1977 Swedish speedway season

1977 Swedish speedway season
Bernt Persson, individual champion and team champion with Smederna
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The 1977 Swedish speedway season was the 1977 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden. ^[1]^[2]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1977 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 19 August in Kumla. Bernt Persson won the Swedish Championship. ^[3]^[4]^[5]

Pos.	Rider	Club	Points
1	Bernt Persson	Smederna	15
2	Tommy Nilsson	Getingarna	14
3	Sören Karlsson	Vargarna	11+3
4	Hans Holmqvist	Indianerna	11+2
5	Bengt Jansson	Smederna	11+1
6	Jan Andersson	Kaparna	10
7	Christer Sjösten	Bysarna	10
8	Tommy Pettersson	Vargarna	10
9	Karl-Erik Claesson	Örnarna	6
10	Tommy Johansson	Dackarna	6
11	Jan Johansson	Skepparna	6
12	Per-Åke Gerhardsson	Indianerna	4
13	Bo Wirebrand	Njudungarna	3
14	Börje Klingberg	Örnarna	2
15	Lars-Inge Hultberg	Gamarna	1
16	Jan Davidsson	Piraterna	0
17	Conny Samuelsson (res)	Njudungarna	0
18	Bertil Andersson (res)	Dackarna	0

Team

Team Championship

Smederna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the second time. The Smederna team included Bernt Persson and Bengt Jansson. ^[8]^[9]

The league was expanded to five divisions for the first time, with three regional leagues in the third division.Skepparna won the second division, while Gamarna, Brassarna and Vikingarna won the third division regional leagues. ^[10]^[11]

Div 1
Pos	Team	Pts
1	Smederna	22
2	Njudungarna	21
3	Indianerna	14
4	Getingarna	13
5	Dackarna	13
6	Örnarna	11
7	Vargarna	10
8	Bysarna	8

Div 2
Pos	Team	Pts
1	Skepparna	20
2	Kaparna	16
3	Lejonen	12
4	Masarna	12
5	Eldarna	8
6	Piraterna	8
7	Filbyterna	8

Div 3 north & south
Pos	Team	Pts
1	Gamarna	15
2	Stjärnorna	12
3	Jämtarna	8

1	Brassarna	19
2	Hjälmarna	18
3	Gnistorna	10
4	Korparna	1

Div 3 west
Pos	Team	Pts
1	Vikingarna	19
2	Solkatterna	14
3	Lindarna	13
4	Pilarna	2

References

^ "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
^ "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ "Vargarna 1977". formula2.se. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ "1977". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

v t e Swedish speedway teams & seasons
Elitserien	Dackarna Indianerna Lejonen Piraterna Rospiggarna Smederna Vargarna Västervik
Allsvenskan	Gislaved Griparna Masarna Njudungarna Örnarna Solkatterna Valsarna
Division One	Team DaLej Indianerna C Vikingarna Smederna B
Former	Bysarna Filbyterna Getingarna Hammarby Kaparna Monarkerna Team Bikab
Seasons	Swedish Speedway Team Championship 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e International speedway competitions
World	Individual (Grand Prix) (Qualification) Pairs (Speedway of Nations) World Team Cup (World Cup) Individual U-21 Team U-21 Individual U-16
Europe	Individual Pairs Team U21 U19 Junior (team)
National Championships	Argentina Australia / (U-21) Austria Czech/Czech Rep Denmark / (U-21) Finland France Germany/East/West Great Britain / (U-21) / (U-19) Hungary Italy Latvia New Zealand Norway Poland / (U-21) Romanian Russia/Soviet Slovenia Sweden / (U-21) USA (AMA) / USA (SRA)
National Leagues	Denmark Great Britain Poland Sweden Czech/Czech Rep Germany/East/West Hungary Russia/Soviet
Ice speedway	World Championships: Individual Team European: Individual
Long track	World Championships: Individual Team
Former Championships	Australasian British Nordic Champions Cup (indiv) Champions' Cup (teams) Commonwealth Continental Estonian Intercontinental Nordic Overseas Star Riders'
Governing Bodies	World (FIM) FIM Europe

Individual

Individual Championship

Junior Championship

Team

Team Championship

See also

References