1949 Swedish speedway season

1949 Swedish speedway season
Olle Nygren, inaugural Swedish champion
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The 1949 Swedish speedway season was the 1949 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1949 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 21 October in Stockholm. Olle Nygren won the inaugural Swedish Championship.[3][4][5]

Pos. Rider Club Points Total
1 Olle Nygren Vargarna 3 3 3 3 3 15
2 Sune Karlsson Getingarna 3 3 1 3 3 13
3 Einar Lindqvist Vargarna 2 3 3 2 2 12+3
4 Fritz Löfqvist Getingarna 2 3 3 3 1 12+2
5 Stig Pramberg Vargarna 3 1 3 2 2 11
6 Eskil Carlsson SMK Stockholm 3 2 3 2 0 10
7 Linus Eriksson Filbyterna 1 2 1 1 3 9
8 Gunnar Hellqvist Griparna 0 2 2 1 3 8
9 Helge Brinkeback Vargarna 1 1 1 2 2 7
10 Börje Haag SMK Stockholm 2 S 2 1 2 7
11 Evert Fransson Indianerna 2 0 2 0 1 5
12 Joel Jansson Griparna U 2 0 1 1 4
13 Lennart Carlström Vargarna 1 1 0 1 0 3
14 Ragnar Friberg GEMA Goteborg 1 0 0 0 1 2
15 Gösta Kugelberg Filbyterna 0 1 1 0 0 2
16 Lennart Lindell Griparna 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team

Team Championship

Vargarna won the league and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship.[6][7]

The league was increased from seven teams to ten teams with the additions of Smålänningarnaa, Piraterna and GEMA Goteborg.[8]

There were also three name changes; Motorsällskapet Stockholm became Getingarna (the Wasps), Nyköping became Griparna (the Grippers) and Vendelsö became Tigrarna.[9]

League
Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Vargarna 9 9 0 18
2 SMK Stockholm 9 8 1 16
3 Filbyterna 9 6 3 12
4 Getingarna 9 6 3 12
5 Indianerna 9 4 5 8
6 Griparna 9 4 5 8
7 Smålänningarnaa 9 4 5 8
8 Piraterna 9 3 6 6
9 GEMA Goteborg 9 1 8 2
10 Tigrarna 9 0 9 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results - 1949". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Former Ipswich Witch and Norwich Star speedway ace passes away". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  5. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  6. ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Vargarna 1949". formula2.se. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  9. ^ "1949". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.