Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is the premier football league for Sweden. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football league system.

Replacing leagues
The formation of the Allsvenskan can be traced back to 1924-25 with the 12 teams of the initial season coming from the previous Svenska Serien which was held until 1924. The first season in the brand new league would see IFK Göteborg take out the title from GAIS would go on to win the following season. In 1928, Örgryte IS became the first team to win two Allsvenskan titles in a row as they won both the 1927 and the 1928 editions.

By the 1934 season, Hälsingborgs IF would finally recorded their first title after getting second and third in previous seasons as they struggled to just the top step. It was also during this season that Malmö FF was famously relegated during the season due to paying a wage to the players which was against the rules at the time. This meant that they were relegated to the second division and wouldn't come back up until the 1940 season. Two years later in 1936, IF Elfsborg claimed their first trophy as they finished five points ahead of AIK. Two years later, Sandvikens IF won their first title after they only just missed out in the previous season by three points.

Through the wars and professionalism
With the World Wars raging through the continent of Europe, Sweden who stayed neutral in the war which meant football could continue to play out. For IF Elsborg, they would win three years in a row with varying differences as they started to dominate Swedish football in the early 40s. But it wouldn't be long before they wern't able to win titles as the decade was than transferred to IFK Norrköping who would win the next four seasons by comfortable margins over their nearest rival. This run though ended in 1949 when they had to transfer their title to GAIS as the team had to finish third in a tournament that went down to the final match day.

After winning the 1950 FIFA World Cup, talks in the Swedish Football Association started to occur with the possibility of turning the league into a professional league. The talks began about having turn professional by 1955 which by the year came round, the league would officially turn professional and with it a expansion of the league to 14 teams the following season. In 1951, Malmö FF recorded their first title as they finished ahead of IFK Göteborg who would go on to finish in second in consecutive years as they lost to IFK Norrköping the following year.

After winning back to back in 1951-52 and 1952-53, Norrkoping finished outside of the top three with Degerfors IF scoring their first title in the Allsvenskan with Djurgårdens IF securing their first title in over forty-three years as they became the first Swedish team to compete in the European Cup. In fact though, it was the Norrkoping 50s as they would round the 1950s with four straight titles in a row. During this period, the tournament went from a winter season to a summer season which eventually saw the streak of titles get broken with IF Elfsborg claiming their sixth title while Norrkoping didn't even finish in the top three.