This was explained by a Swede earlier on in this thread.Their team name, Elfsborg (using the older spelling of Alvs) literally meaning "fortress of elves".
Their most famous player, Stig Jonasson (career: 1927-47) still has the Swedish record of most consecutive games: 344 games between 1927–1941.
I wonder if him hamstring would have lasted that long under Angelos though![]()
Surprisingly Elf doesn't actually translate to elf, it's actually river.
So it's river fortress.
No idea if they were named before the spelling change and had to build a river to save face.