1937–47 Nordic Football Championship

1937–47 Nordic Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesDenmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Dates13 June 1937 – 10 October 1947
Teams4
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (2nd title)
Runners-up Denmark
Third place Norway
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored118 (4.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Gunnar Nordahl
(7 goals)

The 1937–47 Nordic Football Championship was the fourth Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The tournament was arranged by the Football Association of Finland. The trophy was named Suomen Karhut (Finnish Bears). The tournament which was originally supposed to end in 1940, but the Second World War interrupted it and the last six matches were not played until 1947.

Results

1937

Denmark 5-1 Norway
Kleven 20'
Søbirk 30', 59'
K. Hansen 64'
Rasmussen 89'		 Report Martinsen 23'
Attendance: 22,000
Sweden 4-0 Finland
Bunke 60', 82'
Persson 65'
Svanström 68'		 Report
Attendance: 19,574
Finland 0-2 Norway
Report Martinsen 21', 53'
Attendance: 7,881
Norway 3-2 Sweden
Brustad 44'
Isaksen 74'
Kvammen 76'		 Report Johansson 55'
Bunke 82'
Attendance: 29,344
Referee: Arthur Barton (England)
Sweden 1-2 Denmark
Persson 86' Report Andersen 18'
Søbirk 58'
Attendance: 38,000
Denmark 2-1 Finland
Andersen 48'
Friedmann 58'		 Report Mäkelä 24'
Attendance: 32,000

1938

Norway 9-0 Finland
Isaksen 3'
Brustad 11', 22', 25', 33'
Kvammen 17' (pen.), 51'
Andersen 67'
Arnesen 70'		 Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Valdemar Laursen (Denmark)
Denmark 0-1 Sweden
Report Nyberg 35'
Attendance: 38,260
Finland 2-4 Sweden
Lintamo 2'
Granström 37'		 Report Lagerkrantz 27', 67'
Bergström 51'
Nyberg 74'
Attendance: 15,366
Finland 2-1 Denmark
Lintamo 15'
Lehtonen 46'		 Report Sørensen 59'
Attendance: 11,368
Norway 1-1 Denmark
Arnesen 33' Report Hansen 42'
Attendance: 33,065
Referee: Eklöv (Sweden)
Sweden 2-3 Norway
Persson 27'
Nyberg 66'		 Report Brustad 16'
Brynildsen 18'
Nordahl 35'
Attendance: 38,000

1939

Sweden 5-1 Finland
Andersson 13'
Persson 30', 64', 67'
Grahn 35' (pen.)		 Report Nilsson 10' (o.g.)
Attendance: 16,989
Finland 1-2 Norway
Eronen 63' Report Andersen 7', 60'
Attendance: 8,729
Norway 2-3 Sweden
Navestad 8' (pen.)
Yven 84'		 Report Nyberg 19', 73'
Lennartsson 81'
Attendance: 29,504
Denmark 8-1 Finland
Nielsen 24'
Thiesen 39', 57', 89'
Lindbäck 48' (o.g.)
Jørgensen 67'
Albrechtsen 77'
Søbirk 87'		 Report Granström 69'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Eklind (Sweden)
Sweden 4-1 Denmark
Lennartsson 35'
Johansson 43'
Nyström 57'
Dahl 84'		 Report Jørgensen 7'
Attendance: 22,698
Referee: Dæhlen (Norway)
Denmark 4-1 Norway
Albrechtsen 6'
Friedmann 49'
Jørgensen 68', 85'		 Report Brynildsen 34'
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Eklind (Sweden)

1947

Denmark 1-4 Sweden
K.A. Hansen 57' Report Nordahl 7', 22'
Liedholm 33'
Lindskog 49'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Reader (England)
Sweden 7-0 Finland
Liedholm 4', 52'
Nordahl 5', 30', 40'
Gren 9' (pen.)
Turunen 78' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 38,000
Finland 3-3 Norway
Reunanen 10'
Myntti 20', 23'		 Report Dahlen 21'
Sørensen 41'
Brynildsen 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,533
Norway 3-5 Denmark
Thoresen 35'
Osnes 42' (pen.), 71'		 Report G. Hansen 1' (o.g.)
J. Hansen 10', 82'
Præst 13', 83'
Attendance: 34,756
Referee: Nilsson (Sweden)
Denmark 4-1 Finland
J. Hansen 2'
Præst 4', 23'
Sørensen 57'		 Report Stolpe 80'
Attendance: 22,300
Sweden 4-1 Norway
Liedholm 9'
Nordahl 15', 70'
Gren 71'		 Report Kvammen 41'
Attendance: 36,134

Table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 12 9 0 3 41 16 +25 18
2  Denmark 12 7 1 4 34 21 +13 15
3  Norway 12 5 2 5 31 30 +1 12
4  Finland 12 1 1 10 12 51 –39 3

Winners

 1937–47 Nordic Football Championship winners 

Sweden
Second title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.92 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup

References

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