The 2001 Swedish speedway season was the 2001 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.

Individual Individual Championship The 2001 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held in Avesta on 1 September. Tony Rickardsson won the Swedish Championship for the sixth time.

Pos RiderTeam PtsTotal1 Tony RickardssonMasarna (3,3,3,3,3) 152 Mikael KarlssonValsarna (3,3,3,2,3) 143 Andreas Jonsson Rospiggarna (2,2,3,3,3) 134 Niklas KlingbergIndianerna (2,3,2,3,2) 125 Stefan AnderssonTeam Svelux (3,1,2,3,1) 106 Niklas Karlsson Vargarna (2,1,2,2,2) 97 Magnus ZetterströmSmederna (2,0,1,2,3) 88David RuudLejonen (0,3,0,2,2) 79 Peter KarlssonKaparna (3,2,0,1,1) 710 Peter NahlinSmederna (1,1,3,1,0) 611 Stefan Dannö Valsarna (1,2,1,1,1) 612 Peter I. Karlsson Masarna (1,0,2,0,2) 513 Niklas AspgrenMasarna (0,2,0,1,0) 314 Henrik Gustafsson Indianerna (1,0,1,0,1) 315 Patrick Dybeck Indianerna (0,0,1,0,0) 116 Claes IvarssonVetlanda (0,1,0,0,d) 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 ef - engine failure t - tape touching excluded u - fell w - excluded

U21 Championship

David Ruud won the U21 championship.

Team Team Championship Rospiggarna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the third time. The Rospiggarna team included Greg Hancock, Ryan Sullivan and Andreas Jonsson. The 2001 season saw the introduction of play offs to determine the Elitserien champions.

Örnarna won the Allsvenskan and Gasarna won the first division.

ElitserienPosTeamPts1Rospiggarna 372 Masarna28 3Västervik 28 4 Valsarna 26 5Smederna 25 6Team Svelux 257Vargarna 17 8Indianerna 169Kaparna 1210Bysarna 10

AllsvenskanPosTeamPts1Örnarna 24 2 Lejonen 22 3Vetlanda 20 4Piraterna 12 5 Nässjö 66Karlstad 6

Div 1PosTeamPts1 Gasarna 202Norbaggarna 14 3Team Viking 12 4 Eldarna 65 Getingarna 4 6 Korparna 4

Play offs

ElitserienStageTeamTeamAgg ScoreSF Masarna Västervik 98:94Final Rospiggarna Masarna 95:84

See also Speedway in Sweden

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