Swedish Individual Speedway Championship

The Swedish Individual Championship is a competition for Swedish Speedway riders, held each year to determine the Swedish national champion.^[1][2][3]

Swedish Individual Speedway Championship

Torsten Sjöberg, Sweden's first 500cc champion
Sport	Motorcycle speedway
Founded	1936
Most titles	Ove Fundin (9)

History

After World War II the first championship was held in 1948, although it was considered unofficial.^[4][5]

Ove Fundin holds the record for the most wins, having won the championship nine times from 1956 to 1969.^[6]

Previous winners

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place	Notes/ref
1936	Ullevi, Göteborg	Torsten Sjöberg	Bertil Carlsson	Bertil Svensson
1937	Trollhättan	Torsten Sjöberg	Evert Fransson	Einar Lindqvist
1938	Gävle	Torsten Sjöberg	Eskil Carlsson	Bertil Carlsson
1939 to 1947 not held due to World War II
1948	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Olle Nygren	Eskil Carlsson	Börje Haag	unofficial
1949	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Olle Nygren	Sune Karlsson	Einar Lindqvist
1950	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Helge Brinkeback	Eskil Carlsson	Linus Eriksson
1951	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Helge Brinkeback	Göte Olsson	Sune Karlsson
1952	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Göte Olsson	Sune Karlsson	Bert Lindarw
1953	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Göran Norlén[7]	Bert Lindarw	Olle Heyman
1954	Final not staged
1955	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Rune Sörmander	Olle Nygren	Ove Fundin
1956	Ullevi, Göteborg	Ove Fundin	Lars Pettersson	Per Olof Söderman
1957	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Ove Fundin	Per Olof Söderman	Rune Sörmander
1958	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Rune Sörmander	Olle Nygren	Ove Fundin
1959	Ullevi, Göteborg	Rune Sörmander	Ove Fundin	Olle Nygren
1960	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Ove Fundin	Björn Knutson	Curt Nyqvist
1961	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Björn Knutson	Leif Larsson	Rune Sörmander
1962	Ullevi, Göteborg	Ove Fundin	Göte Nordin	Sören Sjösten
1963	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Björn Knutson	Göte Nordin	Sören Sjösten
1964	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Ove Fundin	Rune Sörmander	Björn Knutson
1965	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Göte Nordin	Ove Fundin	Leif Larsson
1966	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Ove Fundin	Sören Sjösten	Bengt Jansson
1967	Ullevi, Göteborg	Ove Fundin	Bo Josefsson	Torbjörn Harrysson
1968	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Leif Enecrona	Torbjörn Harrysson	Hasse Holmqvist
1969	Ullevi, Göteborg	Ove Fundin	Göte Nordin	Anders Michanek
1970	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Ove Fundin	Bernt Persson	Anders Michanek
1971	Stockholm Olympic Stadium	Göte Nordin	Anders Michanek	Leif Enecrona
1972	Ryavallen, Borås	Anders Michanek	Bengt Jansson	Bernt Persson
1973	Ullevi, Göteborg	Tommy Johansson	Bo Wirebrand	Tommy Jansson
1974	Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna	Tommy Jansson	Anders Michanek	Tommy Johansson
1975	Ullevi, Göteborg	Anders Michanek	Hasse Holmqvist	Tommy Jansson
1976	Vetlanda Motorstadion	Anders Michanek	Bernt Persson	Christer Löfqvist
1977	Kumla Motorstadion	Bernt Persson	Tommy Nilsson	Sören Karlsson
1978	Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna	Anders Michanek	Bengt Jansson	Bernt Persson
1979	Kumla Motorstadion	Jan Andersson	Lillebror Johansson	Bernt Persson
1980	Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna	Jan Andersson	Börje Klingberg	Hans Danielsson
1981	Vetlanda Motorstadion	Jan Andersson	Hans Danielsson	Tommy Nilsson
1982	Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna	Anders Michanek	Tommy Nilsson	Jan Andersson
1983	Grevby Motorstadion	Tommy Nilsson	Jan Andersson	Björn Andersson
1984	Kalvholmen Motorbana	Jan Andersson	Jimmy Nilsen	Ulf Blomqvist
1985	Målilla (Motorbana)	Erik Stenlund	Tommy Nilsson	Jan Andersson
1986	Norrköping Motorstadion	Per Jonsson	Jan Andersson	Jimmy Nilsen
1987	Ullevi, Göteborg	Per Jonsson	Jan Andersson	Jimmy Nilsen
1988	Kumla Motorstadion	Per Jonsson	Roland Dannö	Peter Nahlin
1989	Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna	Peter Karlsson	Mikael Blixt	Per Jonsson
1990	Gubbängens IP, Stockholm	Tony Rickardsson	Erik Stenlund	Per Jonsson
1991	Vetlanda Motorstadion	Peter Karlsson	Peter Nahlin	Per Jonsson
1992	Grevby Motorstadion	John Cook ()	Per Jonsson	Claes Ivarsson
1993	Linköping Motorstadion	Per Jonsson	Tony Rickardsson	Henrik Gustafsson
1994	Ljungheden, Västervik	Tony Rickardsson	Henrik Gustafsson	Jimmy Nilsen
1995	Kumla Motorstadion	Henrik Gustafsson	Peter Karlsson	Kenneth Lindby
1996	Orionparken, Hallstavik	Jimmy Nilsen	Tony Rickardsson	Henrik Gustafsson
1997	Vetlanda Motorstadion	Tony Rickardsson	Henrik Gustafsson	Peter Karlsson
1998	Tallhult Motorstadion, Hagfors	Tony Rickardsson	Mikael Max	Peter Karlsson
1999	Norrköping Motorstadion	Tony Rickardsson	Peter Karlsson	Mikael Max
2000	Målilla Motorstadion	Henrik Gustafsson	Niklas Klingberg	Mikael Max
2001	Avesta Motorstadion	Tony Rickardsson	Mikael Max	Andreas Jonsson
2002	Smedstadion, Eskilstuna	Niklas Klingberg	Mikael Max	Peter Karlsson
2003	Tallhult Motorstadion, Hagfors	Stefan Dannö	Stefan Andersson	Mikael Max
2004	Målilla Motorstadion	Tony Rickardsson	Antonio Lindbäck	Mikael Max
2005	Vetlanda Motorstadion	Tony Rickardsson	Peter Karlsson	Mikael Max
2006	Motala Arena	Andreas Jonsson	Antonio Lindbäck	Fredrik Lindgren
2007	Kumla Motorstadion	Andreas Jonsson	Jonas Davidsson	Peter Karlsson
2008	Avesta Motorstadion	Magnus Zetterström	Jonas Davidsson	Thomas H. Jonasson
2009	G&B Stadium	Andreas Jonsson	Fredrik Lindgren	Thomas H. Jonasson
2010	G&B Stadium	Andreas Jonsson	Fredrik Lindgren	Magnus Zetterström
2011	G&B Stadium	Andreas Jonsson	Fredrik Lindgren	Antonio Lindbäck
2012	Vetlanda Motorstadion	Daniel Nermark	Andreas Jonsson	Thomas H Jonasson
2013	Vetlanda Motorstadion	Andreas Jonsson	Jonas Davidsson	Peter Ljung	[8][9]
2014	Nyköpings Motorstadion	Thomas H Jonasson	Kim Nilsson	Fredrik Lindgren
2015	Parken, Hallstavik	Antonio Lindbäck	Andreas Jonsson	Peter Ljung
2016	HZ Bygg Arena, Hallstavik	Andreas Jonsson	Antonio Lindbäck	Kim Nilsson
2017	Avesta Motorstadion, Avesta	Antonio Lindbäck	Fredrik Lindgren	Kim Nilsson
2018	Smedstadion, Eskilstuna	Fredrik Lindgren	Oliver Berntzon	Peter Ljung
2019	HZ Bygg Arena, Hallstavik	Jacob Thorssell	Andreas Jonsson	Kim Nilsson
2020	G&B Stadium, Målilla	Jacob Thorssell	Oliver Berntzon	Pontus Aspgren
2021	G&B Stadium, Målilla	Fredrik Lindgren	Pontus Aspgren	Oliver Berntzon
2022	Linköping Motorstadion, Linköping	Oliver Berntzon	Jacob Thorssell	Kim Nilsson
2023	Skrotfrag Arena, Målilla	Fredrik Lindgren	Jacob Thorssell	Timo Lahti ()
2024	Hejla Arena, Västervik	Fredrik Lindgren	Kim Nilsson	Filip Hjelmland	[10]

