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The Swedish speedway league was founded in 1948 and was inspired by British speedway including adopting British teams nicknames in Swedish versions. As popularity of the sport grew many new clubs were founded all around Sweden and during the 1950s and over 30 different clubs have competed in at least one season in the league system.
The Swedish Speedway Team Championship was founded a few years earlier in 1948 and was inspired by British speedway including adopting the British teams nicknames in Swedish versions. For instance the Norrköping team became Vargarna (English: "The Wolves"), the Eskilstuna team became Smederna (English: "The Blacksmiths") and the club ...
In addition to the intercontinental finals, it has also hosted multiple finals of the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 1976, 1981, 1991,1997, 2005, 2012 and 2013. [7] The record league attendance of 8,703 was set on 27 September 2005 in the fxiture between VMS Elit and Västervik beating the previous best of 7,256 from 2004. [8]
The speedway track hosted the Nordic Speedway Final in 1969 [4] and 1990. It was also the home of the speedway team called Filbyterna who competed in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship at the venue from 1978 [5] until their closure in 2010. The stadium hosted the World Championship round called the Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden from 1995 to ...
The Swedish Individual Championship is a competition for Swedish Speedway riders, held each year to determine the Swedish national champion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] History
From the start of Swedish league speedway in 1948 until 1981 the Allsvenskan was the top speedway league in Sweden. But in 1982 the Elitserien was formed and the Allsvenskan became the second level of Swedish speedway. Speedway meetings in Sweden are normally held between May and September.
Tallhult Motorstadion is a 6,000 capacity motorcycle speedway track located about 3 kilometres north of Hagfors. The track is on road 245 to Geijersholm and is surrounded by forest. [1] The stadium hosts the speedway team Valsarna that compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. [2] The speedway team have been champions of Sweden two ...
The track was constructed in 1931 and opened on 10 July 1932, it is the oldest speedway tack in Sweden. Four years later in 1936, the track width was increased from 6 metres to 10 metres. [6] The record attendance of 12,247 was set on 10 August 1947. The speedway track hosted the Nordic Speedway Final in 1961.