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

• Speedway in Sweden

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.