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Kaparna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the second time. The team included Ove Fundin , Göte Nordin and Bengt Jansson [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Bysarna won the second division, while Filbyterna and Vikingarna won the third division east and west respectively.
During the 1970s, they twice won division 3 in 1970 and 1977. [9] [10] In between (in 1975), work started on a new Örebro Motorstadion, also known as the Täby Motorstadion (the current venue); the site would offer speedway, motocross and karting. The name Täby relates to the nearby village parish and not the city.
The team made their debut in the first division (commonly known as the Allsvenskan at the time) and achieved a remarkable feat by winning the gold medal during the 1971 Swedish speedway season and thus becoming the Swedish Speedway Team Champions. [4] The team then retained their title the following season in 1972. [4]
(1952, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2015) The Sweden national speedway team are one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway . History
Brannefors began his speedway career racing for Kaparna during the 1953 Swedish speedway season. [2] He was part of the Kaparna team that secured two league championships in 1968 and 1970. [3] His performances in Sweden were noticed by the British teams, which resulted in New Cross Rangers signing him for the 1961 Speedway National League ...
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 first season was in 1948 but it was during the 1950s motorcycle speedway became one of Sweden's most popular team sports where each fixture drew audiences between 10,000 and 20,000 people. [2] [3]
The Swedish Individual Championship is a competition for Swedish Speedway riders, held each year to determine the Swedish national champion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] History