Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship

The Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Norges Motorsportforbund (NMF). The first championship was held in 1938 in Trondheim and saw Ragnar C. Erichsen as winner. Lars Gunnestad has won the highest number of championships with ten victories between 1988 and 2003

Previous winners

The list is incomplete

Year	Venue	Winners	2nd place	3rd place
1938	Trondheim	Ragnar C. Erichsen NMK Oslo	?	?
1939	Trondheim	Sverre Gjølmesli NMK Trondheim	?	?
1940	?	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Harald Wiik Hansen	Leif Samsing
1941-1945	No championship held	-	-	-
1946	?	Leiv Samsing	?	?
1947	Oslo	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Henry Andersen NMK Oslo	Sverre Gjølmesli Trondheim
1948	?	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Leif Samsing	Werner Lorentzen
1949	?	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Thorleif Andreassen	?
1950	Tønsberg	Henry Andersen NMK Oslo	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Sverre Gjølmesli
1951	?	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Henry Andersen NMK Oslo	Werner Lorentzen
1952	Trondheim	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Henry Andersen NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo
1953	Trondheim	Basse Hveem NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo	Sverre Gjølmesli
1954	?	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo	Rolf Westerberg NMK Oslo	Nils Kristian Paulsen NMK Oslo
1955	No championship held	-	-	-
1956	Skien - Geiteryggen[1]	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	?	?
1957	?	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo	Arne Kristiansen NMK Oslo
1958	Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo[2]	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Nils Kristian Paulsen	Reidar Kristoffersen
1959	Skien - Geiteryggen[3]	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Rolf Westerberg NMK Oslo	Torbjørn Nygaard NMK Grenland
1960	Kristiansand	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Øystein Mellerud NMK Oslo	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo
1961	Krohnsminde Stadion, Bergen[4]	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Reidar Kristoffersen NMK Oslo
1962	Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen[5]	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Jon Ødegaard Sandnes & Jæren
1963[6]	Kadettangen, Bærum[7]	Aage Hansen NMK Oslo	Sverre Harfeldt Asker & Bærum	Nils Kr. Paulsen NMK Oslo
1964[8]	Kadettangen, Bærum	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Nils Kristian Paulsen NMK Oslo	Per J. Aulie
1965	Krohnsminde Stadion, Bergen[9]	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Per J. Aulie NMK Oslo	Johnny Faafeng Kristiansand
1966[10]	Oslo	Sverre Harrfeldt NMK Oslo	Roar Eide Sandnes og Jæren	Per J. Aulie NMK Oslo
1967	Stavanger	Reidar Eide NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Øyvind S Berg NMK Oslo	Odd Fossengen NMK Oslo
1968	Kongsberg	Reidar Eide NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Øyvind S Berg NMK Oslo	Per J. Aulie NMK Oslo
1969	Bergen	Reidar Eide NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Øyvind S Berg NMK Oslo	Edgar Stangeland NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1970	?	Reidar Eide NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Ulf Lövaas NMK Tønsberg	Svein Kaasa Grenland
1971	Sandnes	Reidar Eide NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Dag Lövaas NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Svein Kaasa
1972	?	Ulf Lövaas NMK Kristiansand	?	?
1973	Geiteryggen	Dag Lövaas NMK Tønsberg	Edgar Stangeland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Kjell Gimre NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1974	Geiteryggen	Dag Lövaas NMK Tønsberg	Edgar Stangeland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Ulf Lövaas NMK Tønsberg
1975	Geiteryggen	Jan Terje Gravningen NMK Kongsberg	Helge Langli Grenland	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1976	?	Edgar Stangeland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Øyvind Berg NMK Oslo	Helge Langli
1977	Geiteryggen	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Øyvind Berg NMK Oslo	Stein Roar Pedersen NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1978	Nærbø	Kjell A. Gimre NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Trond Skretting NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1979	Geiteryggen	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Jørgen Augvalstad	Thoralf Hulen
1980	?	Dag Håland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Geir Aasland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Terje Tollefsen
