1956 Swedish speedway season

The 1956 Swedish speedway season was the 1956 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

1956 Swedish speedway season

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1956 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 5 October in Gothenburg. Ove Fundin won the Swedish Championship.[3][4][5]

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1Ove FundinFilbyterna14
2Lars PetterssonIndianerna12
3Per-Olof SödermanFilbyterna11+3
4Olle NygrenMonarkerna11+2
5Stig PrambergFilbyterna10
6Per-Tage SvenssonFilbyterna10
7Rune SörmanderDackarna9
8Ulf EricssonMonarkerna9
9Birger ForsbergMonarkerna8
10Olle SegerströmKaparna8
11Olle Andersson IIIndianerna6
12Dan ForsbergFilbyterna5
13Thorvald KarlssonDackarna3
14Thorsten CarlssonDackarna2
15Joel JanssonIndianerna1
16Arne Carlsson (res)Kaparna1
17Rune ClaessonKaparna0
18Anders Olof Andersson (res)Monarkerna0

Team

Team Championship

Monarkerna won division 1 for the second consecutive season and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. The Monakerna team contained riders such as Olle Nygren and Ulf Ericsson.[6][7][8]

As per the 1955 season there were just six teams that lined up for the 1956 season.[9]

1956
Pos Team Pts
1 Monarkerna16
2 Dackarna15
3 Filbyterna15
4 Kaparna8
5 Indianerna6
6 Getingarna0

See also

References
  1. "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 18 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 18 March 2023.
  6. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. "Vargarna 1956". formula2.se. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  9. "1956". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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