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The 1965 Swedish speedway season was the 1965 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden. [1] [2]
The 1965 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 16 October in Stockholm. Göte Nordin won the Swedish Championship. [3] [4] [5]
Pos. | Rider | Club | Total |
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1 | Göte Nordin | Getingarna | 14+3 |
2 | Ove Fundin | Kaparna | 14+2 |
3 | Leif Larsson | Getingarna | 13 |
4 | Per-Olof Söderman | Vargarna | 11 |
5 | Bengt Jansson | Getingarna | 10 |
6 | Leif Enecrona | Gamarna | 10 |
7 | Bo Magnusson | Kaparna | 8 |
8 | Bengt Svensson | Örnarna | 7 |
9 | Arne Carlsson | Getingarna | 7 |
10 | Kurt Westlund | Folkare | 7 |
11 | Bo Josefsson | Njudungarna | 6 |
12 | Bengt Brannefors | Kaparna | 6 |
13 | Runo Wedin | Vargarna | 3 |
14 | Nils Ringström (res) | Taxarna | 3 |
15 | Sven Sigurd | Örnarna | 1 |
16 | Arne Hansson | Kaparna | 0 |
17 | Gunnar Malmqvist | Njudungarna | 0 |
Winner - Therje Henriksson [6] [7]
Getingarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the third consecutive season and fourth time in total. The Getingarna team contained Göte Nordin, Leif Larsson and Bengt Jansson. [8] [9] [10]
Gamarna won the second division, while Lejonen and Kaparna B won the third division A & B respectively. [11]
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