Allsvenskan (literally, "The All Swedish") ( sv, Allsvenskan i bandy) is since the 2007–08 the second highest level of bandy in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

and comprises 24 teams in two regional groups. This change was made when Allsvenskan and Elitserien were cancelled and a new top-tier called

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 ...

was created.

Structure

During the first two years, Allsvenskan consisted of three groups with ten teams in each, i.e. a total of 30 teams. The groups were divided geographically, in Allsvenskan Norra (North), Allsvenskan Mellersta (Mid) and Allsvenskan Södra (South). For the third season, 2009–10, Allsvenskan was restructured into two groups, Norra and Södra, with 12 teams each, so there were only 24 teams left in total. This structure has so far (2014) been kept since then.

Teams

2017–18 teams

The following 16 teams took part in the 2017–18 season: * Åby/Tjureda IF *

Falu BS Falu Bandysällskap, ''Falu BS'', is a bandy club from Falun in Sweden. Falu BS was founded as ''Falu Bollsällskap'' on 10 December 1935, by merging Falu BK, Holmens IF, Falu SK and IFK Falun. All these clubs were playing bandy. In 1936 ...

Frillesås BK Frillesås BK, ''FBK'', is a bandy club in Sweden. It is based in Frillesås in Kungsbacka Municipality but plays its homegames on Sjöaremossen bandy field in Varberg Municipality. The club was founded in 1960. The club colours are green, yellow ...

* Gripen Trollhättan BK * Gustavsbergs IF * IF Boltic *

IFK Kungälv IFK Kungälv is a sports club in Kungälv in Sweden, founded in 1940, and mostly concentrated on the sport of bandy. The club has been playing in the Swedish bandy top division Elitserien for many seasons, at present since 2008/09. The home ki ...

* Lidköpings AIK * Ljusdals BK * Nässjö IF * NitroNora BS *

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn A ...

* Peace & Love City Bandy *

Tranås BoIS Tranås BoIS is a sports club in Tranås Tranås () is a locality and the seat of Tranås Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 14,197 inhabitants in 2010. Overview It is close to the lake Sommen in the north of Småland. Its main commer ...

* UNIK Bandy *

Västanfors IF Västanfors IF, nicknamed ''Västanfläkt'' ("the Western Wind"), is a sports club in Fagersta Fagersta is a locality and the seat of Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden, with 11,130 inhabitants in 2010. Geography The cit ...

Former teams

Due to many promotions to Elitserien and relegations to Division 1, there have been many clubs playing in Allsvenskan through the years. They are all in the following list with information about the seasons they played in Allsvenskan. : 1uparrow green

means the club was promoted to Elitserien for the following season : 1downarrow red

means the club was relegated to Division 1 for the following season : 1rightarrow_blue

means the club had qualified for Allsvenskan but choose to withdraw. ;Notes

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