1949 Swedish speedway season

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

1949 Swedish speedway season
Olle Nygren, inaugural Swedish champion

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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