The 1997 Swedish speedway season was the 1997 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.
Individual Individual Championship The 1997 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held in Vetlanda on 16 August. Tony Rickardsson won the Swedish Championship for the third time.
Pos RiderTeam PointsTotal1 Tony RickardssonValsarna (3,3,3,3,3) 152 Henrik Gustafsson Indianerna (3,3,3,2,1) 123 Peter Karlsson Örnarna(w,3,3,2,2) 10+34 Mikael KarlssonÖrnarna (2,w,3,2,3) 10+25 Stefan AnderssonTeam Svelux (3,0,2,1,2) 96 Claes Ivarsson Vetlanda (0,2,2,3,2) 97 Niklas KlingbergÖrnarna (2,1,0,3,2) 88Peter Nahlin Vargarna (2,3,1,1,1) 89 Niklas Karlsson Vargarna (0,1,0,3,3) 710 Peter Ingvar KarlssonIndianerna (3,2,1,0,0) 611 Jimmy Nilsen Rospiggarna (1,2,2,0,1) 612 Conny Ivarsson Vetlanda (1,2,2,1,w) 613 Magnus ZetterströmSmederna (2,0,1,2,0)514 Per Wester Valsarna(1,1,0,0,2) 415 Andreas JonssonRospiggarna (1,1,0,1,1) 416 Benny Olsson Vargarna (u,0,1,0,0) 1
Key points per race - 3 for a heat win, 2 for 2nd, 1 for third, 0 for last +3 won race off, +2 2nd in race off, +1, 3rd in race off, +0 last in race off t - tape touching excluded u - fell w - excluded
U21 Championship
Peter Ingvar Karlsson won the U21 championship.
Team Team Championship Rospiggarna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the second time. The Rospiggarna team included Greg Hancock, Jimmy Nilsen, Erik Stenlund and Andreas Jonsson.
Dackarna changed their name to Team Svelux and Gnistorna withdrew from Division 1B. Leading positions in Division 1 North & South groups determined Division 1A & 1B leagues.
Kaparna and Nässjö won the first division leagues respectively.
ElitserienPosTeamPts1Rospiggarna 292 Valsarna 293Örnarna 294 Vargarna 205Bysarna 17 6Smederna 167Vetlanda 158Västervik 129Indianerna 910Team Svelux 4
Div 1APosTeamPts1Kaparna 102Masarna 83 Karlstad 64Filbyterna 0
Div 1BPosTeamPts1Nässjö 102Getingarna 103Korparna 24Team Viking 2 5Gnistorna withdrew
See also Speedway in Sweden
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