The 1961 Swedish speedway season was the 1961 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.
Individual Individual Championship The 1961 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 22 September in Stockholm. Björn Knutson won the Swedish Championship.
Pos. RiderClub Total1 Björn Knutson Vargarna 152 Leif LarssonMonarkerna133 Rune Sörmander Dackarna 12 4 Ove FundinKaparna 11 5 Per-Tage SvenssonVargarna 10 6 Evert Andersson Dackarna 107 Bernt NilssonMonarkerna 8 8 Hans Hallberg Getingarna 89 Curt EldhVargarna 7 10 Arne CarlssonKaparna 711 Sören SjöstenVargarna 612 Joel JanssonVargarna 513 Bengt BranneforsKaparna 314 Åke Andersson Dackarna 2 15 Inge Gustavsson Dackarna 2 16 Göran Norlén Monarkerna 1 17 Thorvald Karlsson Dackarna 0
Swedish Junior Championship
Winner - Willihard Thomsson
Team Team Championship Vargarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the sixth time.
The Vargarna team contained Björn Knutson, Joel Jansson, Sören Sjösten and Per-Tage Svensson.
With 14 teams lining up for the 1961 season the second division was split into a north and south competition. Folkare won the second division north and Kaparna B won the second division south. Älgarna changed their name to Gävle.
Div 1PosTeamPts1 Vargarna 12 2 Kaparna10 3Dackarna 8 4 Monarkerna 85 Getingarna 5
Div 2 NPosTeamPts1 Kaparna B 10 2 Njudungarna 9 3 Dackarna B 5 4 Vikingarna 0
Div 2 SPosTeamPts1Folkare 102 Vargarna B 8 3 Örnarna 7 4 Gävle 5 5 Taxarna 0
See also Speedway in Sweden
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