International SPEEDWAY

SWEDEN

International matches and tournaments ridden by Sweden, or featuring Swedish riders, are listed below.
	1932	Sweden v Finland	Sweden v Norway
	1933	Sweden v Denmark v Norway
	1935	Sweden v Denmark	Sweden v Finland v Norway
	1947	Czechoslovakia v Austria v England v Sweden
	1948	Norway v Sweden
	1949	Poland v Sweden
		Holland v Sweden
	1950	Sweden v Norway	Norway v Sweden
	1951	Sweden v Poland	Sweden v Norway	Sweden v England C
		Norway v Sweden	England C v Sweden	South Africa in Europe
		Denmark v Sweden
	1951-52	South Africa v Overseas
	1952	Sweden v Denmark	Sweden v Norway	Denmark v Sweden
		England C v Sweden	Young England v Young Overseas
Rune Sormander	1952-53	South Africa v Combined Europe

1953	Sweden v Norway	Norway v Sweden	Britain v Overseas(2)
	Nordic Team Championship	England v Scandinavia v Australia v N Zealand
1953-54	Australia v Europe
1954	Nordic Team Championship
1954-55	Australia v Europe
1955	Nordic Team Championship	Sweden v Australasia	Sweden v Poland
	Scandinavia v Great Britain (in Norway)	Scandinavia v Australasia (in Norway)	Poland v Sweden
1955-56	South Africa v Scandinavia	Brit.Commonwealth v Scandinavia (in Rhodesia)
1956	Nordic Team Championship	Sweden v Australasia	Sweden v England
	England v Sweden	Poland v Sweden
	Austria v Germany v Sweden	Norway v Finland v Sweden
	Austria & Germany v Sweden	Austria v Czechoslovakia v Germany v Sweden
1956-57	Europe v British Commonwealth (in Sth Africa)			Olle Nygren
	Australia v Europe
1957	Sweden v Australia v New Zealand v Norway		Sweden v Australasia
	Norway v Australia v New Zealand v Sweden		Norway v Sweden
	England v Overseas		Austria & Germany v Sweden
1957-58	South Africa v Europe
1958	Sweden v Australasia	Sweden v England	Sweden v Poland
	Sweden v Australia v New Zealand v Norway		England v Sweden	Holland v Sweden
	Poland v Sweden
1959	West Germany v Great Britain v Norway v Sweden		Sweden v Australasia
	Czechoslovakia v Austria v Finland v Sweden
	Australasia v Sweden (in UK)	England v Sweden	Swedish Aces v The Rest (in UK)
1960	Sweden v Europe	World Team Cup	Czecho v Poland v Sov Union v Sweden
	Finland v Sweden	Sweden v Finland
1961	Sweden v British Commonwealth	Sweden v Czechoslovakia	World Team Cup	Sweden v Finland
	Czechoslovakia v Austria v Soviet Union v Sweden		Finland v Sweden	Norway v Sweden
	Great Britain v Sweden

			1962	Sweden v Norway (Longtrack)
				Finland v Sweden (Longtrack)
				Sweden v Finland (Longtrack)
				Sweden v Soviet Union(in Austria)
				World Team Cup
			1963	Sweden v Soviet Union
				Sweden B v Norway
				Norway v Sweden B
				World Team Cup
			1964	Sweden v Soviet Union
				World Team Cup
			1965	Sweden v Soviet Union
				World Team Cup
				East Germany v Sweden
			1966	Sweden v Soviet Union
				Sweden v Poland
Per Olaf Soderman (left) and Ove Fundin.				Poland v Sweden
5 times World Champion, Fundin was always in				World Team Cup
the top 3 between 1956 and 1965				West Germany v Sweden
			1967	Sweden v Soviet Union
England v Sweden	Great Britain v Sweden	Poland v Sweden		World Team Cup

