Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship

Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship

Sport	Motorcycle speedway
Founded	1938
Most titles	Lars Gunnestad (pictured above) (10 wins)

Aage Hansen, seven times champion, pictured in 2010

The Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organised by the Norges Motorsportforbund (NMF). The first championship was held in 1938 in Trondheim and saw Ragnar C. Erichsen as winner. ^[1]

History

Lars Gunnestad has won the highest number of championships with ten victories between 1988 and 2003. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

The final of the Norwegian Championship regularly doubled up as the Norwegian qualification round for the Speedway World Championship from 1952 until 1975. ^{[6] [7]}

If the Norwegian final was held in the Summer months, the qualification would be for the following year's World Championship.

Key

Unless stated all riders are Norwegian.

Past winners

The list is incomplete

Year	Venue	Winners	2nd place	3rd place
1938	Leangen Travbane, Trondheim	Ragnar C. Erichsen NMK Oslo	Leiv Samsing NMK Oslo	Harald Wiik Hansen NMK Oslo
1939	Hamar Idrettsplassen, Hamar	Sverre Gjølmesli NMK Trondheim	Alf Kristian Hjort	Basse Hveem
1940	Oslo	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Harald Wiik Hansen NMK Oslo	Leiv Samsing NMK Oslo
1941-1945, no championship held due to World War II
1946	Tempebanen, Trondheim	Leiv Samsing NMK Oslo	Harald Wiik Hansen NMK Oslo	Edvin Fredriksen NMK Drammen
1947	Lisleby Speedway, Fredrikstad	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Henry Andersen NMK Oslo	Sverre Gjølmesli NMK Trondheim
1948	Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo [8]	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Leiv Samsing NMK Oslo	Werner "Gnomen" Lorentzen NMK Oslo
1949	Jessheim Speedway Stadion, Jessheim	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Thorleif Andreassen NMK Oslo	Odd Samsing NMK Oslo
1950	Tønsberg Stadion, Tønsberg	Henry Andersen NMK Oslo	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Sverre Gjølmesli NMK Trondheim
1951	Sandnes Idrettspark, Sandnes	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Henry Andersen NMK Oslo	Werner "Gnomen" Lorentzen NMK Oslo
1952	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Henry Andersen NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo
1953	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo	Sverre Gjølmesli NMK Trondheim
1954	Briskebyen Utstillingsplassen, Hamar	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo	Rolf Westerberg NMK Oslo	Nils Paulsen NMK Romerike
1955, cancelled due to bad weather, Lillehammer
1956	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien [9]	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Rolf Westerberg NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo
1957	Tønsberg Stadion, Tønsberg	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo	Fred Roger Steen Jørstadmoen
1958	Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo [10]	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Nils Paulsen NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo
1959	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien [11]	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Rolf Westerberg NMK Oslo	Torbjørn Nygaard NMK Grenland
1960	Idda Idrettsplassen, Kristiansand	Aage Hansen NMK Romerike	Øystein Mellerud NMK Oslo	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo
1961	Krohnsminde Stadion, Bergen [12]	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo
1962	Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen [13]	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Jon Ødegaard NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1963	Kadettangen, Sandvika [14]	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Sverre Harrfeldt Asker & Bærum	Nils Paulsen NMK Oslo
1964	Kadettangen, Sandvika [15]	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Nils Paulsen NMK Oslo	Per J. Aulie NMK Oslo
1965	Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Per J. Aulie NMK Oslo	Johnny Faafeng NMK Kristiansand
1966	Krohnsminde Stadion, Bergen [16]	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Reidar Eide NMK Sandnes og Jæren	Per J. Aulie NMK Oslo
1967	Sandnes Idrettspark, Sandnes	Reidar Eide NMK Stavanger	Øyvind S. Berg NMK Oslo	Odd Fossengen NMK Oslo
1968	Kongsberg Idrettsparken, Kongsberg	Reidar Eide NMK Stavanger	Øyvind S. Berg NMK Oslo	Per J. Aulie NMK Oslo
1969	Krohnsminde Stadion, Bergen	Reidar Eide NMK Stavanger	Øyvind S. Berg NMK Oslo	Edgar Stangeland NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1970	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Reidar Eide NMK Stavanger	Ulf Lövaas NMK Tønsberg	Svein Kaasa NMK Grenland
1971	Sandnes Idrettspark, Sandnes	Reidar Eide NMK Stavanger	Dag Lövaas NMK Tønsberg	Svein Kaasa NMK Grenland
1972	Gamle Stadion, Sandefjord	Ulf Lövaas NMK Tønsberg	Dag Lövaas NMK Tønsberg	Odd Fossengen NMK Oslo
1973	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Dag Lövaas NMK Tønsberg	Edgar Stangeland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Kjell Gimre NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1974	Idrettslunden, Nærbø	Dag Lövaas NMK Tønsberg	Edgar Stangeland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Ulf Lövaas NMK Tønsberg
1975	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Jan Terje Gravningen NMK Kongsberg	Helge Langli NMK Grenland	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1976	Idrettslunden, Nærbø	Edgar Stangeland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Øyvind S. Berg NMK Oslo	Helge Langli NMK Grenland
1977	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Øyvind S. Berg NMK Oslo	Stein Roar Pedersen NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1978	Idrettslunden, Nærbø	Kjell Gimre NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Trond Helge Skretting NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1979	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Jørn Haugvaldstad NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Toralf Holen NMK Grenland
