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Nordic Team Championship

1948 The Team Championship was decided by aggregate race times of each team’s 3 fastest riders in the preceding Nordic Individual Championship.
Sun 03.10 : Copenhagen (Gentofte Stadion), Denmark
Norway 4 min 25.6 sec Denmark 2nd Finland 3rd Sweden did not compete
Basse Hveem 1 min 27.4 sec Orla Knudsen 1 min 28.7 sec Reiner Gronroos 2 min 2.4 sec
Leif Samsing ? ?
Thorleif Andreasen ? ?
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The programme cover design has been "borrowed" from a British post-war programme (1946 Wembley, I am told!)

1950 Sun 24.09 : Abo Stadium, Helsinki
Norway 1st Denmark 2nd Finland 3rd Sweden did not take part
Leif 'Basse' Hveem
1951 Sat 11/Sun 12.08 : Næstved Stadium, Denmark
Norway 1st Denmark 2nd Finland 3rd Sweden did not take part
Leif ‘Basse’ Hveem, Thorleif Andreassen, Werner Lorentzen and Leif Samsing Orla Knudsen, K. Lindegaard Petersen, Kiehn Berthelsen, Ejvind Petersen, Aage Andersen, Uno Jensen, Morian Hansen and Jorgen Petersen. Elmo Teras, Eino Kulmakorpi, Yrjo Koljonen and Yrjo Heikkila
A detailed explanation of this combined individual and team championships meeting is reported on Soren Kjær's fine website here

1953 Final Standings Race Match
M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts Pts
1 Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 152 16
2 Denmark 4 0 2 2 0 99 10
3 Norway 4 0 2 1 1 93 9
4 Finland 4 0 0 1 3 39 5

Results
Sun 07.06 : Vaxjo, Sweden Sweden 40 Norway 24 Denmark 23 Finland 9
Sun 06.09 : Turku, Finland Sweden 41 Denmark 20 Finland 18 Norway 16
Sun 20.09 : Odense, Denmark Sweden 34 Denmark 33 Norway 25 Finland 4
Tue 22.09 : Oslo, Norway Sweden 37 Norway 28 Denmark 23 Finland 8

Sweden Total Denmark Total
Dan Forsberg 12 9 - 6 27 Keihn Berthelsen 8 8 12 10 38
Rune Sormander 12 12 - - 24 Leif Bech 9 0 11 8 28
Olle Nygren 10 - - 12 22 Erik Wincentz - 6 6 3 15
Stig Pramberg - - 7 10 17 Johannes Mygind - 6 4 - 10
Sune Karlsson 6 9 - - 15 Erhard Fisker 3 - - - 3
Georg Andersson - 11 - - 11 Ejvind Petersen 3 - - - 3
Gunnar Hellqvist - - 10 - 10 Orla Knudsen - - - 2 2
Evert Andersson - - - 9 9
Goran Norlen - - 9 - 9 Norway Total
Per Tage Svensson - - 8 - 8 Henry Andersen 5 6 10 9 30
Reidar Kristoffersen 6 3 5 8 22
Finland Total Rolf Westerberg - 5 4 6 15
Kauko Jousanen 3 5 2 2 12 Werner Lorentsen - - 6 5 11
Aulis Tuominen - 2 2 4 8 Thorlief Andreasen 7 - - - 7
Leo Helminen - 5 0 1 6 Basse Hveem 6 - - - 6
Yrjo Koljonen 1 5 - - 6 Edvin Fredriksen - 2 - - 2
Simo Ylanen 4 1 0 1 6
U Makinen 1 - - - 1

Round 3 at Odense, Denmark (Scorechart)
Sweden 34 Denmark 33 Norway 25 Finland 4
Gunnar Hellqvist 2 3 2 3 10 Keihn Berthelsen 3 3 3 3 12 Henry Andersen 2 2 3 3 10 Kauko Jousanen 1 1 0 0 2
Goran Norlen 3 2 3 1 9 Leif Bech 3 3 3 2 11 Werner Lorentsen 2 0 2 2 6 Aulis Tuominen 1 0 0 1 2
Per Tage Svensson 3 1 2 2 8 Erik Wincentz 2 2 1 1 6 Reidar Kristoffersen 0 1 2 3 6 Simo Ylanen 0 0 0 0 0
Stig Pramberg 1 3 1 2 7 Johannes Mygind 1 1 1 1 4 Rolf Westerberg 0 1 2 0 3 Leo Helminen 0 0 0 0 0

