Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000. The current captain is 2000 World Under-21 Champion Andreas Jonsson.

Speedway World Cup

The Sweden national speedway team has won the Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup on 10 occasions and were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, winning 4 out of the first 5, between 1960 and 1964. Key riding members of the title wins include Ove Fundin (6 wins), Rune Sörmander, Björn Knutsson,

Göte Nordin Göte Nordin (born 2 July 1935) is a former speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Nordin is a two times champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1965 and 1971. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on fo ...

(4 wins), Sören Sjösten, Tony Rickardsson, Peter Karlsson and Mikael Max (also known as Mikael Karlsson) (3 wins). The cup eluded them for 23 years between 1971 and 1993, but they regained the trophy in 1994 when Sweden were the winners of a reformatted event involving pairs ( Tony Rickardsson, Henrik Gustafsson and Mikael Karlsson) rather than teams, though this format was only to last until 1998. They also went on to win in

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. Sweden bookended the original World Team Cup, winning the inaugural final at the

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Stadium at home in

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in 1960 before winning the last World Team Cup in

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Team U-21 World Championship

''* Due to cost of travel and visa problems, Sweden withdrew from the 2011 Final,''

Team U-19 European Championship

Honours

World Championships

European Championships

Titles

Famous Swedish riders

* Henrik Gustafsson * Ove Fundin *

Conny Iversson Conny is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Men * Conny Andersson (footballer) (born 1945), Swedish former footballer * Conny Andersson (racing driver) (born 1939), Swedish former racing driver * Conny Joh ...

* Bengt Jansson *

Tommy Jansson Per Tommy Jansson (2 October 1952 – 20 May 1976) was a motorcycle speedway rider. He was one of Sweden's most exciting speedway prospects in the 1970s but was killed in the Swedish Final a World Championship Qualifying Round meeting. He was th ...

* Andreas Jonsson *

Per Jonsson Per Jonsson (born 21 March 1966 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1990, and finished runner-up in 1992. Career In 1985, his second season with the Reading Racers, the team won six m ...

* Peter Karlsson *

Niklas Klingberg Niklas Klingberg (born 6 February 1973) is a former Swedish motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden, who was a member of Sweden team at Speedway World Cups. He was Swedish Champion in 2002. Career details World Championships * Individual ...

* Björn Knutsson * Antonio Lindback * Christer Löfqvist * Mikael Max * Anders Michanek * Peter Nahlin * Jimmy Nilsen *

Tony Olsson John Tony Olsson (born 13 March 1965 in Visby, Sweden) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Sweden speedway team when they finished third in the 1988 and 1989 World Team Cup finals. He also represented his ...

* Bernt Persson * Tony Rickardsson * Sören Sjösten * Rune Sörmander * Erik Stenlund {{Swedish national teams National speedway teams National sports teams of Sweden National team ! !