1957 Swedish speedway season

The 1957 Swedish speedway season was the 1957 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1][2]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1957 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 11 October in Stockholm. Ove Fundin won the Swedish Championship for the second consecutive year.[3][4][5]

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1Ove FundinFilbyterna14+3
2Per Olof SödermanFilbyterna14+2
3Rune SörmanderDackarna14+1
4Göte NordinGetingarna11
5Bernt NilssonMonarkerna10
6Dan ForsbergDackarna9
7Olle SegerströmKaparna8
8Arne CarlssonKaparna8
9Kaj ForsbergGetingarna7
10Thorvald KarlssonDackarna6
11Bengt ErikssonGetingarna6
12Joel Jansson (res)Vargarna4
13Thorsten CarlssonFilbyterna3
14Olle AnderssonIndianerna1
15Roger ForsbergKaparna1
16Alf JonssonDackarna1
17Goran NorlenKaparna0

Team

Team Championship

Dackarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time. The team included Rune Sörmander and Dan Forsberg.[6][7]

The league increased to seven teams[8] following the return of Vargarna, who had missed the previous two seasons due to financial issues.[9]

Pos Team Pts
1 Dackarna22
2 Kaparna16
3 Monarkerna14
4 Filbyterna13
5 Indianerna8
6 Getingarna7
7 Vargarna4

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. ↑ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "1957". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Vargarna 1957". formula2.se. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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