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Vaxjo, Sweden programme, from Sebastian Sojka Programme from Turku, Finland, 1953

1954 Final Standings Race Match
M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts Pts
1 Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 157 16
2 Denmark 4 0 2½ 1½ 0 89 10½
3 Finland 4 0 1 2 1 78 8
4 Norway 4 0 ½ ½ 3 58 5½

Results
Thu 10.06 : Tampere, Finland Sweden 41 Finland 22 Denmark 19 Norway 14
Sun 13.06 : Malilla, Sweden Sweden 43 Denmark 25 Finland 20 Norway 8
Wed 16.06 : Oslo, Norway Sweden 39 Denmark 21 Norway 21 Finland 15
Sun 20.06 : Odense, Denmark Sweden 34 Denmark 24 Finland 21 Norway 15

Sweden Total Denmark Total
Stig Pramberg - - 11 6 17 Leif Bech 3 10 10 10 33
Ove Fundin - - 12 - 12 Keihn Berthelsen 10 9 5 9 33
Olle Nygren - 12 - - 12 Arne Pander 5 3 4 0 12
Rune Sormander - 12 - - 12 Askel Muller 1 1 2 5 9
Georg Andersson 11 - - - 11 Eyvind Petersen - 2 - - 2
Gote Olsson 11 - - - 11
Bengt Nilsson - - 10 - 10 Finland Total
Lars Pettersson 10 - - - 10 Kauko Jousanen 7 5 9 5 26
Dan Forsberg - 9 - - 9 Simo Ylanen 6 5 3 6 20
Alf Jonsson - 9 - - 9 Antti Pajari 2 6 3 7 18
Sune Karlsson 9 - - - 9 Aulis Tuominen 5 4 0 3 12
Goran Norlen - - - 9 9 Yrjo Heikkila 2 - - - 2
Olle Andersson - - - 8 8
Gunnar Hellqvist - - - 8 8 Norway Total
Birger Forsberg - - 6 - 6 Reidar Kristoffersen - - 8 5 13
Hans Dahlstrom - - - 3 3 Rolf Westerberg 3 - 6 4 13
Evert Andersson - 1 - - 1 Werner Lorentsen - - 5 5 10
Erling Simonsen 6 2 2 - 10
Aage Hansen - 3 - 1 4
Aage Jensen 1 3 - - 4
Arne Kristiansen 4 - - - 4

Round 4 at Odense, Denmark (Scorechart)
Sweden 34 Denmark 24 Finland 21 Norway 15
Goran Norlen 2 3 2 3 10 Leif Bech 3 3 2 2 10 Antti Pajari 1 3 1 3 8 Werner Lorentsen 2 1 2 0 5
Gunnar Hellqvist 3 2 3 1 9 Keihn Berthelsen 3 1 2 3 9 Simo Ylanen 1 2 0 2 5 Reidar Kristoffersen 0 ef 3 1 4
Olle Andersson 3 1 2 2 8 Axel Muller 2 0 1 2 5 Kauko Jousanen ex 1 2 2 5 Rolf Westerberg 2 0 2 0 4
Stig Pramberg 1 3 1 2 7 Arne Pander f ef f ef 0 Aulis Tuominen 0 2 0 1 3 Rolf Solberg 1 1 0 ef 2

1955 Final Standings Race Match
M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts Pts
1 Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 160 16
2 Norway 4 0 3 1 0 96 11
3 Denmark 4 0 1 3 0 80 9
4 Finland 4 0 0 0 4 47 4

Results
Fri 10.06 : Linkoping, Sweden Sweden 47 Norway 19 Denmark 18 Finland 12
Sun 12.06 : Hillerød, Denmark Sweden 36 Norway 26 Denmark 22 Finland 11
Thu 11.08 : Oslo, Norway Sweden 37 Norway 34 Denmark 14 Finland 11
Fri 26.08 : Lahti, Finland Sweden 40 Denmark 26 Norway 17 Finland 13

