Per Tage Svensson

Per Tage Svensson (16 October 1931 – 26 May 2008) also spelt Per Thage Svensson was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.^[1][2] He earned 14 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.^[3]

Per Tage Svensson

Born	16 October 1931 (1931-10-16) Falköping, Sweden
Died	26 May 2008(2008-05-26) (aged 76) Mullsjö, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
1950-1951	Falkarna
1952	Knallarna
1953-1958	Filbyterna
1959-1961	Vargarna
1962-1965	Dackarna
1966-1967	Örnarna
Great Britain
1962	Oxford Cheetahs
Individual honours
1963	Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1960, 1961, 1962	Allsvenskan Champion

Speedway career

Svensson reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[4]

He rode for Oxford Cheetahs during the 1962 Speedway National League.^[5][6]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1963 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 1pt

World Team Cup

• 1961 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Sören Sjösten / Rune Sörmander / Björn Knutson / Ove Fundin) - 2nd - 30pts (7)

References

1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "WESTGÖTARNAS IDROTTSHISTORIA magazine, page 22" (PDF). wi tidningen /. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
3. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
4. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
5. "Tag's test". Sunday Mirror. 20 May 1962. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 August 2023.