The 1940–41 Svenska mästerskapet was the 10th season of Svenska mästerskapet, a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions of men's handball. Teams qualified by winning their respective District Championships. 16 teams competed in the tournament.

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 ...

were the defending champions, but failed to win the District Championship of

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

and did not qualify.

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 ...

won the title, defeating

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, the ...

in the final. The final was played on 6 April in Södra kaserns gymnastiksal in

Kristianstad Kristianstad ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 41,198 inhabitants in 2023. Since the 1990s, the city has gone from being a garrison town to a developed commercial city, ...

, and was watched by 1,299 spectators.

Results

First round

Visby AIK Visby AIK is a Swedish football club located in Visby on the island of Gotland. Background Visby AIK currently plays in Division 4 Gotland, sometimes called "Gotlandsfyran", which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home match ...

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Sandvikens IF Sandvikens IF is a Swedish football club located in Sandviken. The club, formed 6 June 1918, has played 21 seasons in the highest Swedish league, but is in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan. Sandvikens IF are affiliated to the Gest ...

– Nytorps AIK 5–4 *

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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Redbergslids IK Redbergslids IK (RIK), is a professional handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslid is the most successful club in Sweden, having won 20 Swedish Championship titles. Home games are played in Prioritet Serneke Arena. Red ...

10–12 * I 2 Karlstad–

IFK Skövde IFK Skövde is a Swedish handball club from the city of Skövde, whose roots can be traced back to 1907. The current organization, however, got its shape through a reorganization in 1991. The team has been in the Handbollsligan (Swedish highes ...

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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 ...

– Norrköpings AIS 13–7 *

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 ...

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IK City Eskilstuna City FK is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club is playing in Division 2. IK City from Eskilstuna, who got promoted to the top league in 1925 in Sweden, in the original match kit: light and dark blue striped s ...

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IFK Karlskrona IFK Karlskrona are a Swedish handball club based in Karlskrona. The club was founded in 1921. They won Allsvenskan in 1944–1945. They reached the final of the Swedish championship, at the time played as a straight knockout tournament, in 1940, ...

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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 ...

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IS Halmia IS Halmia is a association football, football club, located in Halmstad, Sweden. Background IS Halmia was founded on 16 June 16, 1907 and currently plays in Division 3 (Swedish football), Division 3 Sydästra Götaland. The club originall ...

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4–24

Quarterfinals

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8–5 *

– I 2 Karlstad 18–10 *

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16–5 *

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9–10 a.e.t.

Semifinals

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7–6 *

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9–12

Final

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17–8

Champions

The following players for

received a winner's medal: Torsten Strand, Georg Sandberg, Göte Pålsson (1 goal in the final), Eskil Gustafsson, Sven Pålsson (3), Gunnar Jönsson (3), Ernst Cedergren (2),

Curt Wadmark Curt Wadmark (; 30 January 1915 – 21 July 2003) was a Swedish handball player, coach and administrator. He played for IFK Lund during the club's only season in the top division in 1938–39. At the end of the season the team withdrew from the ...

(2), Nils Kjellberg (2) and Olle Nilsson (1).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1940-41 Svenska masterskapet (men's handball) Svenska mästerskapet (men's handball) seasons

Results

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Champions

See also

References