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The History of motorcycle speedway in Sweden consists of the league tables of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.

History

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.

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 Motorsällskapet became Getingarna (English: "The Wasps"). As popularity of the sport grew there were many new clubs founded all around Sweden and during the 1950s more than 30 different clubs competed at least one season in the league system. Some of these teams were short lived and only survived a few years but some continue to compete in the Elitserien and Allsvenskan today.

List of league champions

List of individual champions

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also

• Swedish Speedway Team Championship
• Speedway in Sweden

v t e Swedish speedway teams & seasons
Elitserien	Dackarna Indianerna Lejonen Piraterna Rospiggarna Smederna Vargarna Västervik
Allsvenskan	Gislaved Griparna Masarna Njudungarna Örnarna Solkatterna Valsarna
Division One	Team DaLej Indianerna C Vikingarna Smederna B
Former	Bysarna Filbyterna Getingarna Hammarby Kaparna Monarkerna Team Bikab
Seasons	Swedish Speedway Team Championship 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

References

1. "Swedish Speedway Team Championship (Swedish Team Championship)". History of Speedway. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
2. Vargarna Speedway (2007). "Vargarna Speedway" (in Swedish). Vargarna Speedway. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
3. kaparna.nu. "Slottsskogsvallen -Kaparna Speedway" (in Swedish). kaparna.nu. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
4. speedway.org. "History: Speedway and Longtrack". speedway.org. Retrieved August 30, 2007.

• Motorsport in Sweden
• Speedway in Sweden