title: 1955–56 Swedish football Division 2
text: # 1955–56 Swedish football Division 2
  
  Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1955–56 season.
  
  ## League standings
  
  ### Norrland
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Lycksele IF | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 24 | Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan |
  | 2 | Fagerviks GF | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 24 | |
  | 3 | Bodens BK | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 22 | |
  | 4 | IFK Holmsund | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 21 | |
  | 5 | Skellefteå AIK | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 19 | |
  | 6 | GIF Sundsvall | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 18 | |
  | 7 | Ljusne AIK | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 16 | |
  | 8 | IFK Östersund | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 15 | Relegated to Division 3 |
  | 9 | Sandvikens AIK | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 12 | Relegated to Division 3 |
  | 10 | Sollefteå GIF | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 9 | Relegated to Division 3 |
  
  ### Svealand
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | IK Brage | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 25 | Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan |
  | 2 | Örebro SK | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 21 | |
  | 3 | IK City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 20 | |
  | 4 | IFK Stockholm | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 19 | |
  | 5 | IFK Eskilstuna | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 18 | |
  | 6 | Karlstads BIK | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 17 | |
  | 7 | Surahammars IF | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 16 | |
  | 8 | Köpings IS | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 16 | |
  | 9 | SK Sifhälla | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 15 | Relegated to Division 3 |
  | 10 | Karlskoga IF | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 13 | Relegated to Division 3 |
  
  ### Östra Götaland
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | IFK Malmö | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 28 | Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan |
  | 2 | Kalmar FF | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 27 | |
  | 3 | Motala AIF | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 22 | |
  | 4 | BK Derby | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 19 | |
  | 5 | IK Sleipner | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 17 | |
  | 6 | Nybro IF | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 16 | |
  | 7 | Landskrona BoIS | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 15 | |
  | 8 | Åtvidabergs FF | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 14 | |
  | 9 | IFK Trelleborg | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 13 | Relegated to Division 3 |
  | 10 | Trelleborgs FF | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 45 | −22 | 9 | Relegated to Division 3 |
  
  ### Västra Götaland
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GAIS | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 18 | +30 | 30 | Playoffs for promotion to Allsvenskan |
  | 2 | IF Elfsborg | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 23 | +37 | 29 | |
  | 3 | Jönköpings Södra IF | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 24 | |
  | 4 | Höganäs BK | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 23 | |
  | 5 | Örgryte IS | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 20 | |
  | 6 | Waggeryds IK | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 17 | |
  | 7 | Husqvarna IF | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 12 | |
  | 8 | Råå IF | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 11 | |
  | 9 | Kinna IF | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 8 | |
  | 10 | BK Häcken | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 53 | −36 | 6 | Relegated to Division 3 |
  
  ## Allsvenskan promotion playoffs
  
  * IK Brage - IFK Malmö 2-3 (0-1, 2-2)
  * Lycksele IF - GAIS 0-10 (0-2, 0-8)
  
  IFK Malmö and GAIS promoted to Allsvenskan.
  
  