Nordic Speedway final

{{short description|Motorcycle speedway competition}} The '''Nordic Championships''' was a [[Motorcycle speedway]] final sanctioned by the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/tourntc.htm|title=TOURNAMENTS - SCANDINAVIA|website=International Speedway|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> In 1952 it became a qualifying round for the [[Speedway World Championship]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=22–23|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/12/nordic-final.html|title=Nordic Championships|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> From 1995 to 2001 it was known as the '''Scandinavian final'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> ==Format== *To [[Continental Speedway final|Continental final]], 1953–1954 *To [[Individual Speedway European Championship|European final]], 1955–1965, 1967, 1969, 1972 *To [[British Nordic Speedway final|British Nordic final]], 1966, 1968, 1970–1971, 1973–1974 *To [[Intercontinental final]], 1975–1990, 1995–2001 *To World semi final, 1991–1994

==Winners== {| class="wikitable" |- align=center |width=40px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Year''' |width=150px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Venue''' |width=210px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winner''' |width=210px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Runner-up''' |width=210px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''3rd place''' |- |align=center| 1948 | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Copenhagen]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Basse Hveem]] | {{flagicon|}} | {{flagicon|}} |- |align=center| 1949 | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Copenhagen]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Basse Hveem]] | {{flagicon|}} | {{flagicon|}} |- |align=center| 1950 | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Basse Hveem]] | {{flagicon|}} | {{flagicon|}} |- |align=center| 1951 | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Næstved]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Basse Hveem]] | {{flagicon|}} | {{flagicon|}} |- |align=center| [[1952 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1952]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Basse Hveem]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bo Andersson (speedway rider)|Bo Andersson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] |- |align=center| [[1953 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1953]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Dan Forsberg]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Basse Hveem]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Nygren]] |- |align=center| [[1954 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1954]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Nygren]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Georg Dunneborn]] |- |align=center| [[1955 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1955]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Trondheim]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Henry Andersen (speedway rider)|Henry Andersen]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Basse Hveem]] |- |align=center| [[1956 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1956]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Linköping]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Dan Forsberg]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ulf Ericsson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] |- |align=center| [[1957 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1957]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Aage Hansen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Olof Söderman]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] |- |align=center| [[1958 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1958]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Nygren]] |- |align=center| [[1959 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1959]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Turku]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Sörmander]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Aage Hansen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Arne Carlsson (speedway rider)|Arne Carlsson]] |- |align=center| [[1960 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1960]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Nygren]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göte Nordin]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Aage Hansen]] |- |align=center| [[1961 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1961]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gislaved]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Arne Pander]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Knutson]] |- |align=center| [[1962 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1962]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hillerød]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Knutson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göte Nordin]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] |- |align=center| [[1963 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1963]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Växjö]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Knutson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göte Nordin]] |- |align=center| [[1964 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1964]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Odense]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Knutson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göte Nordin]] |- |align=center| [[1965 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1965]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Skien (town)|Skien]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sören Sjösten]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Leif Enecrona]] |- |align=center| [[1966 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1966]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hillerød]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kalevi Lahtinen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sverre Harrfeldt]] |- |align=center| [[1967 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1967]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hillerød]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sverre Harrfeldt]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Leif Enecrona]] |- |align=center| [[1968 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1968]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hillerød]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Reidar Eide]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Øyvind S. Berg]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Odd Fossengen]] |- |align=center| [[1969 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1969]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Linköping]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Torbjörn Harrysson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sören Sjösten]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ove Fundin]] |- |align=center| [[1970 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1970]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eskilstuna]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Göte Nordin]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sören Sjösten]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Michanek]] |- |align=center| [[1971 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1971]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hillerød]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Reidar Eide]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bent Nørregaard-Jensen]] |- |align=center| [[1972 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1972]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Jansson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Michanek]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] |- |align=center| [[1973 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1973]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Jansson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Michanek]] |- |align=center| [[1974 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1974]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tampere]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Dag Lövaas]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Matti Olin]] |- |align=center| [[1975 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1975]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Skien (town)|Skien]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tommy Jansson]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Dag Lövaas]] |- |align=center| [[1976 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1976]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Michanek]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt Jansson]] |- |align=center| [[1977 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1977]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tampere]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Ila Teromaa]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Finn Thomsen]] |- |align=center| [[1978 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1978]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bernt Persson]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Finn Thomsen]] |- |align=center| [[1979 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1979]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Finn Thomsen]] |- |align=center| [[1980 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1980]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Skien (town)|Skien]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Finn Thomsen]] |- |align=center| [[1981 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1981]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tommy Knudsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] |- |align=center| [[1982 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1982]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Harndrup|Fjelsted]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bo Petersen]] |- |align=center| [[1983 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1983]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Varhaug|Elgane]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] |- |align=center| [[1984 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1984]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mikael Blixt]] |- |align=center| [[1985 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1985]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Harndrup|Fjelsted]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tommy Knudsen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] |- |align=center| [[1986 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1986]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kumla]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jimmy Nilsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan O. Pedersen]] |- |align=center| [[1987 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1987]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]] |- |align=center| [[1988 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1988]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sandnes]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan O. Pedersen]] |- |align=center| [[1989 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1989]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tampere]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan O. Pedersen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Erik Gundersen]] |- |align=center| [[1990 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1990]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Linköping]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan O. Pedersen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Jonsson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Gustafsson]] |- |align=center| [[1991 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1991]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Brovst]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jan O. Pedersen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jimmy Nilsen]] |- |align=center| [[1992 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1992]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Varhaug|Elgane]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tony Rickardsson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Jonsson]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Brian Karger]] |- |align=center| [[1993 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1993]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Seinäjoki]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tommy Knudsen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Jonsson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tony Rickardsson]] |- |align=center| [[1994 Individual Speedway World Championship#Nordic Final|1994]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eskilstuna]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Tommy Knudsen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tony Rickardsson]] |- |align=center| [[1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification#Scandinavian Final|1995]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Brovst]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Andersson (speedway rider)|Stefan Andersson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[John Jørgensen]] |- |align=center| [[1997 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification#Scandinavian Final|1996]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Varhaug|Elgane]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jimmy Nilsen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Brian Andersen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mikael Max|Mikael Karlsson]] |- |align=center| [[1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification#Scandinavian Final|1997]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Hyvinkää]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Nahlin]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper B. Monberg|Jesper B Jensen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Dannö]] |- |align=center| [[1999 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification#Scandinavian Final|1998]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[John Jørgensen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)|Peter Karlsson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mikael Max|Mikael Karlsson]] |- |align=center| [[2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification#Scandinavian Final|1999]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Holsted]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rune Holta]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper B. Monberg|Jesper B Jensen]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Gert Handberg]] |- |align=center| [[2001 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification#Scandinavian Final|2000]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Varhaug|Elgane]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Rune Holta]] | {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Lars Gunnestad]] | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Nicki Pedersen]] |- |align=center| [[2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification#Scandinavian Final|2001]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Pori]] | {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kai Laukkanen]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Andreas Jonsson]] | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Andersson (speedway rider)|Stefan Andersson]] |}

