The Sweden national speedway team are one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway.
History The Sweden speedway team has won the Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup on ten occasions and were a major force in the opening years of the tournament, winning four out of the first five, between 1960 and 1964. Key riders of the period were Ove Fundin, Rune Sörmander, Björn Knutson, Göte Nordin and Sören Sjösten.
The cup eluded them for 23 years between 1971 and 1993, but they regained the trophy in 1994, when Tony Rickardsson, Henrik Gustafsson and Mikael Karlsson were successful. Sweden bookended the original World Team Cup, winning the inaugural final at the Ullevi Stadium at home in Göteborg, in 1960 before winning the last World Team Cup in 2000 at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England.
They also went on to win in 2003 and 2004 and 2015. Additionally, they won the defunct Speedway World Pairs Championship five times, in 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1993.
Major tournament wins World Team Championships Year Venue Standings (Pts) Sweden Riders and Pts1960GöteborgUllevi 1. Sweden (44)2. England (30)3. Czechoslovakia (15)4. Poland (7) Ove Fundin 12 Olle Nygren 12 Rune Sörmander 11 Björn Knutson 9 Göte Nordin -1962SlanýSlaný Stadium 1. Sweden (36)2. Great Britain (24)3. Poland (20)4. Czechoslovakia (16) Björn Knutson 10 Sören Sjösten 10 Ove Fundin 9 Göte Nordin 4 Rune Sörmander 31963ViennaStadion Wien 1. Sweden (37)2. Czechoslovakia (27)3. Great Britain (25)4. Poland (7) Bjorn Knutson 11 Per Olof Söderman 10 Ove Fundin 7 Göte Nordin 6 Rune Sörmander 31964AbensbergAbensberg Stadion 1. Sweden (34)2. Soviet Union (25)3. Great Britain (21)4. Poland (16) Björn Knutson 11 Göte Nordin 10 Rune Sörmander 7 Ove Fundin 6 Sören Sjösten 01967MalmöMalmö Stadion 1. Sweden (32)2. Poland (26)3. Great Britain (19)= Soviet Union (19) Göte Nordin 11 Bengt Jansson 9 Ove Fundin 6 Torbjörn Harrysson 6 Per Olof Söderman -1970LondonWembley Stadium 1. Sweden (42)2. Great Britain (31)3. Poland (20)4. Czechoslovakia (3) Ove Fundin 11 Bengt Jansson 11 Anders Michanek 10 Sören Sjösten 10 Bernt Persson -1994BrokstedtHolsteinring Brokstedt 1. Sweden (23)2. Poland (20)3. Denmark (17)4. Australia (17)5. USA (17)6. Germany (16)= England (16) Tony Rickardsson 12+2 Henrik Gustafsson 11+2 Mikael Karlsson - 2000 CoventryBrandon Stadium 1. Sweden (40)2. England (40)3. USA (35)4. Australia (29) Tony Rickardsson 16 Henrik Gustafsson 12+2 Peter Karlsson 10+1 Mikael Karlsson 2 Niklas Klingberg 0 2003 VojensVojens Speedway Center 1. Sweden (62)2. Australia (57)3. Denmark (53)4. Poland (49)5. Great Britain (44) Mikael Max 19+2 Andreas Jonsson 12 Peter Karlsson 10 Peter Ljung 10 David Ruud 5 2004 PoolePoole Stadium 1. Sweden (49)2. Great Britain (48)3. Denmark (32)4. Poland (23) Peter Karlsson 12 Tony Rickardsson 12 Antonio Lindbäck 9 Mikael Max 9 Andreas Jonsson 7 2015 VojensVojens Speedway Center 1. Sweden (34)2. Denmark (32)3. Poland (27)4. Australia (26) Andreas Jonsson 12 Freddie Lindgren 11 Antonio Lindbäck 7 Linus Sundström 4
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World Pairs Championship YearRiders1968 Ove Fundin & Torbjörn Harrysson1973 Anders Michanek & Tommy Jansson1974 Anders Michanek & Sören Sjösten1975 Anders Michanek & Tommy Jansson1993 Tony Rickardsson, Per Jonsson & Henrik Gustafsson
International caps (as of 2022) Since the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix era, international caps earned by riders is largely restricted to international competitions, whereas previously test matches between two teams were a regular occurrence. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era. RiderCapsAndersson, Åke7Andersson, Bengt Olof2Andersson, Björn10Andersson, Daniel1Andersson, Jan39Andersson, Stefan6Bengtsson, Lennart5Bergqvist, Tommy2Blixt, Mikael18Brannefors, Bengt20Brannefors, Pierre14Carlsson, Arne17Danielsson, Hasse15Dannö, Roland10Dannö, Stefan5Davidsson, Jan-Olov9Davidsson, Jonas14Enecrona, Leif16Eriksson, Anders8Eriksson, Freddie1Forsberg, Birger19Forsberg, Dan17Fundin, Ove99Gerhardsson, Per Ake1Gustafsson, Henka50Harrysson, Torbjörn26Hellsen, Richard22Henriksson, Terje3Holmqvist, Hasse 30Hultberg, Lars-Inge 1Hultgren, Jurgen Per Gunnar2Ivarsson, Conny40Jansson, Bengt107Jansson, Lars8Jansson, Tommy52Johansson, Jorgen12Johansson, Tommy32Johansson, Lillebror5Johansson, Stefan3Johansson, Uno Ingemar3Jonasson, Thomas4Jonsson, Alfe Folke10Jonsson, Andreas26Jonsson, Per65Josefsson, Bo13Karlsson, Magnus1Karlsson, Niklas4Karlsson, Peter40Karlsson, Sören29Karlsson, Sune7Klingberg, Börje5Klingberg, Niklas11Knutson, Björn42Larsson, Bengt26Larsson, Leif14Lindbäck, Antonio17Lindgren, Freddie19Ljung, Peter6Löfqvist, Christer42Löfqvist, Dennis7Malmqvist, Gunnar13Max, Mikael21Michanek, Anders101Nahlin, Peter32Nermark, Daniel5Nilsen, Jimmy53Nilsson, Tommy65Nordin, Göte45Nygren, Olle90Nystrom, Kenneth6Olsson, Tony26Persson, Bernt102Pettersson, Tommy7Rickardsson, Tony43Ringstrom, Nils4Rohlén, Christer2Ruud, David6Salomonsson, Stefan5Samuelsson, Conny9Segerstrom, Olle2Simensen, Jan25Sjösten, Christer8Sjösten, Sören76Smith, Peter1Soderberg, Leif1Söderman, Peo44Sörmander, Rune66Stenlung, Erik25Svensson, Per Tage14Teurnberg, Mikael9Wahlmann, Leif2Wedin, Runo1Wirebrand, Bo16Zetterström, Magnus3
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