the swedish championship was remade for the 1952–53 season. instead of a single-elimination tournament with a total of eight teams, the winners of the south and north divisions met each other twice to decide the championship. djurgården's opponent in the final were gävle godtemplares ik; the first game ended with a 5–1 victory, and the second game ended with a 1–1 draw. led by sven "tumba" johansson's 19-goal season, djurgården went on to win the south division by winning all ten league games in the 1954–55 season. both finals in 1955 were played at johanneshovs ip and djurgården won both games against hammarby if, 6–3 in the first and 11–2 in the second final. the second final is still a record for the number of goals scored in a swedish championship final.