A personal favourite - Gote Nordin

		1976	Sweden v Soviet Union	Sweden v Poland
			England v Rest of the World	Poland v Sweden
			USA v Rest of the World	World Team Cup
		1977	England v Rest of the World	World Team Cup
			USA v Rest of the World	DenmarkJnr vSwedenU21
			Sweden U21 v Poland U21	PolandU21 vSwedenU21
			Denmark v Sweden
		1978	SwedenU21 v DenmarkU21	Sweden U21 v Finland B
			Poland U21 v Sweden U21	USA v Rest of the World
			West Germany v Denmark v New Zealand v Sweden
			World Team Cup
		1979	USA v Rest of the World	World Team Cup
		1980	Sweden U23 v Soviet Union	World Team Cup
			Great Britain v Rest of the World (INDOOR)
			Nordic Under-21 Team Championship
		1981	Sweden v Denmark	Sweden v USA
			SwedenU21 v DenmarkU21	Sweden U23 v Norway
			Poland U23 v Sweden U23	World Team Cup
			Holland v Sweden U23	Holland 4-Team
Anders Michanek		1982	Sweden v USA	World Team Cup
			Finland v Denmark v Sweden v Norway
			Sweden U-21 v Denmark U-21
			Denmark U-21 v Sweden U-21
1983	Denmark v England v Poland v Sweden		Inter Nations Tournament	Sweden v Denmark
	Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21 v West Germany U21			Sweden v USA
	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21		World Team Cup
1984	West Germany v Austria v Hungary v Sweden		Sweden U21 v Norway	Sweden v Denmark
	West Germany U23 v Denmark U23 v Poland U23 v Sweden U23			World Team Cup
	England v Rest of the World (INDOOR)		England v Europe (INDOOR)
	Poland U21 v Sweden U21
1985	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v W Germany U21
	Sweden U21 v Poland U23	Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21 v W Germany U21
	Nordic Under-21 Team Championship	Poland U21 v Denmark U21 v Sweden U21 v W Germany U21
	Finland U23 v Sweden U21	W Germany U21 v Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21
	Sweden U21 v Norway	Norway v Sweden U21		World Team Cup
	Norway U21 v Sweden B	Finland v Sweden U21		Sweden U21 v Finland
1986	Poland v Sweden	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v W Germany U21
	Denmark U21 v Hungary U21 v Sweden U21	Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21 v W Germany U21
		Poland U21 v Denmark U21 v Sweden U21 v W Germany U21
	USA v Rest of the World	W Germany U21 v Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21
	World Team Cup	W Germany v Italy v Soviet Union v Sweden

1987	West Germany v Australia v Soviet Union v Sweden		Sweden v Poland	Poland v Sweden
	Poland U21 v Denmark U21 v Sweden U21 v W Germany U21		World Team Cup	USA v R.o.World
	Nordic Under-21 Team Championship		Soviet Union v Sweden
1988	West Germany v Czechoslovakia v Soviet Union v Sweden		Diamond Jubilee Series
	Poland U21 v Denmark U21 v Finland U21 v Sweden U21		World Team Cup
	(UK) National League v Sweden		Nordic U-21 Team Championship
1989	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21 v Finland U21 v Poland U21		Sweden v Denmark	Denmark v Sweden
	Denmark U21 v Finland U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21		Poland v Sweden	Finland v Sweden
	Poland U21 v Denmark U21 v Finland U21 v Sweden U21		Nordic Under-21 Team Championship
	Finland U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21 v Denmark U21
	West Germany v Hungary v Soviet Union v Sweden
	World Team Cup
1989-90	Australia v Rest of the World
1990	Nordic Under-21 Team Championship	Sweden v Denmark
	PolandU21 v DenmarkU21 vSwedenU21	Denmark v Sweden
	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21 v Finland U21 v Poland U21
	Denmark U21 v Norway U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21
	Finland U21 v Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21
	Poland U21 v Denmark U21 v Finland U21 v Sweden U21
	Germany v Czechoslovakia v Hungary v Sweden
	Sweden U21 v Norway U21	Poland v Sweden
	Norway U21 v Sweden U21	World Team Cup
1990-91	Australia v Sweden
1991	Inter Nations Championship	Sweden v Poland
	Nordic Under-21 Team Championship	Sweden v Denmark
	Denmark U21 v Sweden U21	Poland v Sweden
	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21	Denmark v Sweden
	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21 v Finland U21 v Poland U21		Per Jonsson
	Denmark U21 v Norway U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21		Germany v Hungary v Sweden v USA
	Norway U21 v Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21		World Team Cup
	Poland U21 v Denmark U21 v Norway U21 v Sweden U21
1992	Denmark U21 v Norway U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21		Sweden v Denmark
	Poland U21 v Denmark U21 v Norway U21 v Sweden U21		Denmark v Sweden
	Norway U21 v Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21		Sweden v Finland (Longtrack)
	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21 v Norway U21 v Poland U21		80cc Youth Denmark v Sweden
	Germany v Czechoslovakia v Hungary v Sweden		World Team Cup	Italy v Sweden
	Nordic Under-21 Team Championship		80cc Youth Sweden v Denmark
	80cc Youth 4-Team Match		80cc Youth Finland v Sweden

