The 1979 Swedish speedway season was the 1979 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.
Individual Individual Championship The 1979 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 25 August in Kumla. Jan Andersson won the Swedish Championship.
Pos. RiderClub Total1 Jan Andersson Kaparna 152 Lillebror Johansson Indianerna 14 3 Bernt Persson Smederna 134 Börje Klingberg Örnarna 125 Hans Holmqvist Indianerna106 Anders Michanek Getingarna 9 7 Lars-Åke Andersson Njudungarna 9 8 Richard Hellsén Getingarna 89 Bengt Gustavsson Lejonen 6 10 Åke Axelsson Piraterna 4 11 Stefan Salmonsson Lejonen 4 12 Rolf Sundberg Vargarna 4 13 Uno Johansson Njudungarna 4 14 Tommy Johansson Dackarna 315 Tommy Nilsson Getingarna 3 16 Alf Trofast (res) Lejonen 217 Bengt Jansson Skepparna018 Christer Sjösten (res) Bysarna 019 Peter Johansson (res) Dackarna0
Junior Championship
Winner - Lars Rosberg
Team Team Championship Getingarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the tenth time. The team included Richard Hellsén, Anders Michanek and Tommy Nilsson.
Skepparna won the second division, while Eldarna and Solkatterna won the third division east and west respectively.
Div 1PosTeamPts1Getingarna 242 Njudungarna 203 Örnarna 17 4 Vargarna 145 Lejonen 13 6 Indianerna 11 7 Smederna 11 8 Dackarna 2
Div 2PosTeamPts1 Skepparna 242 Kaparna 183 Masarna 14 4 Piraterna 145 Bysarna 6 6 Filbyterna 27 Gamarna 2
Div 3 eastPosTeamPts1 Eldarna 23 2 Rospiggarna 17 3 Vikingarna 54 Lindarna 3
Div 3 westPosTeamPts1Solkatterna 202Gnistorna 153 Brassarna 14 4 Pilarna 10 5 Korparna 1
See also Speedway in Sweden
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