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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Kalvholmen Motorstadion is a motorcycle speedway track located in the southeast of Karlstad. [1] The facility on the Kalvholmsgatan [2] forms part of a complex that includes, speedway, Rally cross and Cross Kart. [3] The stadium hosts the Karlstad Speedway (Solkatterna) team that competes in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. [4] [5]
Gubbängens IP or Gubbängens Idrottsplats (Sports Ground) is a former motorcycle speedway track, located in Enskede in the southern part of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 1950s to 2010, it hosted Getingarna, the most successful club in Swedish speedway history with 14 Championships. It was also the venue for major speedway events, including the ...