Sweden national speedway team

Sweden
Sweden
Team manager	Bo Wirebrand
Team captain	Andreas Jonsson
Nation colour	Yellow
SWC Wins	10
Squad	Andreas Jonsson (c); Antonio Lindback; Fredrik Lindgren; Peter Ljung; Linus Sundström;

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.

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 the 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.

Year	Venue	Standings (Pts)	Sweden Riders and Pts
1960	Göteborg Ullevi	1. SWEDEN (44) 2. England (30) 3. Czechoslovakia (15) 4. Poland (7)	Ove Fundin	12
			Olle Nygren	12
			Rune Sörmander	11
			Björn Knutsson	9
			Göte Nordin	-
1962	Slaný	1. SWEDEN (36) 2. Great Britain (24) 3. Poland (20) 4. Czechoslovakia (16)	Björn Knutsson	10
			Sören Sjösten	10
			Ove Fundin	9
			Göte Nordin	4
			Rune Sörmander	3
1963	Vienna Stadion Wien	1. SWEDEN (37) 2. Czechoslovakia (27) 3. Great Britain (25) 4. Poland (7)	Bjorn Knutsson	11
			Per Olof Söderman	10
			Ove Fundin	7
			Göte Nordin	6
			Rune Sörmander	3
1964	Abensberg	1. SWEDEN (34) 2. Soviet Union (25) 3. Great Britain (21) 4. Poland (16)	Björn Knutsson	11
			Göte Nordin	10
			Rune Sörmander	7
			Ove Fundin	6
			Sören Sjösten	0
1967	Malmö Malmö Stadion	1. SWEDEN (32) 2. Poland (26) 3. Great Britain (19) = Soviet Union (19)	Göte Nordin	11
			Bengt Jansson	9
			Ove Fundin	6
			Torbjörn Harrysson	6
			Per Olof Söderman	-
1970	London Wembley Stadium	1. SWEDEN (42) 2. Great Britain (31) 3. Poland (20) 4. Czechoslovakia (3)	Ove Fundin	11
			Bengt Jansson	11
			Anders Michanek	10
			Sören Sjösten	10
			Bernt Persson	-
1994	Brokstedt	1. SWEDEN (23) 2. Poland (20) 3. Denmark (17) 4. Australia (17) 5. USA (17) 6. Germany (16) = England (16)	Tony Rickardsson	12+2
			Henrik Gustafsson	11+2
			Mikael Karlsson	-
2000	Coventry Brandon Stadium	1. SWEDEN (40) 2. England (40) 3. USA (35) 4. Australia (29)	Tony Rickardsson	16
			Henrik Gustafsson	12+2
			Peter Karlsson	10+1
			Mikael Karlsson	2
			Niklas Klingberg	0
2003	Vojens Vojens Speedway Center	1. SWEDEN (62) 2. Australia (57) 3. Denmark (53) 4. Poland (49) 5. Great Britain (44)	Mikael Max	19+2j
			Andreas Jonsson	12
			Peter Karlsson	10
			Peter Ljung	10
			David Ruud	5
2004	Poole Poole Stadium	1. SWEDEN (49) 2. Great Britain (48) 3. Denmark (32) 4. Poland (23)	Peter Karlsson	12
			Tony Rickardsson	12
			Antonio Lindback	9
			Mikael Max	9
			Andreas Jonsson	7
Key: +1,2... - bonus points gained by finishing behind teammate +1j,+2j... - extra points gained in joker ride

Team U-21 World Championship[]

Year	Place	Pts.	Riders
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), (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), (5), Oliver Berntzon (2), (0)
2013	-	-	Third place in Semi-final 2
2014	3	21	Oliver Berntzon (10), Jacob Thorssell (5), (4), (2)
Year	Place	Pts.	Riders

* Due to cost of travel and visa problems, Sweden withdrew from the 2011 Final,

Team U-19 European Championship[]

Year	Place	Pts.	Riders
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)
Year	Place	Pts.	Riders

Honours[]

World Championships[]

Competitions		Total	Gold medals		Silver medals		Bronze medals
Competitions		Total	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/Nations	(1970-1993/since 2018)	14	5	1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1993	5	1969, 1970, 1977, 1989, 1991	4	1971, 1972, 1976, 1992
Intercontinental	(1975-2001)	8	2	1996, 2000	4	1975, 1987, 1990, 1998	2	1975, 2001
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: 113			Gold: 35		Silver: 42		Bronze: 36

European Championships[]

Competitions		Total	Golden medals		Silver medals		Bronze medals
Competitions		Total	Total	Years	Total	Years	Total	Years
Team U-19	(since 2008)	5	1	2008	3	2009, 2010,	1	2011
Pairs	(since 2004)	0	0		0		0
Individual	(since 2001)	38	14	, , , , , , , , , , , , , 2002	11	, , , , , , , , , ,	13	, , , , , , , , , , , 2003,
Individual U-19	(since 1998)	6	2	2004, 2010	0		4	2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Total medals: 49			Gold: 17		Silver: 14		Bronze: 18

Titles[]

Preceded by Inaugural Champions	World Champions 1960 (1st title)	Succeeded by Poland
Preceded by Poland	World Champions 1962 (2nd title) 1963 (3rd title) 1964 (4th title)	Succeeded by Poland
Preceded by Poland	World Champions 1967 (5th title)	Succeeded by Great Britain
Preceded by Poland	World Champions 1970 (6th title)	Succeeded by Great Britain
Preceded by USA	World Champions 1994 (7th title)	Succeeded by Denmark
Preceded by Australia	World Champions 2000 (8th title)	Succeeded by Australia
Preceded by Australia	World Champions 2003 (9th title) 2004 (10th title)	Succeeded by Poland

Famous Swedish riders[]

Henrik Gustafsson
Ove Fundin
Bengt Jansson
Tommy Jansson
Andreas Jonsson
Per Jonsson
Peter Karlsson
Niklas Klingberg
Björn Knutsson
Antonio Lindback
Christer Löfqvist
Mikael Max
Anders Michanek
Peter Nahlin
Jimmy Nilsen
Göte Nordin
Tony Olsson
Bernt Persson
Tony Rickardsson
Sören Sjösten
Rune Sörmander
Erik Stenlund

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