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Solvalla is a horse
racing track A race track (racetrack, racing track or racing circuit) is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing). A race track also may feature grandstands or concourses. Race tracks are also use ...
located in Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. It opened in 1927 and is the largest harness racing venue in the Nordic countries. The last Sunday in May, Solvalla annually hosts
Elitloppet Elitloppet (literally: "The Elite Race") or Solvallas Internationella Elitlopp is an annual, invitational Group One harness event that has taken place at Solvalla Racetrack in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1952. The competition is regarded as one of ...
, one of the most prestigious international trotting events in the world.


Major events


Elitloppet Elitloppet (literally: "The Elite Race") or Solvallas Internationella Elitlopp is an annual, invitational Group One harness event that has taken place at Solvalla Racetrack in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1952. The competition is regarded as one of ...

* International Group I race. * Setup: Sixteen invited horses are divided into two elimination heats. Four horses from each heat progress to the final, raced later the same day. All races are of 1,609 meters, i.e. one mile. * Date: Is always raced on the last Sunday of May. * Purse (2009, the final and the elimination heats included): ≈US$803,000 (SEK 6,100,000). Elitloppet is always in the last Sunday in may. During the same weekend there are also the Group II races Sweden Cup and the stayer race Harper Hanovers Race, as well as Elitkampen for coldblood trotters.


Swedish Trotting Criterium

* National Group I stakes race for Swedish three-year-olds. * Setup (2008): Six elimination races from which the first two horses progressed to the final eleven days later. All races 2,640 meters long. * Date (2008, the final): 5 October. * Purse (2008, the final only): ≈US$458,000 (SEK 3,200,000).In the conversion to USD, the rates of 2008-10-05, the date of the 2008 final, have been used.


Swedish Trotting Oaks

* National Group I stakes race for Swedish three-year-old fillies. * Setup (2008): Six elimination races from which the first two horses progressed to the final eleven days later. All races 2,140 meters long. * Date (2008, the final): 5 October. * Purse (2008, the final only): ≈US$286,000 (SEK 2,000,000).


Jubileumspokalen

* International Group I race. * Setup (2008): 2,140 meters. Ten horses competed in the event. Some were invited, some qualified through qualification races. * Date (2008): 9 August. * Purse (2008): ≈US$281,000 (SEK 1,750,000).In the conversion to USD, the rates of 2008-08-09, the date of the 2008 race, have been used.


Scandinavian Touring Cars

Since 2012 the venue has been used as a motor racing venue and hosts a round of the
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (STCC) is a touring car racing series based in Scandinavia. The series took over from the Danish Touringcar Championship and Swedish Touring Car Championship, with its first season in 2011. The Scandina ...
.


Driver champions

Since the track's opening in 1927, there have been only 14 different driver champions at Solvalla. From 1934 until 1976, one of the three Nordin brothers won every year, with the exception of 1949 and 1975. Oldest brother Gösta won ten times, as did middle brother Gunnar. Youngest brother Sören Nordin was track champion 21 times. Their father Ernst J. Nordin was champion 1928 and 1929. After the dominance of the Nordins, Stig H. Johansson took over and claimed the champion title no less than 29 times between 1975 and 2005, his last year as a driver. 27 these titles were consecutive, from 1979 to 2005.
Jorma Kontio Erkki Jorma Kontio (born August 7, 1953 in Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish Harness racing driver. With more than 11,000 wins, he is the most victorious harness driver in Scandinavia. Kontio started his career in the late 1960s. Since 2000 he has live ...
is the reigning driver champion.


Driver champions ranked by number of titles


Most wins in one year

* Stig H. Johansson - 194 (in 1992)


References


External links

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Official website

Venue information
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