The 1971 Swedish speedway season was the 1971 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.
Individual Individual Championship The 1971 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 2 October in Stockholm. Göte Nordin won the Swedish Championship for the second time. The final ended in controversy because Anders Michanek refused to pariticpate in a re-run and was disqualified. Michanek and Göte Nordin both finished on 14 points and in the race off Michanek beat Nordin after the latter pulled out of the race, claiming that he saw a red light to stop the race. The match referee ordered a re-run but Michanek refused to take part claiming there was no red light. The incident resulted in violence between rival supporters and was headline news in Sweden.
Pos. RiderClub Total1 Göte Nordin Kaparna 14+32 Anders Michanek Getingarna 14+23 Leif Enecrona Getingarna 12+34 Hans Holmqvist Vargarna 12+25 Lars Jansson Getingarna 11 6 Tommy Johansson Bysarna 117 Jan Simensen Lejonen 8 8 Bengt Jansson Kaparna 8 9 Christer Löfqvist Bysarna 7 10 Bernt Persson Indianerna 6 11 Sören Sjösten Bysarna 5 12 Bengt Larsson Örnarna 413 Sven-Inge Svensson Njudungarna 3 14 Tommy Jansson Smederna 3 15 Lars-Åke Andersson Njudungarna 216 Runo WedinVargarna 0 17 Ove Fundin Kaparna dns
Junior Championship
Winner - Lars Inge Hultberg
Team Team Championship Bysarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time. The Bysarna team included Sören Sjösten, Tommy Johansson and Christer Löfqvist.
Dackarna and Smederna won the second division east and west respectively, while Valsarna won the third division.
Div 1PosTeamPts1 Bysarna 202 Lejonen 133 Örnarna 124 Vargarna 125 Getingarna 106 Njudungarna 97Kaparna 8
Div 2 eastPosTeamPts1 Dackarna 20.5 2 Skepparna 14 3 Filbyterna 144 Eldarna 10.55Gamarna 1
Div 2 westPosTeamPts1 Smederna 22 2 Indianerna 203 Lindarna 74 Masarna 65 Vikingarna 5
Div 3 PosTeamPts1Valsarna 24 2Solkatterna 16 3Piraterna 114Stjärnorna 75Jämtarna 2
See also Speedway in Sweden
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