Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

Swedish Grand Prix

Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue	Scandinavian Raceway (1971-1977, 1981-1990) Karlskoga Motorstadion (1978-1979) Kristianstad Circuit (1959, 1961) Hedemora Circuit (1958)
First race	1958
Last race	1990
Most wins (rider)	Barry Sheene (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Yamaha (17)

The Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling event that was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season in various stints from 1958 to 1990.

Official names and sponsors[]

• 1971-1972: Sveriges Grand Prix för motorcyklar (no official sponsor)^[1][2]
• 1973-1974, 1976-1977, 1981-1989: Swedish TT (no official sponsor)^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}
• 1975: Pommac Swedish TT^[16]
• 1978: Sveriges Grand Prix (no official sponsor)^[17]
• 1979: Grand Prix of Sweden (no official sponsor)^[18]
• 1990: Nordic TT (no official sponsor)^[19]

Winners of the Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix[]

Multiple winners (riders)[]

# Wins	Rider	Wins
		Category	Years won
7	Barry Sheene	500 cc	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981
		125 cc	1971
4	Giacomo Agostini	500 cc	1971, 1972
		350 cc	1971, 1972
	Ángel Nieto	125 cc	1972, 1977
		50 cc	1971, 1976
	Takazumi Katayama	500 cc	1982
		350 cc	1977
		250 cc	1974, 1976
	Eddie Lawson	500 cc	1984, 1986, 1988, 1989
3	Teuvo Länsivuori	500 cc	1974
		350 cc	1973, 1974
	Pier Paolo Bianchi	125 cc	1976, 1978, 1979
	Anton Mang	250 cc	1981, 1985, 1987
	Fausto Gresini	125 cc	1984, 1986, 1987
2	Geoff Duke	500 cc	1958
		350 cc	1958
	Gary Hocking	500 cc	1961
		250 cc	1959
	Rodney Gould	250 cc	1971, 1972
	Jan de Vries	50 cc	1972, 1973
	Gregg Hansford	350 cc	1978
		250 cc	1978
	Ricardo Tormo	125 cc	1981
		50 cc	1977
	Freddie Spencer	500 cc	1983, 1985
	Sito Pons	250 cc	1988, 1989

Multiple winners (manufacturers)[]

# Wins	Manufacturer	Wins
		Category	Years won
17	Yamaha	500 cc	1974, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990
		350 cc	1973, 1974, 1977
		250 cc	1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1983, 1986
		125 cc	1974
13	Honda	500 cc	1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989
		250 cc	1961, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
		125 cc	1961, 1990
8	MV Agusta	500 cc	1961, 1971, 1972, 1973
		350 cc	1959, 1971, 1972
		125 cc	1959
7	Morbidelli	250 cc	1979, 1982
		125 cc	1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984
6	Suzuki	500 cc	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
		125 cc	1971
4	Kawasaki	350 cc	1978
		250 cc	1977, 1978, 1981
3	Bultaco	125 cc	1977
		50 cc	1976, 1977
	Derbi	125 cc	1972, 1988
		50 cc	1971
2	Norton	500 cc	1958
		350 cc	1958
	MZ	250 cc	1958, 1959
	Kreidler	50 cc	1972, 1973
	Minarelli	125 cc	1978, 1979
	Garelli	125 cc	1986, 1987

By year[]

Year	Track	125 cc		250 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1990	Anderstorp	Hans Spaan	Honda	Carlos Cardús	Honda	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report

Year	Track	80 cc		125 cc		250 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1989	Anderstorp			Àlex Crivillé	JJ Cobas	Sito Pons	Honda	Eddie Lawson	Honda	Report
1988	Anderstorp			Jorge Martínez	Derbi	Sito Pons	Honda	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
1987	Anderstorp			Fausto Gresini	Garelli	Anton Mang	Honda	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
1986	Anderstorp			Fausto Gresini	Garelli	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
1985	Anderstorp			August Auinger		Anton Mang	Honda	Freddie Spencer	Honda	Report
1984	Anderstorp			Fausto Gresini	MBA	Manfred Herweh	Real-Rotax	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
Year	Track	50 cc		125 cc		250 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1983	Anderstorp			Bruno Kneubühler	MBA	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	Freddie Spencer	Honda	Report

Year	Track	50 cc		125 cc		250 cc		350 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1982	Anderstorp			Iván Palazzese	MBA	Roland Freymond	MBA			Takazumi Katayama	Honda	Report
1981	Anderstorp			Ricardo Tormo		Anton Mang	Kawasaki			Barry Sheene	Yamaha	Report
1979	Karlskoga			Pier Paolo Bianchi	Minarelli	Graziano Rossi	Morbidelli			Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
1978	Karlskoga			Pier Paolo Bianchi	Minarelli	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	Gregg Hansford	Kawasaki	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
1977	Anderstorp	Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
1976	Anderstorp	Ángel Nieto	Bultaco	Pier Paolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha			Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
1975	Anderstorp	Eugenio Lazzarini		Paolo Pileri	Morbidelli	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Report
1974	Anderstorp	Henk van Kessel	Van Veen Kreidler	Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	Teuvo Länsivuori	Yamaha	Teuvo Länsivuori	Yamaha
1973	Anderstorp	Jan de Vries	Kreidler	Börje Jansson	Maico	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	Teuvo Länsivuori	Yamaha	Phil Read	MV Agusta
1972	Anderstorp	Jan de Vries	Kreidler	Ángel Nieto	Derbi	Rod Gould	Yamaha	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta
1971	Anderstorp	Ángel Nieto	Derbi	Barry Sheene	Suzuki	Rod Gould	Yamaha	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta
Year	Track			125 cc		250 cc		350 cc		500 cc		Report
				Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1961	Kristianstad			Luigi Taveri	Honda	Mike Hailwood	Honda	František Šťastný	Jawa	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta
1959	Kristianstad			Tarquinio Provini	MV Agusta	Gary Hocking	MZ	John Surtees	MV Agusta
1958	Hedemora			Alberto Gandossi	Ducati	Horst Fügner	MZ	Geoff Duke	Norton	Geoff Duke	Norton

References[]

• "Grand Prix of Sweden" (in French). Racing Memory. Retrieved 2008-05-02.

Coordinates: 57°15′55″N 13°36′15″E / 57.26528°N 13.60417°E / 57.26528; 13.60417

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