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The Nordic Championships was a Motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM. In 1952 it became a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship. From 1995 to 2001 it was known as the Scandinavian final.

Format

• To Continental final, 1953–1954
• To European final, 1955–1965, 1967, 1969, 1972
• To British Nordic final, 1966, 1968, 1970–1971, 1973–1974
• To Intercontinental final, 1975–1990, 1995–2001
• To World semi final, 1991–1994

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
1948	Copenhagen	Basse Hveem
1949	Copenhagen	Basse Hveem
1950	Helsinki	Basse Hveem
1951	Næstved	Basse Hveem
1952	Oslo	Basse Hveem	Bo Andersson	Rune Sörmander
1953	Oslo	Dan Forsberg	Basse Hveem	Olle Nygren
1954	Oslo	Olle Nygren	Rune Sörmander	Georg Dunneborn
1955	Trondheim	Ove Fundin	Henry Andersen	Basse Hveem
1956	Linköping	Dan Forsberg	Ulf Ericsson	Rune Sörmander
1957	Oslo	Aage Hansen	Per Olof Söderman	Rune Sörmander
1958	Växjö	Rune Sörmander	Ove Fundin	Olle Nygren
1959	Turku	Rune Sörmander	Aage Hansen	Arne Carlsson
1960	Oslo	Olle Nygren	Göte Nordin	Aage Hansen
1961	Gislaved	Ove Fundin	Arne Pander	Björn Knutson
1962	Hillerød	Björn Knutson	Göte Nordin	Ove Fundin
1963	Växjö	Ove Fundin	Björn Knutson	Göte Nordin
1964	Odense	Björn Knutson	Ove Fundin	Göte Nordin
1965	Skien	Sören Sjösten	Ove Fundin	Leif Enecrona
1966	Hillerød	Kalevi Lahtinen	Ole Olsen	Sverre Harrfeldt
1967	Hillerød	Ove Fundin	Sverre Harrfeldt	Leif Enecrona
1968	Hillerød	Reidar Eide	Øyvind S. Berg	Odd Fossengen
1969	Linköping	Torbjörn Harrysson	Sören Sjösten	Ove Fundin
1970	Eskilstuna	Göte Nordin	Sören Sjösten	Anders Michanek
1971	Hillerød	Ole Olsen	Reidar Eide	Bent Nørregaard-Jensen
1972	Norrköping	Bengt Jansson	Anders Michanek	Ole Olsen
1973	Norrköping	Ole Olsen	Bengt Jansson	Anders Michanek
1974	Tampere	Ole Olsen	Dag Lövaas	Matti Olin
1975	Skien	Ole Olsen	Tommy Jansson	Dag Lövaas
1976	Norrköping	Ole Olsen	Anders Michanek	Bengt Jansson
1977	Tampere	Ole Olsen	Ila Teromaa	Finn Thomsen
1978	Norrköping	Ole Olsen	Bernt Persson	Finn Thomsen
1979	Norrköping	Jan Andersson	Hans Nielsen	Finn Thomsen
1980	Skien	Hans Nielsen	Ole Olsen	Finn Thomsen
1981	Norrköping	Tommy Knudsen	Hans Nielsen	Ole Olsen
1982	Fjelsted	Hans Nielsen	Erik Gundersen	Bo Petersen
1983	Elgane	Hans Nielsen	Erik Gundersen	Ole Olsen
1984	Norrköping	Hans Nielsen	Erik Gundersen	Mikael Blixt
1985	Fjelsted	Tommy Knudsen	Jan Andersson	Erik Gundersen
1986	Kumla	Hans Nielsen	Jimmy Nilsen	Jan O. Pedersen
1987	Norrköping	Erik Gundersen	Hans Nielsen	Peter Ravn
1988	Sandnes	Hans Nielsen	Erik Gundersen	Jan O. Pedersen
1989	Tampere	Hans Nielsen	Jan O. Pedersen	Erik Gundersen
1990	Linköping	Jan O. Pedersen	Per Jonsson	Henrik Gustafsson
1991	Brovst	Hans Nielsen	Jan O. Pedersen	Jimmy Nilsen
1992	Elgane	Tony Rickardsson	Per Jonsson	Brian Karger
1993	Seinäjoki	Tommy Knudsen	Per Jonsson	Tony Rickardsson
1994	Eskilstuna	Hans Nielsen	Tommy Knudsen	Tony Rickardsson
1995	Brovst	Stefan Andersson	Peter Karlsson	John Jørgensen
1996	Elgane	Jimmy Nilsen	Brian Andersen	Mikael Karlsson
1997	Hyvinkää	Peter Nahlin	Jesper B Jensen	Stefan Dannö
1998	Norrköping	John Jørgensen	Peter Karlsson	Mikael Karlsson
1999	Holsted	Rune Holta	Jesper B Jensen	Gert Handberg
2000	Elgane	Rune Holta	Lars Gunnestad	Nicki Pedersen
2001	Pori	Kai Laukkanen	Andreas Jonsson	Stefan Andersson

Medal classification

Rank	National Team				Total
1.	Denmark	22	16	18	56
2.	Sweden	21	25	26	72
3.	Norway	9	8	5	22
4.	Finland	2	1	1	4

See also

• Speedway World Championship
• Speedway Grand Prix
• Motorcycle speedway

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

References

1. "TOURNAMENTS - SCANDINAVIA". International Speedway. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
2. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
3. "Nordic Championships". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
4. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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