Slottsbrons IF Svenska dagbladets årsbok 1934

Swedish bandy champions () is a title held by the winners of the final of the highest

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

league played each year,

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

. The final is called ''Svenska bandyfinalen'' ("Swedish Bandy Final") and is played in March. From the 2007–08 season, Saturday replaced Sunday as the final date, but was changed back to Sunday again and again to Saturday in 2015 in 2010. In 2009 Eurosport 2 showed it for the 1st time.

History

The first final was held in 1907, when

IFK Uppsala IFK Uppsala is a Swedish sports club located in Uppsala in Sweden, with several departments: * IFK Uppsala Fotboll, association football department * IFK Uppsala Bandy, bandy department The club was established in 1895. On 30 January 1921, t ...

beat IFK Gävle with 4–1 in Boulognerskogen,

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. In 1912 two winners were declared, because no replay of the tied final could be played due to the weather.

Venue

The arena with the most finals is Stockholm Olympic Stadium in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

(50 times), Söderstadion in

(23) and

Studenternas IP Studenternas IP is a multi-use stadium in Uppsala, Sweden and the home arena for the football clubs IK Sirius Fotboll on the men's side and IK Uppsala Fotboll on the women's and in bandy for IK Sirius in Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the ...

(17). Other venues are

Rocklunda IP Rocklunda IP is a sports venue in Rocklunda in Västerås, Sweden. It consists of venues for soccer, bandy, track and field athletics, ice hockey, baseball and American football. Bandy is currently played inside ABB Arena ABB Arena is the common ...

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, Idrottsparken in

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, the bay of

Brunnsviken Brunnsviken (literally ''The Bay of Wells'') is a by brackish lake in Sweden located on the boundary between Solna Municipality and Stockholm Municipality, connecting to Lilla Värtan through Ålkistan. It has a perimeter of . Around Brunnsvi ...

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in Eskilstuna, Strömvallen in

and Tingvalla IP in

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. Until the mid-20th Century, bandy was often played on naturally frozen lakes. The final was played on lakes eight times, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1934 (the replay), 1943 (the replay), and 1949. From 1991 to 2012, all men's finals have been held on

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

. The final weekend starts with finals for youth's, junior's and women's team on Saturday and the men's final on Sunday. From 2013 the new venue is

Friends Arena Nationalarenan, currently known as Friends Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Located next to the lake Råstasjön in Solna, just north of the City Centre, it is the biggest stadium in ...

. In 2013 and 2014 the final was played at

in Solna and from 2015 it is played at

Tele2 Arena The Stockholmsarenan, known as the Tele2 Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov, just south of Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. It is used mostly for concerts and football m ...

. The attendance record of the finals is from mars 16, 2013, when 38,474 people saw

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against Sandvikens AIK on

Winners throughout the years

Men

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;Notes

Women

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Title champions

Men's titles per club

Women's titles per club

Men's titles per town

;Notes AIK moved from Stockholm to Solna in the 1930s, but all titles were taken before the move.

Women's titles per town

Men's and women's titles the same year

References

External links

Images from the Swedish national bandy championship finals at på Studenternas IP i UppsalaSwedish bandy national championship finals at SVT's open archive

Svenska Bandyförbundet - ''Herrfinaler''Svenska Bandyförbundet - ''Damfinaler''
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