Medals classification

Pos	Rider	Total
1.	Ove Fundin	13	9	2	2
2.	Tony Rickardsson	10	8	2
3.	Andreas Jonsson	11	7	3	1
4.	Anders Michanek	9	5	2	2
5.	Fredrik Lindgren	9	4	4	1
6.	Jan Andersson	9	4	3	2
7.	Per Jonsson	8	4	1	3
8.	Rune Sörmander	6	3	1	2
9.	Peter Karlsson	9	2	3	4
10.	Antonio Lindbäck	6	2	3	1
11.	Göte Nordin	5	2	3
12.	Henrik Gustafsson	6	2	2	2
13.	Jacob Thorssell	4	2	2
14.	Björn Knutson	4	2	1	1
15.	Helge Brinkeback	2	2
16.	Tommy Nilsson	5	1	3	1
17.	Bernt Persson	6	1	2	3
18.	Olle Nygren	4	1	2	1
	Oliver Berntzon	4	1	2	1
20.	Jimmy Nilsen	5	1	1	3
21.	Niklas Klingberg	2	1	1
	Erik Stenlund	2	1	1
	Göte Olsson	2	1	1
24.	Thomas H. Jonasson	4	1		3
25.	Tommy Jansson	3	1		2
26.	Magnus Zetterström	2	1		1
27.	Daniel Nermark	1	1
	Stefan Dannö	1	1
	John Cook ()	1	1
	Tommy Johansson	1	1
	Leif Enecrona	1	1
	Göran Norlén	1	1

See also

• History of motorcycle speedway in Sweden

References

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