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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 Individual Championship is a competition for Swedish Speedway riders, held each year to determine the Swedish national champion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] History
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 ...
The success continued finishing second in 1973 and then winning their third gold medal during the 1975 Swedish speedway season. Some of Bysarna's leading riders from the period included Christer Löfqvist, Tommy Johansson and Sören Sjösten and Berndt Johansson. [8] [9] The golden period came to an end in 1977 when the club were relegated.
From the start of Swedish league speedway in 1948 until 1981 the highest speedway league in Sweden was called Division 1. In 1982 Elitserien was formed, consisting of only six teams where the top four teams qualified for the playoffs. Getingarna became the first winners after defeating Njudungarna in the finals. The league size was increased to ...
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.
The Swedish Speedway Team Championship is the team championship of speedway in Sweden. [1] [2] History ... History of motorcycle speedway in Sweden; References
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 ...