The 1937–38 Svenska mästerskapet was the seventh season of Svenska mästerskapet, a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions of men's handball. Teams qualified by winning their respective District Championships. 19 teams competed in the tournament.

SoIK Hellas SoIK Hellas is a sports club in Stockholm, Sweden, established on 14 May 1899 as Pastorns gossar ("The Preacher's Guys") by Katarina Parish Confirmation (Lutheran Church), confirmation priest Ernst Klefbeck, before changing name to SoIK Hellas in ...

were the defending champions, but failed to qualify after losing the District Championship final of

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

Västerås IK Västerås IK (''Västerås Ishockey klubb'') is a professional ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second-tier league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK played 12 seasons in the top Swedish leagu ...

won the title, defeating Djurgårdens IF in the final. Västerås IK became the first team from outside

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

to win the Swedish Championship since the start of league handball in Sweden. The final was played on 10 April in Skeppsholmshallen in

, and was watched by 1,450 spectators. The final was the first handball match in Sweden to be broadcast on radio.

Results

First round

IFK Uddevalla IFK Uddevalla is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Uddevalla and played two seasons in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, in 1925-26 in Swedish football, 1925–26 and 1926-27 in Swedish football, 1926–27. Backgro ...

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14–13 a.e.t. *

Majornas IK Majornas IK is a Swedish sport club from Gothenburg founded in 1916. The club is most famous for its handball team, who have been List of Swedish men's handball champions, Swedish champions seven times (1935, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946 ...

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IF Göta IF Göta is a sports club in Karlstad, Sweden, founded in 1904. In the beginning, the club practised football and athletics. The club used to have a successful team in bandy, becoming Swedish champions six times, but now is only concentrated on a ...

24–13 *

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

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IFK Kristianstad Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Kristianstad (), or IFK Kristianstad, is a Swedish professional handball club based in Kristianstad. They play in Handbollsligan, the top level of Swedish men's handball. The club was founded in 1899 as a multi-spo ...

4–26 *

Flottans IF Karlskrona Karlskrona Handboll was a Swedish handball club based in Karlskrona, founded in 1920. They were the first Swedish champions in 1932. They were founding members of Allsvenskan in 1934–35. They reached the Swedish championship final again in 193 ...

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GoIF Fram GoIF Fram is a sports club in Jönköping, Sweden, established in 1921. It played in the Swedish men's handball top division during the 1939-1940 season, but later became more focused on bowling Bowling is a Throwing sports#Target sports, ta ...

14–5

Second round

Bodens BK Bodens BK is a Swedish football club located in Boden in Norrbotten. The club was formed on 2 November 1916 and began playing soccer in 1918. It is currently playing in the third tier of Swedish football, Division 1. Linguistics Note that ...

–Umeå läroverk 18–22 * Visby IF–Gefle Sport 11–14 *

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Upsala IF Upsala Idrottsförening, commonly known as Upsala IF, is a Swedish sports club located in the city of Uppsala. Background Upsala IF was formed on 11 December 1904 when IK Swithiod and Erikslunds IK decided to merge. It was intended that the new ...

22–9 *

IFK Eskilstuna Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Eskilstuna, commonly known as IFK Eskilstuna, or, especially earlier, Eskilstuna-Kamraterna, is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Eskilstuna, Södermanland County. In their early seasons, IFK ...

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12–16 *

BK Derby BK Derby is a Sweden, Swedish sports club located in Linköping, Sweden. It now only active in association football, football club but was previously involved in bandy and other sports. The club was formed on 15 April 1912. The bandy department ...

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KFUM Örebro KFUM Örebro is an YMCA association in Örebro in Sweden, established in 1890. In 1990 the club won the Swedish women's juniors national volleyball championship, and between 1996 and 2001 the club won the Swedish national women's volleyball champion ...

8–10 *

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11–19 *

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5–7

Third round

IFK Östersund IFK Östersund is a Swedish football club located in Östersund in Jämtland. Background Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Östersund were founded on 7 March 1906 at the Café Temperance in Östersund. The club subsequently joined the IFK movement ...

–Umeå läroverk 7–6 *Gefle Sport–

8–15 *

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14–13 *

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7–8

Semifinals

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w/o *

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9–8

Final

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12–13

Champions

The following players for

received a winner's medal: Åke Andersson, Gunnar Persson (1 goal in the final), Nils Riddarström, Knut Helin, Erik Pettersson, John Petterson (4), Arne Ericsson (1), Sven Helin (3), Arne Andersson.

References

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