Allsvenskan is the Swedish second division in women's team handball.
The league is organized by the Swedish Handball Federation.
[1] Until 2010 the second highest tier was Division 1, which was composed of two sections, Nörra (northern) and Sôdra (southern).
The league has 12 teams which meet in a double round-robin, resulting in 22 rounds.
The 2nd enters a play-off against the second-to-last (11th) placed team in the Handbollsligan, where they play best of five to decide which team will play next season in the top division.