1959 Swedish speedway season

The 1959 Swedish speedway season was the 1959 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

1959 Swedish speedway season
Sören Sjösten was the 1959 Junior champion

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1959 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 25 September in Gothenburg. Rune Sörmander won the Swedish Championship for the third time.[3][4][5]

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1Rune SörmanderDackarna15
2Ove FundinKaparna14
3Olle NygrenMonarkerna13
4Evert AnderssonDackarna11
5Arne CarlssonKaparna10
6Ulf EricssonMonarkerna7
7Göran CarlssonKaparna7
8Allan NilssonDackarna7
9Per-Tage SvenssonVargarna7
10Kjell WåreniusMonarkerna6
11Hans HallbergGetingarna4
12Stig PrambergVargarna4
13Alf JonssonDackarna4
14Olle SegerströmKaparna4
15Åke AnderssonDackarna3
16Sören SjöstenFolkare2
17Joel Jansson (res)Vargarna1

Swedish Junior Championship

Winner - Sören Sjösten[6][7]

Team

Team Championship

Dackarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the third consecutive year. Leading the way once again for the successful Dackarna team was the three times Swedish champion Rune Sörmander.[8][9]

Folkare won the second division.[10] Älgarna joined the league for the season.[11]

See also

References

  1. "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  9. "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  10. "1959". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. "Vargarna 1959". formula2.se. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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