1961 Swedish Speedway Season

	1961 Swedish Speedway Season The 1961 Swedish speedway season was the 1961 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden. Individual Individual Championship The 1961 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 22 September in Stockholm. Björn Knutson won the Swedish Championship. Swedish Junior Championship Winner - Willihard Thomsson Team Team Championship Vargarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the sixth time. The Vargarna team contained Björn Knutson, Joel Jansson, Sören Sjösten and Per-Tage Svensson. With 14 teams lining up for the 1961 season the second division was split into a north and south competition. Folkare won the second division north and Kaparna B won the second division south. Älgarna changed their name to Gävle. See also * Speedway in Sweden References {{International speedway Speedway leagues Professional sports leagues in Sweden Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1960 Swedish Speedway Season The 1960 Swedish speedway season was the 1960 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden. Individual Individual Championship The 1960 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 30 September in Stockholm. Ove Fundin won the Swedish Championship for the third time. Swedish Junior Championship Winner - Willihard Thomsson Team Team Championship Vargarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the fifth time. The Vargarna team contained Olle Nygren, Joel Jansson, Björn Knutson and Per-Tage Svensson. Filbyterna won the second division. Älgarna did not compete during 1960. See also * Speedway in Sweden References {{International speedway Speedway leagues Professional sports leagues in Sweden Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åke Andersson (speedway Rider) Åke Andersson (born 14 November 1936) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He is not to be confused with Lars-Åke Andersson Lars-Åke Andersson is a former international speedway rider from Sweden. He is not to be confused with Åke Andersson, another Swedish international rider from the same time period. Speedway career Andersson won a bronze medal at the Speedwa ..., another Swedish international rider from the same time period. Speedway career Andersson earned seven caps for Sweden and rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1968, riding for Glasgow Tigers. Between 2004 and 2006, Åke Andersson was a mechanic and advisor to Thomas H. Jonasson. References 1946 births Swedish speedway riders Glasgow Tigers riders Swedish expatriate speedway riders in Scotland Living people {{Sweden-speedway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Njudungarna Vetlanda Speedway were a motorcycle speedway team based in Vetlanda, Sweden. Earlier known as Njudungarna and VMS Elit, the club was formed in 1946, and arranged their first meeting three years later. In 2003 when the club was promoted to the top division of Swedish speedway league, the Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ..., they changed the name of club to VMS Elit. The current name Vetlanda Speedway was adopted in 2018. On 30 March 2022, Vetlanda Speedway applied for bankruptcy, which was approved by the Eksjö Local Court. The club also withdrew from Elitserien. 2019 Team * * * * * * * * * 2020 Team * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{Authority control Swedish speedway teams Sport in Vetlanda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Monarkerna Hammarby IF Speedway was a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Stockholm, Sweden. The club has not been competing in the domestic leagues since 2016, after their home ground Gubbängens IP was demolished. Their biggest success was winning the bronze medal in Elitserien in 2007. Season summary History SMK Stockholm and Monarkerna SMK Stockholm were one of the seven inaugural members of the Swedish speedway league, which started during the 1948 Swedish speedway season. They raced at Hammarby IP, a ground based in Södermalm, an area Hammarby IF considers its heartland. In 1950, SMK Stockholm became Monarkerna (the Monarchs) and the team won the Swedish Speedway Team Championship in 1955 and 1956, with riders such as Olle Nygren and Ulf Ericsson. Monarkerna competed until the end of the 1963 Swedish speedway season. Hammarby IF In 2004, Hammarby IF Speedway was established, as a section under multi-sports club Hammarby IF. Gary Selan was the driving force behind the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dackarna Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Skrotfrag Arena which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005. History The team was founded in May 1935 as Målilla Motorklubb and in 1949 renamed itself Dackarna (in honour of Nils Dacke) and the club began league racing. Dackarna raced in the highest level of league racing in Sweden between 1951 and 1965, winning the league championship in 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1962, and finished as runners-up in 1956 and 1964. Dackarna switched between the first and second league for the next 30 years until 1997 when the team received the backing of a major new sponsor (Svelux) and were renamed Team Svelux. Svelux were taken over by Luxo in 2002 and the team name was changed to Luxo Stars. In 2006 the sponsorship deal expired and the team name reverted to Dackarna. Success returned to Dackarna when they won the 2007 Elitserien after defeating V� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Masarna Masarna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Avesta, Sweden. The club was founded in 1937 as the ''Folkare Motorklubb'' but their first track was not built until 1948. Masarna joined the Swedish second division in 1958 and remained there until gaining promotion to the Elitserien in 1999. They then won their first Elitserien championship in 2000. Masarna were relegated in 2008 to the Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ... after finishing bottom of the Elitserien table although they had already announced their intention to drop a division for the 2009 season. 2014 Team * * * * * * * References External links * {{Speedway Allsvenskan Swedish speedway teams Sport in Avesta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vargarna Vargarna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Norrköping, Sweden. The team race at the Norrköpings Motorstadion. History The name Vargarna literally translates into English as "The Wolves". The team won the Swedish Speedway Team Championship five times 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1960 and 1961. In recent years the club has moved up and down leagues from the Elitserien to the second tier of Swedish speedway, the Allsvenskan (National League). During the 2022 Swedish Speedway season the club reached the Allsvenskan play off final. Perhaps the club's most notable rider in recent years was the former world champion Nicki Pedersen, who signed for the team in 2010. He captained the side before leaving the club for Dackarna Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Skrotfrag Arena which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005. History The team was founded i ... ah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Swedish Speedway Team Championship The Swedish Speedway Team Championship is the team championship of speedway in Sweden. Season by season History The Championship was introduced in 1950. In 1982 the Championship was renamed with a new league called the Elitserien being introduced. previously the highest league had been known as the Allsvenskan but since 1982 it has been the second tier of Swedish speedway. Between 1986 and 1999 the team that finished top of the league were declared champions because there was no play off. Tier 1 Previous winners Tier 2 Previous winners See also * Elitserien (current highest tier) * Allsvenskan (current second tier) * History of motorcycle speedway in Sweden References {{Swedish speedway teams Team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson (academic), Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interde ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Swedish Junior Speedway Championship The Individual Speedway Junior Swedish Championship is an annual speedway event held each year since 1958. Swedish riders aged 21 and under take part. Previous winners See also History of motorcycle speedway in Sweden References {{International speedway National speedway championships, Sweden U21 Speedway competitions in Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]