Sweden national speedway team
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| Team manager | Bo Wirebrand |
| Team captain | Andreas Jonsson |
| Nation colour | Yellow |
| SWC Wins | 10 |
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Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000. The current captain is 2000 World Under-21 Champion Andreas Jonsson.
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Speedway World Cup
The Sweden national speedway team has won the Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup on 10 occasions and were a major force in opening years of the tournament, winning 4 out of the first 5, between 1960 and 1964. Key riding members of the title wins include Ove Fundin (6 wins), Rune Sörmander, Björn Knutsson, Göte Nordin (4 wins), Sören Sjösten, Tony Rickardsson, Peter Karlsson and Mikael Max (also known as Mikael Karlsson) (3 wins). The cup eluded them for 23 years between 1971 and 1993, but they regained the trophy in 1994 when Sweden were the winners of a reformatted event involving pairs (Tony Rickardsson, Henrik Gustafsson and Mikael Karlsson) rather than teams, though this format was only to last until 1998. They also went on to win in 2003 and 2004.
Sweden bookended the original World Team Cup, winning the inaugural final at the Ullevi Stadium at home in Göteborg in 1960 before winning the last World Team Cup in 2000 at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England.
Team U-21 World Championship
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| Year | Place | Pts. | Riders |
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| 2005 | 2 | 35 | Antonio Lindbäck (11), Fredrik Lindgren (9), Eric Andersson (8), Jonas Davidsson (7) |
| 2006 | 2 | 27 | Fredrik Lindgren (15), Thomas H. Jonasson (8), Sebastian Aldén (4), Ricky Kling (0), Robert Pettersson (0) |
| 2007 | - | - | 3rd place in Qualifying Round 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 38 | Kim Nilsson (9), Simon Gustafsson (8), Ricky Kling (8), Billy Forsberg (8), Ludvig Lindgren (5) |
| 2009 | 3 | 32 | Thomas H. Jonasson (11), Simon Gustafsson (6), Kim Nilsson (6), Linus Eklöf (5), Ludvig Lindgren (4) |
| 2010 | 2 | 37 | Dennis Andersson (11), Linus Sundström (8), Simon Gustafsson (7), Ludvig Lindgren (7), Kim Nilsson (4) |
| 2011* | - | - | Won Semi-final 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 26 | Pontus Aspgren (10), Anton Rosén (9), Jacob Thorsell (5), Oliver Berntzon (2), Mathias Thoernblom (0) |
| 2013 | - | - | Third place in Semi-final 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 21 | Oliver Berntzon (10), Jacob Thorssell (5), Fredrik Engman (4), Victor Palovaara (2) |
| Year | Place | Pts. | Riders |
* Due to cost of travel and visa problems, Sweden withdrew from the 2011 Final,
Team U-19 European Championship
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| Year | Place | Pts. | Riders |
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| 2008 | 1 | 36 | Linus Eklöf (11), Ludvig Lindgren (10), Simon Gustafsson (9), Linus Sundström (6), Niklas Larsson (0) |
| 2009 | 2 | 38 | Simon Gustafsson (12), Dennis Andersson (8), Ludvig Lindgren (7), Anton Rosén (6), Linus Sundström (5) |
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Honours
World Championships
| Competitions | Total | Golden medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | ||||
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| Total | Years | Total | Years | Total | Years | |||
| Team World Cup |
(1960-2000) (since 2001) |
33 | 10 | 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2004 | 10 | 1961, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2006 | 13 | 1966, 1975, 1976, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Team U-21 | (since 2005) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2010 | 4 | 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 | |
| Pairs | (1970-1993) | 14 | 5 | 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1993 | 5 | 1969, 1970, 1977, 1989, 1991 | 4 | 1971, 1972, 1976, 1992 |
| Individual Grand Prix |
(1936-1994) (since 1995) |
38 | 14 | 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1974, 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 | 14 | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2011 | 10 | 1954, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1974, 2000, 2003 |
| Individual U-21 | (since 1977) | 13 | 4 | 1985, 1988, 1994, 2000 | 6 | 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1995, 2006 | 3 | 1989, 1990, 2005 |
| Total medals: 105 | Gold: 33 | Silver: 38 | Bronze: 34 | |||||
Titles
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Inaugural Champions
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World Champions 1960 (1st title) |
Succeeded by Poland |
| Preceded by | World Champions 1962 (2nd title) 1963 (3rd title) 1964 (4th title) |
Succeeded by Poland |
| Preceded by | World Champions 1967 (5th title) |
Succeeded by Great Britain |
| Preceded by | World Champions 1970 (6th title) |
Succeeded by Great Britain |
| Preceded by | World Champions 1994 (7th title) |
Succeeded by Denmark |
| Preceded by | World Champions 2000 (8th title) |
Succeeded by Australia |
| Preceded by | World Champions 2003 (9th title) 2004 (10th title) |
Succeeded by Poland |
Famous Swedish riders
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