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Stadium in Hagfors, Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tallhult Motorstadion is a 6,000 capacity motorcycle speedway track located about 3 kilometres north of Hagfors. The track is on road 245 to Geijersholm and is surrounded by forest.[1]
Location | 683 91 Hagfors, Sweden |
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Coordinates | 60°03′34″N 13°42′57″E |
Capacity | 6,000 |
Operator | Valsarna motorcycle speedway |
Opened | 1969 |
Length | (290 metres) 0.290 km |
The stadium hosts the speedway team Valsarna that compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship.[2] The speedway team have been champions of Sweden two times.[3][4]
The stadium has hosted the final of the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 1998 and 2003.[5]
In 2013, Hagfors entrepreneur Kjell Ottosson bought the stadium and adjacent motocross track, following the bankruptcy of the speedway club and rented them out to both the speedway and motocross clubs.[6] He put the stadium up for sale in 2017 and again in 2020.[6]
Valsarna have a lease that runs until 2024.[6]
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