1954 Swedish speedway season

The 1954 Swedish speedway season was the 1954 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

1954 Swedish speedway season

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1954 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was due to be held during October in Stockholm but was not staged following continual weather problems. Qualifying was supposed to have been over six rounds but only four were completed due to rain and the final was also cancelled due to rain.[3][4][5]

Leading qualifying scores at time of cancellation

Pos.RiderClubPts
Rune SörmanderDackarna15+15
Olle NygrenMonakerna14+15
Lars PetterssonIndianerna14+10
Göran NorlénKaparna10+14
Sune KarlssonGetingarna13+10
Per Tage SvenssonFilbyterna9+13
Ulf EricssonVargarna9+11
Bernt NilssonMonakerna8+12
Göte OlssonIndianerna10+9
Dan ForsbergVargarna7+10
Gunnar JohanssonFilbyterna11+5
Bert LindarwSmederna15
Sven FahlénMonakerna7+8
Evert AnderssonDackarna5+9
Rune ClaessonKaparna8+6
Kjell CarlssonKaparna12

Team

Team Championship

Vargarna won division 1 for the fourth time in six years and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship.[6][7]

Their team included riders such as Dan Forsberg, Stig Pramberg and Per Olof Söderman.[8]

The league consisted of just one division of ten teams following the demise of Kuggarna and Stenbockarna.[9]

Pos Team Pts
1 Vargarna26
2 Monarkerna22
3 Indianerna20
4 Smederna18
5 Kaparna16
6 Filbyterna15
7 Getingarna12
8 Dackarna12
9 Vikingarna2

References
  1. "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  7. "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  8. "Vargarna 1954". formula2.se. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  9. "1954". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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