Sweden national speedway team
- Sweden national speedway team
Infobox Speedway national team
clubname = Sweden
manager = Mats Olsson
captain = Andreas Jonsson
colour = Yellow
swcwins = 10
squad1 = Andreas Jonsson "(c)"
squad2 = Antonio Lindback
squad3 = Peter Karlsson
squad4 = Fredrik Lindgren
squad5 = 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.
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.
Famous Swedish riders
*flagicon|SWE Ove Fundin
*flagicon|SWE Bengt Jansson
*flagicon|SWE Tommy Jansson
*flagicon|SWE Andreas Jonsson
*flagicon|SWE Per Jonsson
*flagicon|SWE Peter Karlsson
*flagicon|SWE Björn Knutsson
*flagicon|SWE Antonio Lindback
*flagicon|SWE Mikael Max
*flagicon|SWE Anders Michanek
*flagicon|SWE Jimmy Nilsen
*flagicon|SWE Göte Nordin
*flagicon|SWE Tony Olsson
*flagicon|SWE Tony Rickardsson
*flagicon|SWE Sören Sjösten
*flagicon|SWE Rune Sormander
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