The 1949 Swedish speedway season was the 1949 season of
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
in Sweden.
Individual
Individual Championship
The 1949 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 21 October in Stockholm.
Olle Nygren won the inaugural Swedish Championship.
Team
Team Championship
Vargarna won the league and were declared the winners of the
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 intro ...
.
The league was increased from seven teams to ten teams with the additions of
Smålänningarnaa,
Piraterna and
GEMA Goteborg.
There were also three name changes; Motorsällskapet Stockholm became Getingarna (the Wasps), Nyköping became Griparna (the Grippers) and Vendelsö became Tigrarna.
See also
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Speedway in Sweden
References
{{International speedway
Speedway leagues
Professional sports leagues in Sweden
Swedish
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Seasons in Swedish speedway