The 1996 Swedish speedway season was the 1996 season of

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

in Sweden.

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1996 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held at the Orionparken in Hallstavik on 24 August.

Jimmy Nilsen Jimmy Oyvind Nilsen (born 16 November 1966) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He earned 53 international caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Nilsen came to prominence in 1984, when he won the Swe ...

won the Swedish Championship.

U21 Championship

Emil Lindqvist won the U21 championship.

Team

Team Championship

Örnarna Örnarna () is a motorcycle speedway team from Mariestad in Sweden, representing Mariestads MK, who compete in the Allsvenskan. Their home track is at the Grevby Motorstadion which is located to the north of Mariestad. History 1949–1969 Örnar ...

won the

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

and were declared the winners of the

Swedish Speedway Team Championship The Swedish Speedway Team Championship is the team championship of motorcycle speedway, speedway in Sweden. History The Championship was introduced in 1950. In 1982 the Championship was renamed with a new league called the Elitserien (speedwa ...

for the fourth time. The Örnarna team included Peter Karlsson,

Kelvin Tatum Kelvin Martin Tatum Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 8 February 1964) is a former British international motorcycle speedway and grasstrack rider. He earned 65 international caps for the England national speedway team. Career Tatum atte ...

, Mikael Karlsson and

Niklas Klingberg Niklas Johan Borje Klingberg (born 6 February 1973) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 11 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Klingberg was a member of Sweden team at Speedway World Cups. He was Swedish C ...

. Leading positions in Division 1 North & South groups determined Division 1A & 1B leagues.

Vargarna Vargarna () is a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Norrköping, Sweden, representing SMK Östgöta. The team race at Norrköping Motorstadion. They ride in the Elitserien and are six times champions of Sweden. History 1948 to 1954 ...

and

Getingarna Getingarna was a motorcycle speedway club from Stockholm in Sweden. They hold the record for Swedish Championships with 14 league titles to their name. History The club's first name was Motorsällskapet and they competed in the very first Swe ...

won the first division leagues respectively.

References

{{International speedway Speedway leagues Professional sports leagues in Sweden

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