The 2012 Damallsvenskan, part of the 2012 Swedish football season, was the 25th season of Damallsvenskan since its establishment in 1988. The 2012 fixtures were released on 8 December 2011.^[1] The season began on 9 April 2012 and ended on 3 November 2012. LdB FC Malmö were the defending champions, having won their 7th title the previous season. In an interesting season finish Malmö had a five points advantage over Tyresö two days before the end. On the second last matchday though Malmö only drew, while Tyresö won and the teams then met on the final matchday to play for the championship. Due to a better goal difference Tyresö won its first title after a late goal for a 1–0 win.

A total of twelve teams contested the league, 10 returning from the 2011 season and two promoted from Division 1.

Hammarby IF DFF and Dalsjöfors GoIF were relegated at the end of the 2011 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 division champions AIK and Vittsjö GIK.

Stadia and locations

AIK

Djurgårdens IF

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

Jitex BK

Kristianstads DFF

Linköpings FC

LdB FC Malmö

Piteå IF

Tyresö FF

Umeå IK

Vittsjö GIK

KIF Örebro DFF

Locations of the 2012 Damallsvenskan teams

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Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity[lower-alpha 1]
AIK	Stockholm	Skytteholms IP	3,000
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Kristinebergs IP	930
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	Gothenburg	Valhalla IP	3,000
Jitex BK	Mölndal	Åbyvallen	2,000
Kristianstads DFF	Kristianstad	Vilans IP	5,000
Linköpings FC	Linköping	Folkungavallen	8,000
LdB FC Malmö	Malmö	Malmö IP	6,800
Piteå IF	Piteå	LF Arena	3,000
Tyresö FF	Tyresö	Tyresövallen	3,500
Umeå IK	Umeå	T3 Arena	8,000
Vittsjö GIK	Vittsjö	Vittsjö IP	1,500[3]
KIF Örebro DFF	Örebro	Behrn Arena	13,500

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1. According to each club information page at the Swedish Football Association website for Allsvenskan.^[2]