| Competition: | Swedish League Division 1 |
| Season: | 1997 |
| Prevseason: | 1996 |
| Nextseason: | 1998 |
Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1997.
It was contested by 28 teams, and Hammarby IF and Västra Frölunda IF won the championship.
Vasalunds IF was awarded technical losses in nine matches due to using four non-EU-players per match (among them Jones Kusi-Asare), one more than the allowed three.[1]