Skarpnäck Airfield ( sv, Skarpnäcks Flygfält) was an airfield on

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, a subdistrict of

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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 a ...

, 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 Gordini () is a division of Renault Sport ...

, a

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race, and the following year the Swedish Summer Grand Prix was held here. Automobile Racing were arranged the following years as well. Skarpnäcksfältet Tyresövägen 1967

Lap Records

The official race lap records at Skarpnäck Airfield are listed as:

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Lap Records

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