History of motorcycle speedway in Sweden

In the 1950s motorcycle speedway became one of Swedens most popular team sports where each fixture often was viewed by audiences between 10000 and 20000 people.[1][2] The Swedish speedway league was founded a few years earlier in 1948 and was inspired by British speedway including adopting the British teams nicknames in Swedish versions. For instance the Norrköping team became Vargarna (English: "The Wolves"), the Eskilstuna team became Smederna (English: "The Blacksmiths") and the club Motorsällskapet became Getingarna (English: "The Wasps"). As popularity of the sport grew there were many new clubs founded all around Sweden and during the 1950s more than 30 different clubs competed at least one season in the league system.[3] Unfortunately many of these new teams were short lived and only survived a few years but one can still find some of those new teams of the 1950s in today's Elitserien.

League tables of 1950

This year Smålänningarna changed name to Dackarna and GEMA changed name to Kaparna
Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Filbyterna
21
Swedish champions
2
Vargarna
19
3
Monarkerna
13
4
Indianerna
12
5
Griparna
8
6
Getingarna
7
7
Dackarna
4

Division 2 A

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Piraterna
10
2
Kaparna
8
3
Kuggarna
4
4
Vikingarna
2

Division 2 B

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Saxarna
7
2
Gastarna
7
3
Falkarna
6
4
Kanonerna
4
5
Husarerna
4
6
Örnarna
2

Division 2 C

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Vetlanda
7
2
Vimmerby
1
3
Växjö
0
4
Tändstiftet
0

League tables of 1951

Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Vargarna
22
Swedish champions
2
Smederna
14
3
Dackarna
12
4
Filbyterna
11
5
Indianerna
10
6
Getingarna
8
7
Monarkerna
7
Relegation to division 2

Division 2 East

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Vikingarna
18
Promotion to division 1
2
Piraterna
16
3
Folkare
9
4
Vesslorna
8
5
Kuggarna
6
6
Munkarna
3

Division 2 West

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Kaparna
16
Promotion to division 1
2
Kanonerna
12
3
Falkarna
12
4
Saxarna
10
5
Hyllingarna
8
6
Solkatterna
2

League tables of 1952

This year Falkarna changed name to Knallarna, Hyllingarna changed name to Stenbockarna and Solkatterna changed name to Kavaljererna
Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Getingarna
23
Swedish champions
2
Smederna
21
3
Indianerna
18
4
Vargarna
16
5
Filbyterna
14
6
Kaparna
10
7
Dackarna
10
8
Vikingarna
0
Relegation to division 2

Division 2

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Monarkerna
20
Promotion to division 1
2
Knallarna
12
3
Kuggarna
11
4
Stenbockarna
8
5
Garvarna
7
6
Kavaljererna
2

League tables of 1953

Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Vargarna
25
Swedish champions
2
Indianerna
18
3
Smederna
16
4
Monarkerna
14
5
Getingarna
13
6
Kaparna
12
7
Filbyterna
10
8
Dackarna
4

Division 2

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Vikingarna
6
Promotion to division 1
2
Kuggarna
6
3
Stenbockarna
0

League tables of 1954

Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Vargarna
26
Swedish champions
2
Monarkerna
22
3
Indianerna
20
4
Smederna
18
5
Kaparna
16
6
Filbyterna
15
7
Getingarna
12
8
Dackarna
12
9
Vikingarna
2

League tables of 1955

Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Monarkerna
18
Swedish champions
2
Kaparna
13
3
Filbyterna
10
4
Dackarna
10
5
Indianerna
5
6
Getingarna
4

League tables of 1956

Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Monarkerna
16
Swedish champions
2
Dackarna
15
3
Filbyterna
15
4
Kaparna
8
5
Indianerna
6
6
Getingarna
0

League tables of 1957

Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Dackarna
22
Swedish champions
2
Kaparna
16
3
Monarkerna
14
4
Filbyterna
13
5
Indianerna
8
6
Getingarna
7
7
Vargarna
4

League tables of 1958

Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Dackarna
14
Swedish champions
2
Monarkerna
14
3
Kaparna
10
4
Filbyterna
10
5
Vargarna
6
6
Getingarna
2

Division 2

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Örnarna
12
2
Filbyterna B
10,5
3
Dackarna B
10,5
4
Folkare
7

League tables of 1959

Division 1

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Dackarna
14
Swedish champions
2
Kaparna
10
3
Monarkerna
8
4
Vargarna
7
5
Getingarna
1

Division 2

Pos
Club
Pts
Comment
1
Folkare
12
2
Dackarna B
12
3
Filbyterna
9
4
Älgarna
9
5
Örnarna
8

References

  1. Vargarna Speedway (2007). "Vargarna Speedway" (in Swedish). Vargarna Speedway. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
  2. kaparna.nu. "Slottsskogsvallen -Kaparna Speedway" (in Swedish). kaparna.nu. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
  3. speedway.org. "History: Speedway and Longtrack". speedway.org. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
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