1981	Geiteryggen[11]	Audun Ove Olsen NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Dag Håland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Geir Aasland NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1982	?	Trond Helge Skretting NMK Sandnes & Jæren	?	?
1983	?	Dag Håland NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Roy Otto	Tormod Langli
1984	Elgane	Einar Kyllingstad NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Tormod Langli	Kurt Ueland
1985	?	Einar Kyllingstad NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Ingvar Skogland	Roy Otto
1986	?	Arne Svendsen NMK Oslo	?	?
1987	Elgane	Tor Einar Hielm NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Arnt Førland Sarpsborg	Jan Arild Slatta NMK Drammen
1988	?	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	?	?
1989	Oslo	Arnt Førland NMK Oslo	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Robert Langeland NMK Drammen
1990	Elgane	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Kjell Øyvind Sola	Willy Tjessem
1991	Geiteryggen	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Einar Kyllingstad NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1992	Elgane	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Arnt Førland NMK Oslo	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1993	Geiteryggen	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Einar Kyllingstad NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren
1994	?	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Arnt Førland NMK Oslo	Tor Einar Hjelm
1995	?	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Arnt Førland NMK Oslo
1996	Series of 4 rounds (Riska, Rudskogen, Geiteryggen, Elgane)	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Trygve Jensen	Kjell H. Tonnesen
1997	Series of 3 rounds (?, Elgane, Basserudåsen)	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Bernt Enge Larsen NMK Oslo	Kenneth Borgenhaug NMK Drammen
1998	Series of 4 rounds (Riska, Elgane, Basserudåsen, Lunner)	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Kjell H. Tonnesen Riska MK	Kenneth Borgenhaug
1999	Elgane	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Bjørn G. Hansen
2000	Lunner	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Kjell H. Tonnesen Riska MK
2001	Elgane	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Rune Holta NMK Sandnes & Jæren	Bjørn G. Tonnesen Riska MK
2002	Elgane	Mikke Bjerk MSK Riska	Rune Sola Riska MK	Bjørn G. Hansen NMK Oslo
2003	Basserudåsen	Lars Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Bjørn G. Hansen NMK Oslo	Marius Røkeberg NMK Drammen
2004	Riska	Arnt Førland Elgane MK	Rune Sola Riska MK	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK
2005	Vinsvoll	Arnt Førland Elgane MK	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Marius Røkeberg NMK Drammen
2006	Elgane	Rune Sola Riska MK	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MK
2007	Geiteryggen	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MSK	Marius Røkeberg NMK Drammen
2008	Elgane	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MSK	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK
2009	Lunner[12]	Rune Sola Riska MK	Henrik B. Hansen Oslo MK	Inge Bjerk Elgane MK
2010	Riska	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MSK	Lars Daniel Gunnestad NMK Drammen
2011	Vinsvoll	Lars Daniel Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Thomas Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK
2012	Kristiansand	Thomas Gunnestad NMK Drammen	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Pierre Moen NMK Kristiansand
2013	Geiteryggen	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Patrick Herold Riska MSK
2014	Riska	Mikke Bjerk Elgane MK	Rune Sola Riska MSK	Carl Johan Raugstad Riska MSK
Year	Venue	Winners	2nd place	3rd place

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See also

• Norway national speedway team
• Speedway Grand Prix of Norway

References

1. Aftenposten
2. Aftenposten
3. Aftenposten
4. Aftenposten
5. Aftenposten
6. Aftenposten 21.10.1963
7. Aftenposten 21.10.1963
8. Aftenposten 26.10.1963
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10. Aftenposten 24.10.1966
11. "Sandnes & Jæren tok alt i speedway-NM" (in Norwegian). TA. 1981-08-31. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
12. "Rune Sola mistrzem Norwegii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
13. "Motorsykkelsport – Norgesmestere" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
14. "Resultater speedway" (in Norwegian). Motorsportforbundet. 2010-07-08. Archived from the original on December 10, 2004. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
15. "Speedway History Info - Historia Zuzla". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-16.

External links

• Norges Motorsportforbund webside