Sweden Total Norway Total
Bernt Nilsson - 10 10 - 20 Basse Hveem 9 7 11 - 27
Bertil Carlsson - 7 - 9 16 Rolf Westerberg 4 4 5 6 19
Lars Pettersson - 11 - 5 16 Aage Hansen - - 10 8 18
Ulf Ericsson - - 12 - 12 Henry Andersen 5 12 - - 17
Ove Fundin 12 - - - 12 Reidar Kristoffersen 0 3 2 3 8
Olle Nygren - - - 12 12 Werner Lorentsen - - 6 - 6
Rune Sormander 12 - - - 12 Erling Simonsen 1 - - - 1
Per Tage Svensson 12 - - - 12 Aage Jensen - - - 0 0
Birger Forsberg - 0 - 11 11 O Johansen - - - 0 0
Dan Forsberg 11 - - - 11
Olle Andersson II - - 9 - 9 Finland Total
Gote Olsson - 8 - - 8 Kauko Jousanen 2 3 5 5 15
Joel Jansson - - 6 - 6 Antti Pajari 2 6 - 4 12
Eskil Carlsson - - - 3 3 Aulis Tuominen 4 1 1 3 9
Simo Ylanen 4 1 1 0 6
Denmark Total I Helminen - - 3 1 4
Leif Bech 6 7 6 7 26 Kalevi Lahtinen - - 1 - 1
Keihn Berthelsen 7 10 - 9 26 Rauno Aaltonen 0 - - - 0
Arne Pander 4 5 7 6 22
Erik Wincentz - - 1 4 5
Askel Muller 1 0 0 - 1
Eyvind Petersen 0 - - - 0

Round 2 at Hillerod, Denmark (Scorechart)
Sweden 36 Norway 26 Denmark 22 Finland 11
Lars Pettersson 2 3 3 3 11 Henry Andersen 3 3 3 3 12 Keihn Berthelsen 3 2 3 2 10 Antti Pajari 2 1 2 1 6
Bernt Nilsson 3 3 3 1 10 Basse Hveem 2 2 1 2 7 Leif Bech 0 2 2 3 7 Kauko Jousanen 1 0 0 2 3
Gote Olsson 3 f 2 3 8 Rolf Westerberg 1 1 1 1 4 Arne Pander 2 2 1 0 5 Simo Ylanen 0 1 0 0 1
Bertil Calrlsson 3 2 2 7 Reidar Kristoffersen 0 1 1 1 3 Aksel Muller 0 0 0 0 0 Aulis Tuominen 1 0 0 0 1
Birger Forsberg f 0

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The programmes of the 1955 rounds at Linkoping and Lahti, from Duncan Luke.

1956 Final Standings Race Match
M 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Pts Pts
1 Sweden 4 3 1 0 0 151 15
2 Norway 4 1 1½ 1½ 0 103 11½
3 Finland 4 0 1½ 1½ 1 77 8½
4 Denmark 4 0 0 1 3 52 5

Results
Mon 18.08 : Helsinki, Finland Sweden 36 Finland 24 Norway 24 Denmark 12
Thu 21.08 : Stockholm, Sweden Sweden 44 Finland 21 Norway 20 Denmark 11
Sun 24.08 : Oslo, Norway Norway 33 Sweden 31 Finland 23 Denmark 9
Thu 28.08 : Copenhagen, Denmark Sweden 40 Norway 26 Denmark 20 Finland 9 Att: 5,000

Sweden Total Norway Total
Olle Nygren 11 12 12 - 35 Aage Hansen 12 5 11 7 35
Birger Forsberg 8 - 7 - 15 Henry Andersen - 7 11 9 27
Bertil Carlsson 8 - 5 - 13 Rolf Westerberg 8 5 9 5 27
Ove Fundin - 12 - - 12 Roger Steen 4 2 2 5 13
Rune Sormander - 12 - - 12 Aage Jensen - 1 0 - 1
Olle Andersson II - - - 11 11
Allan Nilsson - - - 10 10 Finland Total
Sven Fahlen 9 - - - 9 Kauko Jousanen 8 5 5 5 23
Thorsten Carlsson - - - 8 8 Antti Pajari 7 5 5 2 19
Ulf Ericsson - 8 - - 8 Aulis Tuominen 6 4 7 0 17
Lars Pettersson - - - 8 8 Simo Ylanen 3 7 6 - 16
Bernt Nilsson - - 7 - 7 Erkki Ala-Sippola - - - 2 2
Gote Olsson - - - 3 3
G Brester - - 0 - 0 Denmark Total
Stig Pramberg 0 - - - 0 Arne Pander 4 5 4 7 20
Erik Wincentz 6 3 2 5 16
Erik Kastebo 1 1 1 5 8
Poul Hansen 1 1 1 3 6
Askel Muller - 1 1 - 2

Between 1960 and 1984, these four nations contested the Scandinavian Round
of the World Team Cup

Contributors : Duncan Luke, Kevin Twohigg, Søren Kjær, Sebastian Sojka, David Austin, Ian Presslie, Przemyslaw Jany

© Brian Collins