1993	Sweden v Denmark	Denmark U21 v Sweden U21
	Denmark v Sweden	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21 v Poland U21
		Poland U21 v Denmark U21 v Sweden U21
	England v Sweden	World Team Cup
1994	Sweden v Denmark	Poland v Rest of the World
	Denmark v Sweden	England v Sweden	World Team Cup
	Sweden U21 v Finland	Finland v Sweden U21
	Nordic Under-21 Team Championship
1995	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21 v Germany U21 v Poland U21
	Germany U21 v Denmark U21 v Poland U21 v Sweden U21
	Sweden U21 v Finland	Denmark U21 v Sweden U21
	Finland v Sweden U21	World Team Cup
	Nordic Under-21 Team Championship
1996	Sweden U21 v Finland	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21
	Finland v Sweden U21	Denmark U21 v Sweden U21
	World Team Cup
1997	Sweden U21 v Finland	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21		Tony Rickardsson
	Finland v Sweden U21	Denmark U21 v Sweden U21		World Team Cup
1998	World Team Cup	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21		Denmark U21 v Sweden U21
	Sweden U21 v England U21
1999	Finland v Sweden U21	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21		Denmark U21 v Sweden U21
	England U21 v Sweden U23		World Team Cup
2000	Sweden U21 v Finland	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21		Denmark U21 v Sweden U21
	World Team Cup
2001	Finland v Sweden U21	Sweden U21 v Denmark U21		Denmark U21 v Sweden U21
	World Cup	Nordic Under-21 Team Championship		Poland v Rest of the World
2002	World Cup	Sweden U-21 v Finland U-23		Great Britain v Sweden
		Sweden U-21 v Great Britain U-21
2003	World Cup	Sweden U-21 v Denmark U-21		Great Britain U21 v Sweden U21
		Great Britain v Rest of the World		Denmark U-21 v Sweden U-21
		Denmark U19 v Norway U19 v Sweden U19
2003-04	New Zealand v World
2004	World Cup	Sweden U-21 v Great Britain U-21		USA v The World
		Germany v Denmark v Poland v Sweden
2005	World Cup	Junior World Cup		Denmark U-21 v Sweden U-21
	USA v The World			Sweden U-21 v Denmark U-21
2006	World Cup	Junior World Cup		USA v The World
		Great Britain v Sweden		Sweden U-21 v Denmark U-21
2007	World Cup	Germany v Sweden v Denmark v England		Junior World Cup
		80cc Youth Poland v Australia v Denmark v Sweden
2008	World Cup	European Under-19 Team Championship		Junior World Cup
	Denmark v Rest of World	80cc Youth Denmark v Australia v Poland v Sweden
2009	World Cup	European Under-19 Team Championship		Junior World Cup
		80cc Youth Poland v Australia v Denmark v Sweden
		Australia Sel v Rest of World Sel (in UK)
2010	World Cup	European Under-19 Team Championship		Junior World Cup
		80cc Youth Denmark v Australia v Sweden v Poland

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