1949 Swedish speedway season
Olle Nygren, inaugural Swedish champion

The 1949 Swedish speedway season was the 1949 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1949 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 21 October in Stockholm. Olle Nygren won the inaugural Swedish Championship.[3][4][5]

Pos.RiderClubPointsTotal
1Olle NygrenVargarna3 3 3 3 315
2Sune KarlssonGetingarna3 3 1 3 313
3Einar LindqvistVargarna2 3 3 2 212+3
4Fritz LöfqvistGetingarna2 3 3 3 112+2
5Stig PrambergVargarna3 1 3 2 211
6Eskil CarlssonSMK Stockholm3 2 3 2 010
7Linus ErikssonFilbyterna1 2 1 1 39
8Gunnar HellqvistGriparna0 2 2 1 38
9Helge BrinkebackVargarna1 1 1 2 27
10Börje HaagSMK Stockholm2 S 2 1 27
11Evert FranssonIndianerna2 0 2 0 15
12Joel JanssonGriparnaU 2 0 1 14
13Lennart CarlströmVargarna1 1 0 1 03
14Ragnar FribergGEMA Goteborg1 0 0 0 12
15Gösta KugelbergFilbyterna0 1 1 0 02
16Lennart LindellGriparna0 0 0 0 00

Team

Team Championship

Vargarna won the league and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship.[6][7]

The league was increased from seven teams to ten teams with the additions of Smålänningarnaa, Piraterna and GEMA Goteborg.[8]

There were also three name changes; Motorsällskapet Stockholm became Getingarna (the Wasps), Nyköping became Griparna (the Grippers) and Vendelsö became Tigrarna.[9]

League
Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Vargarna99018
2 SMK Stockholm98116
3 Filbyterna96312
4 Getingarna96312
5 Indianerna9458
6 Griparna9458
7 Smålänningarnaa9458
8 Piraterna9366
9 GEMA Goteborg9182
10 Tigrarna9090

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results - 1949". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Former Ipswich Witch and Norwich Star speedway ace passes away". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  5. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  6. ↑ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Vargarna 1949". formula2.se. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "1949". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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