Like Spain's Superclasico and the Liverpool–Manchester rivalry, derbies also take place between clubs from two cities in different parts of the country, most of which involve one of the three big Stockholm based teams, Malmö FF or IFK Göteborg.
AIK has a strong concentration of fans in the northwest, roughly along the blue line of the Metro.
AIK have a strong concentration of fans in the north, west and centre of the city, roughly along the blue line of the Metro.
This fiercely contended football rivalry traces its origin back to the later half of the 1910s but did not reach relevance until the 1950s and '60s when Hammarby established themselves as a top-flight outfit.
Djurgården counts Östermalm, the district that forms the eastern part of the city centre, and where their former home ground Stadion is situated, as their stronghold.
In 2013, both teams moved into the newly constructed Tele2 Arena located in Johanneshov, which has increased tensions significantly between Djurgården and Hammarby fans.
They are a small team with a very low attendance and rarely stay for long before they get relegated.
Traditionally the main rivalry in Gothenburg, contested between the city's most successful sides.
The biggest attendance in "Göteborgsklassikern" (Gothenburg Classic) is 50,690 at Nya Ullevi stadium.
Sleipner were in the early 20th century seen as the working-class club in Norrköping, and the sides battled in Allsvenskan up until the 1940s.
A derby played in the town of Halmstad, with both teams sharing the main local football stadium Örjans Vall.
The last competitive derby, to date, was played in 1979 as Halmia was relegated the same year and has fallen through to the fourth tier.
A significant rivalry between the two most successful sides from the southern part of the country and the county of Scania, Helsingborgs IF and Malmö FF.
A match between the two biggest clubs from the northwestern part of the county of Scania, Helsingborgs IF and Landskrona BoIS.
Derbies in Halland consist mainly of fixtures between the highest ranking teams Halmstads BK, Falkenbergs FF and Varbergs BoIS.
The fixture between the two coastal cities is sometimes jokingly referred to as "El Custico", a wordplay on kust (the Swedish word for "coast") and "clásico".
These two teams are the only two Norrland sides who have competed in the first tier in recent years, and are based in two neighboring "landskap" (historical provinces), Medelpad and Jämtland, whose inhabitants also have a rivalry outside sports.
The match between GIF Sundsvall and Umeå FC has been seen as the most prestigious derby in Norrland, the northern part of Sweden.
Ice hockey is given more attention than football in Norrland, and its derbies are considered more prestigious.