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Skarpnäck Airfield ( sv, Skarpnäcks Flygfält) was an airfield on
Skarpnäcksfältet
Skarpnäcksfältet ( en, The Skarpnäck Field) is a subdistrict of Skarpnäcks Gård in the Skarpnäck borough of Stockholm, Sweden. Skarpnäcksfältet was built in the 1980s, and has 8,734 inhabitants as of December 31, 2009.
History
Archaeo ...
, a subdistrict of
Skarpnäck borough Skarpnäck may refer to:
* Skarpnäck borough in Stockholm, Sweden
*Skarpnäck metro station, a Stockholm metro station
* Skarpnäck parish, a Church of Sweden parish in Stockholm, Sweden
* Skarpnäcksfältet, a subdistrict in Skarpnäcks Gård dist ...
,
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
,
Sweden
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. It was mostly used for
gliding
Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word ''soaring'' is al ...
, and was closed in 1980. Apartment buildings were built at the site in the following years.
The airport was used as an auto racing circuit for the
1948 Stockholm Grand Prix
The 1948 Stockholm Grand Prix was a Grand Prix race held according to the then new Formula Two rules, at Skarpnäck Airfield outside Stockholm on 30 May 1948. It was won by B. Bira in a Simca-Gordini T15 entered by Equipe Gordini. At first he wa ...
, a
Formula Two
Formula Two (F2 or Formula 2) is a type of open-wheel formula racing category first codified in 1948. It was replaced in 1985 by Formula 3000, but revived by the FIA from 2009–2012 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship. The name retur ...
race, and the following year the
Swedish Summer Grand Prix
The Swedish Grand Prix (Swedish: Sveriges Grand Prix) was a round of the Formula One World Championship from 1973 to 1978. It took place at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp (Gislaved Municipality), about from Jönköping, in Småland, Swe ...
was held here. Automobile Racing were arranged the following years as well.
Lap Records
The official race lap records at Skarpnäck Airfield are listed as:
See also
Skarpnäcksfältet
Skarpnäcksfältet ( en, The Skarpnäck Field) is a subdistrict of Skarpnäcks Gård in the Skarpnäck borough of Stockholm, Sweden. Skarpnäcksfältet was built in the 1980s, and has 8,734 inhabitants as of December 31, 2009.
History
Archaeo ...
Sources
Metropolitan Stockholm
Buildings and structures in Stockholm
Defunct airports in Sweden
Airports in the Stockholm region
1980 disestablishments in Sweden
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