Erik Tage Conny Samuelsson (born 15 August 1947) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He earned 9 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.
Speedway career Samuelsson won the silver medal at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the 1977 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship. He had won a bronze medal the previous year in the 1976 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.
Samuelsson rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1969 riding for Oxford Cheetahs. It was the only club outside of the Njudungarna team that he ever rode for, although he was allocated to Sheffield Tigers in 1971 but the deal did not materialise. He spent 35 years riding for Njudungarna.
World final appearances Ice World Championship 1969 – Inzell, 13th – 7pts 1970 – Nässjö, 4th – 14pts 1971 – Inzell, 9th – 16pts 1972 – Nässjö, 13th – 5pts 1976 – Assen, 3rd – 26pts 1977 – Inzell, 2nd – 26pts 1978 – Assen, 5th – 19pts 1979 – Inzell, 13th – 5pts
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