The 1949 Swedish speedway season was the 1949 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.
Individual Individual Championship The 1949 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 21 October in Stockholm. Olle Nygren won the inaugural Swedish Championship.
Pos. RiderClub PointsTotal1 Olle Nygren Vargarna 3 3 3 3 3 152 Sune Karlsson Getingarna 3 3 1 3 3 133 Einar Lindqvist Vargarna 2 3 3 2 2 12+34 Fritz Löfqvist Getingarna 2 3 3 3 1 12+25 Stig Pramberg Vargarna 3 1 3 2 2 116 Eskil Carlsson SMK Stockholm 3 2 3 2 0 107 Linus Eriksson Filbyterna 1 2 1 1 3 98 Gunnar Hellqvist Griparna 0 2 2 1 3 89 Helge Brinkeback Vargarna 1 1 1 2 2 710 Börje Haag SMK Stockholm 2 S 2 1 2 711 Evert Fransson Indianerna 2 0 2 0 1 512 Joel Jansson Griparna U 2 0 1 1 413 Lennart Carlström Vargarna 1 1 0 1 0 314 Ragnar Friberg GEMA Goteborg 1 0 0 0 1 215 Gösta Kugelberg Filbyterna 0 1 1 0 0 216 Lennart Lindell Griparna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Team Championship Vargarna won the league and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship.
The league was increased from seven teams to ten teams with the additions of Smålänningarnaa, Piraterna and GEMA Goteborg.
There were also three name changes; Motorsällskapet Stockholm became Getingarna (the Wasps), Nyköping became Griparna (the Grippers) and Vendelsö became Tigrarna.
LeaguePosTeamPWLPts1Vargarna990182 SMK Stockholm 9 8 1 163 Filbyterna9 6 3 124 Getingarna9 6 3 125 Indianerna9 4 5 86 Griparna9 4 5 87 Smålänningarnaa9 4 5 88 Piraterna9 3 6 69 GEMA Goteborg9 1 8 210 Tigrarna9 0 9 0
See also Speedway in Sweden
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