===Medal classification===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;" |- {{Speedway color|4}} !width=30px|Rank ||width=250px|National Team ||width=30px {{Speedway color|P1}}|[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|Gold]] ||width=30px {{Speedway color|P2}}|[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|Silver]] ||width=30px {{Speedway color|P3}}|[[File:Bronze medal icon.svg|Bronze]] ||width=40px|Total |- | 1. ||align=left| {{speedway|DEN}} |{{Speedway color|p1}}| 22 ||{{Speedway color|p2}}| 16 ||{{Speedway color|p3}}| 18 || 56 |- | 2. ||align=left| {{speedway|SWE}} |{{Speedway color|p1}}| 21 ||{{Speedway color|p2}}| 25 ||{{Speedway color|p3}}| 26 || 72 |- | 3. ||align=left| {{speedway|NOR}} |{{Speedway color|p1}}| 9 ||{{Speedway color|p2}}| 8 ||{{Speedway color|p3}}| 5 || 22 |- | 4. ||align=left| {{speedway|FIN}} |{{Speedway color|p1}}| 2 ||{{Speedway color|p2}}| 1 ||{{Speedway color|p3}}| 1 || 4 |- |}

==See also== * [[Speedway World Championship]] * [[Speedway Grand Prix]] * [[Motorcycle speedway]]

{{International speedway}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Individual Speedway World Championship|*]]