1937–47 Nordic Football Championship

Nordic Football Championship 1937–47 Denmark Finland Norway Sweden 13 June 1937 – 10 October 1947 4 5 5 Sweden 2 Denmark Norway Finland 24 118 SWE Gunnar Nordahl(7 goals) 1933–36 1948–51 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 13 June 1937 DEN 5-1 Report NOR Kleven 20Søbirk 30 59K. Hansen 64Rasmussen 89 Martinsen 23 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark 22,000 Willy Peters (Germany) 16 June 1937 SWE 4-0 Report FIN Bunke 60 82Persson 65Svanström 68 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 19,574 Willy Peters (Germany) 5 September 1937 FIN 0-2 Report NOR Martinsen 21 53 Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland 7,881 Sölve Flisberg (Sweden) 19 September 1937 13:15 (UTC+1:00) NOR 3-2 Report SWE Brustad 44Isaksen 74Kvammen 76 Johansson 55Bunke 82 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 29,344 Arthur Barton (England) 3 October 1937 14:00 (UTC+1:00) SWE 1-2 Report DEN Persson 86 Andersen 18Søbirk 58 Råsunda, Stockholm, Sweden 38,000 Jimmy Jewell (England) 17 October 1937 13:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 2-1 Report FIN Andersen 48Friedmann 58 Mäkelä 24 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark 32,000 Alfred Birlem (Germany) 1938 17 June 1938 19:30 (UTC+1:00) NOR 9-0 Report FIN Isaksen 3Brustad 11 22 25 33Kvammen 17 pen. 51Andersen 67Arnesen 70 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 28,000 Valdemar Laursen (Denmark) 21 June 1938 19:00 (UTC+1:00) DEN 0-1 Report SWE Nyberg 35 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark 38,260 Thoralv Kristiansen (Norway) 4 July 1938 19:00 (UTC+2:00) FIN 2-4 Report SWE Lintamo 2Granström 37 Lagerkrantz 27 67Bergström 51Nyberg 74 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 15,366 Peco Bauwens (Germany) 31 August 1938 18:00 (UTC+2:00) FIN 2-1 Report DEN Lintamo 15Lehtonen 46 Sørensen 59 Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland 11,368 Rudolf Eklöv (Sweden) 18 September 1938 13:15 (UTC+1:00) NOR 1-1 Report DEN Arnesen 33 Hansen 42 Ullevaal stadion, Oslo, Norway 33,065 Eklöv (Sweden) 2 October 1938 14:00 (UTC+1:00) SWE 2-3 Report NOR Persson 27Nyberg 66 Brustad 16Brynildsen 18Nordahl 35 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden 38,000 Jimmy Jewell (England) 1939 9 June 1939 19:30 (UTC+1:00) SWE 5-1 Report FIN Andersson 13Persson 30 64 67Grahn 35 pen. Nilsson 10 o.g. Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden 16,989 Reidar Randers Johansen (Norway) 3 September 1939 17:00 (UTC+2:00) FIN 1-2 Report NOR Eronen 63 Andersen 7 60 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 8,729 Rudolf Eklöw (Sweden) 17 September 1939 13:15 (UTC+1:00) NOR 2-3 Report SWE Navestad 8 pen.Yven 84 Nyberg 19 73Lennartsson 81 Ullevaal stadion, Oslo, Norway 29,504 Einer Ulrich (Denmark) 17 September 1939 13:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 8-1 Report FIN Nielsen 24Thiesen 39 57 89Lindbäck 48 o.g.Jørgensen 67Albrechtsen 77Søbirk 87 Granström 69 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark 20,000 Eklind (Sweden) 1 October 1939 14:00 (UTC+1:00) SWE 4-1 Report DEN Lennartsson 35Johansson 43Nyström 57Dahl 84 Jørgensen 7 Råsunda, Stockholm, Sweden 22,698 Dæhlen (Norway) 22 October 1939 13:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 4-1 Report NOR Albrechtsen 6Friedmann 49Jørgensen 68 85 Brynildsen 34 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen 27,000 Eklind (Sweden) 1947 15 June 1947 13:30 (UTC+2:00) DEN 1-4 Report SWE K.A. Hansen 57 Nordahl 7 22Liedholm 33Lindskog 49 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen 38,000 Reader (England) 24 August 1947 13:30 (UTC+1:00) SWE 7-0 Report FIN Liedholm 4 52Nordahl 5 30 40Gren 9 pen.Turunen 78 o.g. Ryavallen, Borås, Sweden 38,000 Aksel Asmussen (Denmark) 7 September 1947 15:00 (UTC+2:00) FIN 3-3 Report NOR Reunanen 10Myntti 20 23 Dahlen 21Sørensen 41Brynildsen 88 pen. Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 13,533 Valdemar Laursen (Denmark) 21 September 1947 13:15 (UTC+1:00) NOR 3-5 Report DEN Thoresen 35Osnes 42 pen. 71 G. Hansen 1 o.g.J. Hansen 10 82Præst 13 83 Ullevaal, Oslo 34,756 Nilsson (Sweden) 5 October 1947 13:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 4-1 Report FIN J. Hansen 2Præst 4 23Sørensen 57 Stolpe 80 Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus, Denmark 22,300 John Erik Andersson (Sweden) 5 October 1947 15:00 (UTC+1:00) SWE 4-1 Report NOR Liedholm 9Nordahl 15 70Gren 71 Kvammen 41 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden 36,134 George Reader (England) Table TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1SWE129034116+25182DEN127143421+13153NOR125253130+1124FIN1211101251–393 Winners fb 1937–47 Nordic Football Championship winners SWE Second Statistics Goalscorers 24 118 SWE Gunnar Nordahl SWE Erik Persson NOR Arne Brustad SWE Arne Nyberg SWE Nils Liedholm DEN Karl Aage Præst DEN Pauli Jørgensen DEN Helmuth Søbirk NOR Reidar Kvammen DEN Jørgen Wagner Hansen DEN Oskar Theisen NOR Alf Martinsen NOR Torkild Andersen NOR Knut Brynildsen SWE Lennart Bunke DEN Alex Friedmann DEN Kaj Hansen DEN Knud Andersen DEN Svend Albrechtsen FIN Holger Granström FIN Nuutti Lintamo FIN Stig-Göran Myntti NOR Magnar Isaksen NOR Trygve Arnesen NOR Knut Osnes SWE Floyd Lagerkrantz SWE Ragnar Lennartsson SWE Gunnar Gren DEN Arne Sørensen DEN Arno Nielsen DEN Eyolf Kleven DEN Jørgen Leschly Sørensen DEN Karl Aage Hansen DEN Peder Rasmussen FIN Aatos Lehtonen FIN Pentti Eronen FIN Eino Mäkelä FIN Harry Reunanen FIN Olof Stolpe NOR Gunnar Dahlen NOR Gunnar Thoresen NOR Hans Nordahl NOR Harry Yven NOR Olav Navestad NOR Odd Wang Sørensen SWE Åke Andersson SWE Gösta Dahl SWE Karl-Erik Grahn SWE Kurt Svanström SWE Knut Johansson SWE Georg Johansson SWE Gunnar Bergström SWE Lennart Lindskog SWE Stig Nyström FIN Leo Turunen (against Sweden) FIN Ragnar Lindbäck (against Denmark) NOR Gunnar Hansen (against Denmark) SWE Harry Nilsson (against Finland) See also Balkan CupBaltic CupCentral European International CupMediterranean Cup References Alsiö Martin Frantz Alf Lindahl Jimmy Persson Gunnar 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken Stroemberg Media Group 2004 Vällingby Swedish 100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics 91-86184-59-8 Aarhus Lars Elbech, Søren Pietarinen, Heikki https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nordic.html Nordic Championships 2007-03-16 2001-02-06 RSSSF http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/landsholdsdatabasen.aspx Landsholdsdatabasen 2007-03-16 DBU 2010-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100913050549/http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/landsholdsdatabasen.aspx dead External links Nordic Championships 1937-47 at RSSSF 1937-47 Category:1937 in European men's international football Category:1938 in European men's international football Category:1939 in European men's international football Category:1947 in European men's international football Category:1937–38 in Swedish football Category:1938–39 in Swedish football Category:1939–40 in Swedish football Category:1947–48 in Swedish football Category:1937–38 in Danish football Category:1938–39 in Danish football Category:1939–40 in Danish football Category:1947–48 in Danish football Category:1937 in Norwegian football Category:1938 in Norwegian football Category:1939 in Norwegian football Category:1947 in Norwegian football Category:1937 in Finnish football Category:1938 in Finnish football Category:1939 in Finnish football Category:1947 in Finnish football