| 2011–12 Elitserien season | |
| League: |  Elitserien |
| Sport: | Bandy |
| Duration: | 25 October 2011 – 25 March 2012 |
| No Of Teams: | 14 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| League Champs: | Sandvikens AIK |
| League Champ Name: | League Champions |
| Second Place: | Villa Lidköping BK |
| Promote From: | Allsvenskan |
| Relegate To: | Allsvenskan |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Finals Champ: | Sandvikens AIK |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Villa Lidköping BK |
| Seasonslistnames: | Elitserien |
| Prevseason Year: | 2010–2011 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2012–2013 |
The 2011–2012 Elitserien was the fifth season of the Swedish bandy league Elitserien.
The regular season started 25 October 2011 and ended 21 February 2012.[1]
Standings as of 12 December 2011[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | GD | ||||||||||
| 1 | Sandvikens AIK | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 146 | 102 | 39 | +44 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Villa Lidköping BK | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 154 | 110 | 38 | +44 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Bollnäs GIF | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 122 | 79 | 35 | +43 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Västerås SK | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 133 | 101 | 33 | +32 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Edsbyns IF | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 122 | 101 | 30 | +21 | ||||||||||
| 6 | IFK Kungälv | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 111 | 86 | 29 | +25 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Hammarby IF | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 115 | 105 | 29 | +10 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 106 | 96 | 28 | +10 | ||||||||||
| 9 | GAIS | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 94 | 92 | 24 | +2 | ||||||||||
| 10 | IFK Vänersborg | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 106 | 111 | 24 | –5 | ||||||||||
| 11 | IK Sirius | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 89 | 108 | 21 | –19 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Vetlanda BK | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 90 | 133 | 15 | –43 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Kalix BF | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 90 | 151 | 12 | –61 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Tillberga IK | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 81 | 184 | 7 | –103 |
Teams 1–8 qualifies to the playoffs, teams 9–10 qualifies to next season's Elitserien, teams 11–12 plays the second placed teams of each Allsvenskan to qualify to next season and teams 13–14 are relegated to Allsvenskan
The playoff starts 26 February and ends with the final 25 March 2012.[3]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Karlsson | Villa Lidköping BK | 55 | |
| 2 | Jesper Bryngelsson | Villa Lidköping BK | 33 | |
| 3 | Johan Löfstedt | Sandvikens AIK | 32 | |
| 4 | Daniel Andersson | Villa Lidköping BK | 31 | |
| 5 |  Ville Aaltonen | Bollnäs GIF | 30 | |
| 6 | Mattias Hammarström | Edsbyns IF | 28 | |
| Stefan Erixon | ||||
| Tomas Knutson | ||||
| Mikael Lindberg | IFK Kungälv | |||
| 10 | Patrik Nilsson | Hammarby IF | 26 |