Allsvenskan
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| Country | Sweden |
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| Confederation | UEFA |
| Founded | 13 January 1924 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Superettan |
| Domestic cup(s) | Svenska Cupen |
| International cup(s) |
UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League |
| Current champions |
Malmö FF (2016) |
| Most championships | Malmö FF (22 titles) |
| TV partners | TV4 Group |
| Website | Allsvenskan |
 2016 Allsvenskan
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Allsvenskan (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈalːˈsvɛnskan]; English: The All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, English: The Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924, and is the top flight of the Swedish football league system, operating on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan. Seasons run from late March or early April to beginning of November, with the 16 clubs all meeting each other twice, resulting in a 30-match season, for a total of 240 matches league-wide.
Allsvenskan is ranked 20th in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. As it stands now, Allsvenskan is ranked highest of the leagues in Scandinavia. The current champions are Malmö FF, who won the title in the 2016 season.
Including the 2016 season, Allsvenskan has been running for an unbroken streak of 91 seasons[update], which amongst national-level football leagues is one of the longest such streaks in Europe as well as in the world.
Allsvenskan started in the 1924–25 Allsvenskan season and the first winner was GAIS. The one-league twelve team Allsvenskan replaced the Svenska Serien, consisting of a southern and northern group that was held before. In 1931, the league started to decide the Swedish football champions.
In the early years, Norrland and Gotland teams were not allowed to play on higher levels in the league system, which was gradually changed to include the Norrland and Gotland teams on higher levels. In the 1955–56 season, Lycksele IF became the first Norrland team to play in an Allsvenskan promotion play-off, however they lost to GAIS.
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