Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

The Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling event that was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season in various stints from 1958 to 1990.

Swedish Grand Prix
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
VenueScandinavian Raceway (1971–1977, 1981–1990)
Karlskoga Motorstadion (1978–1979)
Kristianstad Circuit (1959, 1961)
Hedemora Circuit (1958)
First race1958
Last race1990
Most wins (rider)Barry Sheene (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)Yamaha (17)

Official names and sponsors
  • 1971–1972: Sveriges Grand Prix för motorcyklar (no official sponsor)[1][2]
  • 1973–1974, 1976–1977, 1981–1989: Swedish TT (no official sponsor)[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
  • 1975: Pommac Swedish TT[16]
  • 1978: Sveriges Grand Prix (no official sponsor)[17]
  • 1979: Grand Prix of Sweden (no official sponsor)[18]
  • 1990: Nordic TT (no official sponsor)[19]

Winners of the Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

Multiple winners (riders)
# Wins Rider Wins
Category Years won
7 Barry Sheene 500 cc 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981
125 cc 1971
4 Giacomo Agostini 500 cc 1971, 1972
350 cc 1971, 1972
Ángel Nieto 125 cc 1972, 1977
50 cc 1971, 1976
Takazumi Katayama 500 cc 1982
350 cc 1977
250 cc 1974, 1976
Eddie Lawson 500 cc 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989
3 Teuvo Länsivuori 500 cc 1974
350 cc 1973, 1974
Pier Paolo Bianchi 125 cc 1976, 1978, 1979
Anton Mang 250 cc 1981, 1985, 1987
Fausto Gresini 125 cc 1984, 1986, 1987
2 Geoff Duke 500 cc 1958
350 cc 1958
Gary Hocking 500 cc 1961
250 cc 1959
Rodney Gould 250 cc 1971, 1972
Jan de Vries 50 cc 1972, 1973
Gregg Hansford 350 cc 1978
250 cc 1978
Ricardo Tormo 125 cc 1981
50 cc 1977
Freddie Spencer 500 cc 1983, 1985
Sito Pons 250 cc 1988, 1989

Multiple winners (manufacturers)
# Wins Manufacturer Wins
Category Years won
17 Yamaha 500 cc 1974, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990
350 cc 1973, 1974, 1977
250 cc 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1983, 1986
125 cc 1974
13 Honda 500 cc 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989
250 cc 1961, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
125 cc 1961, 1990
8 MV Agusta 500 cc 1961, 1971, 1972, 1973
350 cc 1959, 1971, 1972
125 cc 1959
7 Morbidelli 250 cc 1979, 1982
125 cc 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984
6 Suzuki 500 cc 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
125 cc 1971
4 Kawasaki 350 cc 1978
250 cc 1977, 1978, 1981
3 Bultaco 125 cc 1977
50 cc 1976, 1977
Derbi 125 cc 1972, 1988
50 cc 1971
2 Norton 500 cc 1958
350 cc 1958
MZ 250 cc 1958, 1959
Kreidler 50 cc 1972, 1973
Minarelli 125 cc 1978, 1979
Garelli 125 cc 1986, 1987

By year
Year Track 125 cc 250 cc 500 cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1990 Anderstorp Hans Spaan Honda Carlos Cardús Honda Wayne Rainey Yamaha Report
Year Track 80 cc 125 cc 250 cc 500 cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1989 Anderstorp Àlex Crivillé JJ Cobas Sito Pons Honda Eddie Lawson Honda Report
1988 Anderstorp Jorge Martínez Derbi Sito Pons Honda Eddie Lawson Yamaha Report
1987 Anderstorp Fausto Gresini Garelli Anton Mang Honda Wayne Gardner Honda Report
1986 Anderstorp Fausto Gresini Garelli Carlos Lavado Yamaha Eddie Lawson Yamaha Report
1985 Anderstorp August Auinger Monnet Anton Mang Honda Freddie Spencer Honda Report
1984 Anderstorp Fausto Gresini MBA Manfred Herweh Real-Rotax Eddie Lawson Yamaha Report
Year Track 50 cc 125 cc 250 cc 500 cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1983 Anderstorp Bruno Kneubühler MBA Christian Sarron Yamaha Freddie Spencer Honda Report
Year Track 50 cc 125 cc 250 cc 350 cc 500 cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1982 Anderstorp Iván Palazzese MBA Roland Freymond MBA Takazumi Katayama Honda Report
1981 Anderstorp Ricardo Tormo Sanvenero Anton Mang Kawasaki Barry Sheene Yamaha Report
1979 Karlskoga Pier Paolo Bianchi Minarelli Graziano Rossi Morbidelli Barry Sheene Suzuki Report
1978 Karlskoga Pier Paolo Bianchi Minarelli Gregg Hansford Kawasaki Gregg Hansford Kawasaki Barry Sheene Suzuki Report
1977 Anderstorp Ricardo Tormo Bultaco Ángel Nieto Bultaco Mick Grant Kawasaki Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Barry Sheene Suzuki Report
1976 Anderstorp Ángel Nieto Bultaco Pier Paolo Bianchi Morbidelli Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Barry Sheene Suzuki Report
1975 Anderstorp Eugenio Lazzarini Piovaticci Paolo Pileri Morbidelli Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Barry Sheene Suzuki Report
1974 Anderstorp Henk van Kessel Van Veen Kreidler Kent Andersson Yamaha Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Teuvo Länsivuori Yamaha Teuvo Länsivuori Yamaha Report
1973 Anderstorp Jan de Vries Kreidler Börje Jansson Maico Dieter Braun Yamaha Teuvo Länsivuori Yamaha Phil Read MV Agusta Report
1972 Anderstorp Jan de Vries Kreidler Ángel Nieto Derbi Rod Gould Yamaha Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Report
1971 Anderstorp Ángel Nieto Derbi Barry Sheene Suzuki Rod Gould Yamaha Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Report
Year Track 125 cc 250 cc 350 cc 500 cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1961 Kristianstad Luigi Taveri Honda Mike Hailwood Honda František Šťastný Jawa Gary Hocking MV Agusta Report
1959 Kristianstad Tarquinio Provini MV Agusta Gary Hocking MZ John Surtees MV Agusta Report
1958 Hedemora Alberto Gandossi Ducati Horst Fügner MZ Geoff Duke Norton Geoff Duke Norton Report

References
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