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{{Infobox sports season
| title            = 1977–78 Elitserien season
| league           = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Swedish Hockey League|Elitserien]]
| sport            = [[Ice hockey]]
| duration         = 6 October 1977 – 15 March 1978
| season           = Regular season
| season_champ_name = League Champion
| season_champs    = [[Brynäs IF]]
| MVP              =
| MVP_link         = Guldpucken
| top_scorer       = 
| top_scorer_link  = 
| average_attendance=
| playoffs         = Playoffs
| playoffs_link    = #Playoffs
| finals           = 
| finals_link      = 
| finals_champ     = [[Skellefteå AIK]]
| finals_runner-up = [[AIK IF|AIK]]
| playoffs_MVP     = 
| playoffs_MVP_link= 
| nextseason_year = [[1978–79 Elitserien season|1978–79]]
| prevseason_year = [[1976–77 Elitserien season|1976–77]]
| seasonslistnames = [[List of SHL seasons|SHL]]
}}
The '''1977-78 [[Swedish Hockey League|Elitserien]] season''' was the third season of the Elitserien, the top level of ice hockey in [[Sweden]]. 10 teams participated in the league, and Skellefteå AIK won the championship.

==Standings==
{| class=wikitable
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
|<small>Teams 1-4 qualify for 1978 Swedish Championship Playoffs</small>
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|<small>Team 9 plays [[1978 Kvalserien|qualifier]] to retain spot in Elitserien.
|- bgcolor="#EECFA1"
|<small>Team 10 is relegated to [[Division 1 (Swedish ice hockey)|Division 1]] for [[1978–79 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)|1978–79 season]].
|}
{| class="prettytable"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! width="30" |
! width="200" | Club
! width="30" | GP
! width="30" | W
! width="30" | T
! width="30" | L
! width="70" | GF
! width="70" | GA
! width="70" | Pts
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 1. ||align="left"| [[Brynäs IF]] || 36 || 24 ||| 3 || 9 || 168 || 126 || 51
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 2. ||align="left"| [[Skellefteå AIK]] || 36 || 21 ||| 5 || 10 || 186 || 139 || 47
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 3. ||align="left"| [[AIK IF|AIK]] || 36 || 20 ||| 5 || 11 || 160 || 116 || 45
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center"
| 4. ||align="left"| [[Modo Hockey|MoDo AIK]] || 36 || 21 ||| 3 || 12 || 151 || 112 || 45
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 5. ||align="left"| [[Färjestads BK]] || 36 || 21 ||| 2 || 13 || 173 || 146 || 44
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 6. ||align="left"| [[Frölunda HC|Västra Frölunda IF]] || 36 || 17 ||| 9 || 10 || 158 || 122 || 43
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 7  ||align="left"| [[Leksands IF]] || 36 || 14 ||| 6 || 16 || 154 || 153 || 34
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"
| 8. ||align="left"| [[Djurgårdens IF Hockey|Djurgårdens IF]] || 36 || 9 ||| 7 || 20 || 138 || 139 || 25
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" align="center"
| 9. ||align="left"| [[Timrå IK]] || 36 || 5 ||| 4 || 27 || 102 || 180 || 14
|- bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center"
| 10. ||align="left"| [[Södertälje SK]] || 36 || 4 ||| 4 || 28 || 83 || 190 || 12
|}

==Playoffs==
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1 = Semifinal
| RD2 = Final
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=[[Brynäs IF]] 
| RD1-score1=1
| RD1-seed2=3
| RD1-team2='''[[AIK IF|AIK]]''' 
| RD1-score2='''2'''
| RD1-seed3=2
| RD1-team3='''[[Skellefteå AIK]]''' 
| RD1-score3='''2''' 
| RD1-seed4=4
| RD1-team4=[[Modo Hockey|MoDo AIK]]
| RD1-score4=0 
| RD2-seed1=3
| RD2-team1=AIK 
| RD2-score1=1 
| RD2-seed2=2
| RD2-team2='''Skellefteå AIK''' 
| RD2-score2='''2'''
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.hockeyligan.se/ Swedish Hockey League official site]

{{SHL}}

[[Category:1977 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:1978 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:Swedish Hockey League seasons|1977–78]]