The 1978 Swedish speedway season was the 1978 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.
Individual Individual Championship The 1978 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 26 August at the Snälltorpet in Eskilstuna. Anders Michanek won the Swedish Championship for the fourth time.
Pos. RiderClub Total1 Anders Michanek Getingarna 152 Bengt Jansson Smederna 133 Bernt Persson Smederna 12+34 Jan Andersson Kaparna 12+25 Bo Wirebrand Njudungarna 10 6 Tommy Nilsson Getingarna 9 7 Hans Holmqvist Indianerna 88 Gert Carlsson Smederna 8 9 Börje KlingbergÖrnarna 7 10 Karl-Erik Claesson Örnarna 6 11 Hans Danielsson Lejonen 612 Richard Hellsén Getingarna 513 Uno Johansson Njudungarna 414 Åke Fridell Indianerna 415 Lars-Inge Hultberg Gamarna 1 16 Per-Åke Gerhardsson Indianerna 0 17 Lars Ericsson Indianerna 018 Christer Sjösten (res) Bysarna 0
Junior Championship
Winner - Lennart Bengtsson
Team Team Championship Getingarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the ninth time. The team included the riders Anders Michanek, Tommy Nilsson and Richard Hellsén.
The team name for Stjärnorna (The Stars) was changed to Rospiggarna.
Lejonen won the second division, while Pilarna and Filbyterna won the third division north and south respectively.
Div 1PosTeamPts1 Getingarna 242 Njudungarna 243 Smederna 224 Indianerna 135 Örnarna 96 Vargarna 97 Dackarna 88 Skepparna 3
Div 2PosTeamPts1 Lejonen 212 Kaparna 183 Masarna 134 Piraterna 125 Bysarna 96Gamarna 87Eldarna 3
Div 3 northPosTeamPts1 Pilarna 172 Solkatterna 163 Vikingarna 124 Rospiggarna 115 Lindarna 4
Div 3 southPosTeamPts1Filbyterna 242 Brassarna 183Gnistorna74 Hjälmarna 65Korparna 5
See also Speedway in Sweden
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