden, established on 22 October 1922. The club runs basketball, gymnastics, handball and swimming activity, previously even bowling and ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team spo ...

* VästeråsIrsta HF

List of Swedish Champions in women's handball

* 1951 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1952 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1953 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1954 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1955 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1956 IF Guif * 1957 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1958 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1959 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1960 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1961 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1962 IK Ymer * 1963 IK Bolton * 1964 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1965 IK Bolton * 1966 IK Bolton * 1967 IK Bolton * 1968 IK Bolton * 1969 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1970

Borlänge HK Borlänge HK is a handball club in Borlänge in Sweden, established in 1947. The club won the Swedish women's national championship in 1970, 1973 and 1978. The women's team played 11 seasons in the Swedish top division between 1971–1972 and 1995 ...

* 1971 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1972 Kvinnliga IK Sport * 1973

* 1974 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1975 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1976 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1977 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1978

* 1979 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1980 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1981 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1982 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1983 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1984 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1985 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1986

Irsta HF Irsta HF were a Swedish handball club based in Västerås. The club was founded in 1965. They were promoted to the top division, at the time known as Elitserien, in 1989. In their debut season in the top-flight, they finished fourth and qualified ...

* 1987

Tyresö HF Tyresö HF is a Swedish women's handball club from Tyresö established in 1990, currently competing in the second-tier Allsvenskan. In 1986 it reached the IHF Cup's semifinals, and between 1987 and 1989 it won three national championships A ...

* 1988

* 1989

* 1990 Stockholmspolisens IF * 1991

* 1992 Skånela IF * 1993 IK Sävehof * 1994 Sävsjö HK * 1995 Sävsjö HK * 1996 Sävsjö HK * 1997

HP Warta HP Warta is a Team handball, handball club, based on Hisingen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The male team has played 16 seasons in Elitserien (men's handball), Elitserien. The female team won the Elitserien (women's handball), Elitserien regular season 1 ...

* 1998 Sävsjö HK * 1999 Sävsjö HK * 2000 IK Sävehof * 2001

* 2002

Eslövs IK Eslövs IK is a sports club in Eslöv, Sweden, established in 1961. The club nowadays mostly runs handball activity. The women's team won the Swedish national indoor championship titles in 2002 and 2003. The women's team plays under the name Esl ...

* 2003

* 2004

* 2005

* 2006 IK Sävehof * 2007 IK Sävehof * 2008

* 2009 IK Sävehof * 2010 IK Sävehof * 2011 IK Sävehof * 2012 IK Sävehof * 2013 IK Sävehof * 2014 IK Sävehof * 2015 IK Sävehof * 2016 IK Sävehof * 2017

H 65 Höör Höörs HK H 65 is a Swedish women's handball club from Höör established in 1965, competing in the Swedish women's handball league, Handbollsligan, since 2011. In 2014 the team won the 2013–14 EHF Challenge Cup. History In 2011–201 ...

* 2018 IK Sävehof * 2019 IK Sävehof * 2020 No champion due to COVID-19. * 2021

* 2022 IK Sävehof * 2023 IK Sävehof * 2024 IK Sävehof

EHF league ranking

EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season: *9. RedDownArrow

(''8'')

Handball-Bundesliga Frauen Handball-Bundesliga, is the top women's professional handball league in Germany. 2022-23 season teams *Thüringer HC *SG BBM Bietigheim * TuS Metzingen * Borussia Dortmund Handball * Buxtehuder SV * VfL Oldenburg *HSG Blomberg-Lippe *Bad Wildun ...

(56.33) *10. (''11'') 1. A DRL *11. RedDownArrow

(''10'') SHE Women (37.40) *12. (''13'') PGNiG Superliga (33.00) *13. RedDownArrow

(''12'') Extraliga (31.50)

References

{{EHF women's leagues Women's handball leagues Handball competitions in Sweden Women's handball in Sweden Women's sports leagues in Sweden Professional sports leagues in Sweden