1980	Idrettslunden, Nærbø	Dag Håland [17] NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Geir Aasland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Toralf Holen NMK Grenland
1981	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Dag Håland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Geir Aasland NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1982	Elgane, Varhaug	Trond Helge Skretting NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Geir Aasland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Sigvart Pedersen NMK Sarpsborg
1983	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Dag Håland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Roy Otto Elgane MK	Tormod Langli NMK Grenland
1984	Elgane, Varhaug	Einar Kyllingstad NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Tormod Langli NMK Grenland	Kurt Ueland NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1985	Frogner stadion, Oslo	Einar Kyllingstad NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Ingvar Skogland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Roy Otto NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1986	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Arne Svendsen NMK Oslo	Arnt Førland NMK Sarpsborg	Robert Langeland NMK Drammen
1987	Elgane, Varhaug	Tor Einar Hielm NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Arnt Førland NMK Sarpsborg	Jan Arild Slatta NMK Drammen
1988	Vinsvollbanen, Hokksund	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Tor Einar Hielm NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Arnt Førland NMK Oslo
1989	Frogner stadion, Oslo	Arnt Førland NMK Oslo	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Robert Langeland NMK Drammen
1990	Elgane, Varhaug	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Kjell Øyvind Sola Elgane MK	Willy Tjessem NMK Stavanger
1991	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Einar Kyllingstad NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1992	Elgane, Varhaug	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Arnt Førland NMK Oslo	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1993	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Einar Kyllingstad NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1994	Riska Speedway, Hommersåk	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Arnt Førland NMK Oslo	Tor Einar Hielm Riska MK
1995	Vinsvollbanen, Hokksund	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Arnt Førland NMK Oslo
1996	Series of 4 rounds (Riska, Rudskogen, Geiteryggen, Elgane)	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Trygve Jensen NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Kjell H. Tønnessen Riska MSK
1997	Series of 3 rounds (Konnerud, Elgane, Basserudåsen)	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Bernt Enge Larsen NMK Oslo	Kenneth Borgenhaug NMK Drammen
1998	Series of 4 rounds (Riska, Elgane, Basserudåsen, Lunner)	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Kjell H. Tønnessen Riska MK	Kenneth Borgenhaug NMK Drammen
1999	Elgane, Varhaug	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Bjørn G. Hansen NMK Drammen
2000	Lunner, Oslo	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Kjell H. Tønnessen Riska MK
2001	Elgane, Varhaug	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Bjørn G. Hansen NMK Drammen
2002	Elgane, Varhaug	Mikke Bjerk MSK Riska	Rune Sola Riska MK	Bjørn G. Hansen NMK Oslo
2003	Basserudåsen, Kongsberg	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Bjørn G. Hansen NMK Oslo	Marius Røkeberg NMK Drammen
2004	Riska Speedway, Hommersåk	Arnt Førland Elgane MK	Rune Sola Riska MK	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK
2005	Vinsvollbanen, Hokksund	Arnt Førland Elgane MK	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Marius Røkeberg NMK Drammen
2006	Elgane, Varhaug	Rune Sola Riska MK	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MK
2007	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MSK	Marius Røkeberg NMK Drammen
2008	Elgane, Varhaug	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MSK	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK
2009	Lunner, Oslo [18]	Rune Sola Riska MK	Henrik Bauer Hansen Oslo MK	Inge Bjerk Elgane MK
2010	Riska Speedway, Hommersåk	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MSK	Lars Daniel Gunnestad NMK Drammen
2011	Vinsvollbanen, Hokksund	Lars Daniel Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Thomas Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK
2012	Sørlandsparken, Kristiansand	Thomas Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Pierre Moen NMK Kristiansand
2013	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Patrick Herold Riska MSK
2014	Riska Speedway, Hommersåk	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MSK
2015	Elgane, Varhaug	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Glenn Moi Elgane MK	Rune Sola Riska MSK
2016	Sørlandsparken, Kristiansand	Glenn Moi Elgane MK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MSK	Jarle Skjæveland Riska MSK
2017	By speedwaybane, Brumunddal	Glenn Moi Elgane MK	Truls Kamhaug Oslo MK	Jarle Skjæveland Grenland MSK
2018	Lunner, Oslo	Lasse Fredriksen Elgane MK	Glenn Moi Elgane MSK	Truls Kamhaug Oslo MK
2019	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Glenn Moi Elgane MK	Lasse Fredriksen Elgane MSK	Truls Kamhaug Oslo MK
2020	Lunner, Oslo	Mathias Pollestad Riska MSK	Lasse Fredriksen Elgane MK	Glenn Moi Elgane MSK
2021	Elgane, Varhaug	Lasse Fredriksen	Mathias Pollestad	Glenn Moi
2022	Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien	Tim Sørensen	Glenn Moi	Truls Kamhaug
2023	By speedwaybane, Brumunddal [19]	Glenn Moi	Truls Kamhaug	Ludvig Hamrin
2024	Sørlandsparken, Kristiansand	Truls Kamhaug Oslo MK	Glenn Moi Elgane MSK	Magnus Klipper NMK Kristiansand

See also

• Norway national speedway team
• Speedway Grand Prix of Norway

References

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