Anderstorp Raceway, previously known as Scandinavian Raceway, is a motorsport race track in Anderstorp (Gislaved Municipality), Sweden and the sole Nordic host of a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, when the Swedish Grand Prix was held for six years between 1973 and 1978.

Track history The track was built on marshlands in 1968 and became an extremely popular venue in the 1970s, just as Swede Ronnie Peterson was at the height of his career. It has a long straight (called Flight Straight, which is also used as an aircraft runway), as well as several banked corners, making car setup an engineering compromise. Unusually, the pit lane is located halfway round the lap.

The raceway hosted six Formula One Swedish Grand Prix events in the 1970s. When Peterson and Gunnar Nilsson died during the 1978 Formula One season, public support for the event dried up and the Swedish Grand Prix came to an end. The circuit is also noteworthy because it was the site of the first and only win of two unconventional F1 cars: the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 car in 1976 and the infamous Brabham 'fan car' in 1978.

Anderstorp also hosted the Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix in 1971–1977 and 1981–1990, the European Touring Car Championship in 1985–1987, the Superbike World Championship in 1991 and 1993, and the FIA GT Championship in 2002 and 2003.

In 1993, the circuit along with FIM organized a 24-hour motorcycle race. Just one week ahead of the race, an appeal was lodged against the permit for the competition, due to noise concerns. Although the organizers obtained permission to race on the morning of the event, "media had trumpeted that the competition was canceled. At the ferry berths in Skåne, passport staff turned away visitors from Denmark and the continent". During the race itself a heavy thunderstorm occurred, with torrential rain drowning the circuit. Although racing continued, no local or international audience showed up, and the circuit was forced to declare bankruptcy after the event.

The FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) returned to Anderstorp in 2007, replacing the Istanbul Park in Turkey on the WTCC calendar. For the 2008 season however, it was replaced by the Imola Circuit.

International motorsport was due to return to Anderstorp in 2020 with a round of the DTM. Then, it was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Events

Current

May: Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, Formula Nordic, Anderstorp Race Festival September: SM-Final

Former

BPR Global GT Series (1995–1996) EuroBOSS Series (2009) European Formula 5000 Championship (1970) European Touring Car Championship (1985–1987, 2002–2003) FIA European Formula 3 Cup (1975) FIA GT Championship (2002–2003) FIA Sportscar Championship (1998) FIM Endurance World Championship (1993) Formula 750 (1973, 1975) Formula One Swedish Grand Prix (1973–1978) Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup (2002) Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (2003) Grand Prix motorcycle racing Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix (1971–1977, 1981–1990) GT4 Scandinavia (2019, 2021–2023) International Formula Master (2007) Nordic 4 Championship (2023, 2025) Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (1997–2000, 2005–2007, 2015–2022) Sidecar World Championship (1981–1990, 1993, 1997) SMP F4 Championship (2016) Superbike World Championship (1991, 1993) TTA – Racing Elite League (2012) World Touring Car Championship FIA WTCC Race of Sweden (2007)

Layout modifications

The circuit has been modified at least 4 times in its history. The chicane in Norra corner has been added sometime in 1975 before the 1975 Swedish Grand Prix.The chicane is absent in Lantmäteriet Historic Orthophoto 1975 (from lantmateriet.se), but is reported in the contemporary race report in the Motorsport magazine: The chicane has been re-aligned and tightened in time for the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix. It had been modified again before the final Formula One Grand Prix run on the circuit (1978 Swedish Grand Prix), with modifications to the penultimate Norra corner and slight re-orientation of the following straight, which resulted in the length increase from to . It remained in that configuration through the 1980s until sometime between 1997 and 1998 it was modified again and slightly shortened to its present-day length of .

Track variations: – 1968–1974 – 1975–1977 – 1978–1997 – 1998–present

Lap records

As of May 2026, the fastest official race lap records at the Anderstorp Raceway are listed as:

CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEventCircuit Map Grand Prix Circuit: (1998–present) EuroBOSS/F1 1:21.525 Marijn van Kalmthout Benetton B197-Judd V10 2009 EuroBOSS Anderstorp Super Prix WSC 1:24.920 Emmanuel Collard Ferrari 333 SP 1998 Anderstorp International Sports Racing Series round International Formula Master 1:26.094 Kasper Andersen Tatuus N.T07 2007 Anderstorp International Formula Master round Formula Renault 3.5 1:26.489 José María López Tatuus FRV6 2003 Anderstorp Formula Renault V6 Eurocup round Formula Three 1:31.044 Thed Björk Dallara F394 1999 Anderstorp Nordic F3 round GT1 (GTS) 1:31.424 Walter Lechner Saleen S7-R 2003 FIA GT Anderstorp 500km Formula 4 1:31.449 Richard Verschoor Tatuus F4-T014 2016 Anderstorp SMP F4 round Formula Renault 2.0 1:31.679 Daniel Roos Tatuus FR2000 2009 Anderstorp Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden round Porsche Carrera Cup 1:32.604 Lukas Sundahl Porsche 911 (992 I) GT3 Cup 2022 2nd Anderstorp Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia round GT3 1:32.902 BMW Z4 GT3 2012 Anderstorp Swedish GT round N-GT 1:34.081 Andrea Bertolini Ferrari 360 Modena GT 2003 FIA GT Anderstorp 500km Silhouette racing car 1:34.274 Johan Kristoffersson SEAT León STCC 2016 Anderstorp STCC round GT2 1:34.830 Elmar Grimm Porsche 911 (993) GT2 2001 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge GT4 1:36.340 Lærke Rønn Sørensen Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 2025 Anderstorp Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia round Super Touring 1:37.057 Tommy Rustad Nissan Primera GT 1999 1st Anderstorp STCC round Formula Renault 1.6 1:37.408 Hampus Varis Signatech FR1.6 2026 Anderstorp Formula Nordic round TCR Touring Car 1:38.247 Robert Dahlgren CUPRA León Competición TCR 2021 Anderstorp STCC round Super 2000 1:39.945 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Super 2000 2003 Anderstorp ETCC round Ferrari Challenge 1:43.080 Kari Mäkinen Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge 2001 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge Grand Prix Circuit: (1978–1997) Formula One 1:24.836 Niki Lauda Brabham BT46B 1978 Swedish Grand Prix Formula Three 1:29.846 Ralt RT35 1992 Anderstorp Swedish F3 round GT1 1:30.344 Jean-Marc Gounon Ferrari F40 LM 1996 BPR 4 Hours of Anderstorp 500cc 1:31.107 Wayne Rainey Yamaha YZR500 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix World SBK 1:33.480 Carl Fogarty Ducati 888 SBK 1993 Anderstorp World SBK round 250cc 1:34.833 John Kocinski Yamaha TZ 250 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix Super Touring 1:40.113 Mattias Ekström Volvo 850 GLT 1997 Anderstorp STCC round 125cc 1:41.909 Stefan Prein Honda RS125R 1990 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix Group A 1:44.564 Tom Walkinshaw Rover Vitesse 1986 Anderstorp ETCC round Grand Prix Circuit: (1975–1977) Formula One 1:27.607 Mario Andretti Lotus 78 1977 Swedish Grand Prix Formula Three 1:36.314 Conny Ljungfeldt March 743 1975 Anderstorp European F3 round 500cc 1:39.802 Barry Sheene Suzuki RG 500 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix 350cc 1:42.281 Kork Ballington Yamaha TZ 350 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix 250cc 1:46.285 Mick Grant Kawasaki KR250 1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix 125cc 1:49.263 Pier Paolo Bianchi Morbidelli 125 1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix 50cc 1:58.444 Ángel Nieto Bultaco TSS 50 1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix Original Grand Prix Circuit: (1968–1974) Formula One 1:26.146 Denny Hulme McLaren M23 1973 Swedish Grand Prix Group 6 1:31.300 Leo Kinnunen Porsche 908/02 1969 Anderstorp Nordic Challenge Cup round Formula 5000 1:31.900 Peter Gethin McLaren M10B 1970 Anderstorp F5000 round Sports 2000 1:35.500 Jo Bonnier Lola T210 1970 Anderstorp European 2-Litre Championship round Group 4 1:38.400 Ulf Norinder Lola T70 Mk.IIIB GT 1969 Anderstorp Sports Prototype race Formula Three 1:38.800 Håkan Dahlqvist Merlyn MK 21 1972 Anderstorp Swedish F3 round 500cc 1:44.300 Teuvo Länsivuori Yamaha YZR500 350cc 1:44.500 Patrick Pons Yamaha TZ 350 Group 2 1:44.520 Bo Emanuelsson Ford Escort RS 1600 1973 Swedish Grand Prix GT support race 250cc 1:47.700 Takazumi Katayama Yamaha TZ 250 Group 3 1:49.100 Bengt Ekberg Porsche 911 S 1972 Anderstorp Swedish Sportscar round 125cc 1:52.000 Kent Andersson Yamaha TA 125 50cc 2:01.000 Henk van Kessel Kreidler 50 GP

Airfield

In order to get more financiers the long straight was adopted as a runway for small aircraft . It is open for aircraft operations. There is also a helipad, planned for ambulance helicopters at racing accidents.

Notes Contrary to common depiction of the 1978 modification as having a chicane introduced to the Norra corner, there was no chicane ever used: the corner was made slower by decreasing its radius and making it a sharper bend instead of a sweeping curve it was before. – on-board camera view – 1978 Grand Prix highlights – full coverage of the 1978 Grand Prix

References

External links

Anderstorp Racing Club Satellite picture by Google Maps