Sweden national speedway team
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| Team manager | Mats Olsson |
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| Team captain | Andreas Jonsson |
| Nation Colour | Yellow |
| SWC Wins | 10 |
| Squad: | Andreas Jonsson (c) |
| Antonio Lindback | |
| Peter Karlsson | |
| Fredrik Lindgren | |
| Jonas Davidsson | |
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 Junior Champion Andreas Jonsson.
[edit] Speedway World Cup
The Sweden national speedway team has won the 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 Sormander, Björn Knutsson, Göte Nordin (all 4 wins), Sören Sjösten, Tony Rickardsson, Peter Karlsson and Mikael Max(all 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 and Henrik Gustafsson) rather than teams, though this format was only to last until 1998. They also went on to win in 2003 and 2004.
| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Sweden Riders and Pts | |
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| 1960 |  Gothenburg |
1. SWEDEN (44) 2.  England (30)3.  Czechoslovakia (15)4.  Poland (7) |
Ove Fundin | 12 |
| Olle Nygren | 12 | |||
| Rune Sormander | 11 | |||
| Björn Knutsson | 9 | |||
| Göte Nordin | - | |||
| 1962 | Slany |
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 Sormander | 3 | |||
| 1963 |  Vienna |
1. SWEDEN (37) 2. Czechoslovakia (27)3. Great Britain (25)4. Poland (7) |
Bjorn Knutsson | 11 |
| Peo Soderman | 10 | |||
| Ove Fundin | 7 | |||
| Göte Nordin | 6 | |||
| Rune Sormander | 3 | |||
| 1964 |  Abensberg |
1. SWEDEN (34) 2.  Soviet Union (25)3. Great Britain (21)4. Poland (16) |
Björn Knutsson | 11 |
| Göte Nordin | 10 | |||
| Rune Sormander | 7 | |||
| Ove Fundin | 6 | |||
| Sören Sjösten | 0 | |||
| 1967 | Malmo |
1. SWEDEN (32) 2. Poland (26)3. Great Britain (19)= Soviet Union (19) |
Göte Nordin | 11 |
| Bengt Jansson | 9 | |||
| Ove Fundin | 6 | |||
| Torbjorn Harrysson | 6 | |||
| Per Olaf Soderman | - | |||
| 1970 | Wembley |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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[edit] 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 |
[edit] Famous Swedish riders
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