The 1966 Swedish speedway season was the 1966 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.
Individual Individual Championship The 1966 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 7 October in Stockholm. Ove Fundin won the Swedish Championship for the sixth time.
The final ended with five riders tied on 12 points, Fundin won the race-off.
Pos. RiderClub Total1 Ove Fundin Kaparna 12+x+32 Sören Sjösten Vargarna 12+1+23 Bengt Jansson Getingarna 12+2+14 Göte Nordin Getingarna 12+3+0 5 Leif Enecrona Gamarna 12+0+x6 Leif Larsson Getingarna 11 7 Björn Knutson Vargarna 10 8 Hans Holmqvist (res) Taxarna 79 Per-Olof Söderman Vargarna 6 10 Karl-Erik Andersson Kaparna 6 11 Bernt Persson Vargarna 412 Bengt Svensson Örnarna 413 Torbjörn Harrysson Vargarna 4 14 Bo Magnusson Kaparna 315 Gunnar Malmqvist Njudungarna 2 16 Åke Andersson Njudungarna 217 Bengt Brannefors Kaparna 1
Junior Championship
Winner - Egon Stengarn
Team Team Championship Getingarna continued their recent domination by winning division 1 again and being declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the fourth consecutive season. The Getingarna team contained Göte Nordin, Leif Larsson, Bengt Jansson and Arne Carlsson.
The league consisted of 14 teams (down from 19) resulting in only three divisions. Njudungarna won the second division and Indianerna won the third division.
Div 1PosTeamPts1Getingarna19.52 Vargarna 15.53 Örnarna 12.54 Kaparna 9.55 Gamarna 12.5
Div 2PosTeamPts1Njudungarna 22 2 Lejonen 133 Taxarna 11 4 Masarna 2
Div 3PosTeamPts1 Indianerna 20 2 Smederna 15.5 3 Stjärnorna13.54 Skepparna 10 5 Filbyterna1
See also Speedway in Sweden
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