Dan Forsberg
{{Short description|Swedish speedway rider}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Dan Forsberg
| image =
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| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1934|3|25}}
| birth_place = Vaggeryd, Sweden
| death_date =
| death_place =
| career1 = Sweden
| career2 = Vargarna
| years2 = 1950-1954, 1958-1959
| career3 = Filbyterna
| years3 = 1955-1956
| career4 = Dackarna
| years4 = 1957
| career5 = Great Britain
| career6 = Birmingham Brummies
| years6 = 1952-1953, 1957
| indivyear1 = 1952, 1957
| indivhonour1 = Speedway World Championship finalist
| indivyear2 = 1953, 1956
| indivhonour2 = Nordic Champion
| teamyear1 = 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957
| teamhonour1 = Allsvenskan Champion
}}
Dan O. Forsberg (born 25 March 1934) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.{{cite web |url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/engvswe.htm|title=INTERNATIONALS - UNITED KINGDOM|website=International Speedway|access-date=5 July 2021}} He earned 17 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=7 September 2024}}
Speedway career
Forsberg was a leading speedway rider in the late 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions, {{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinal_f|title=
WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=5 July 2021}}in the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=World Speedway finals|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=5 July 2021}}
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Birmingham Brummies,{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=5 July 2021}} where he rode from 1952 to 1953 and again in 1957.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19520212/006/0006 |title=Brummies' signings approved by board |website=Evening Despatch |date=12 February 1952 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}}
World final appearances
= Individual World Championship =
- 1952 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 6th - 9pts
- 1957 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 2pts
Family
His grandson Billy Forsberg rode for Belle Vue Aces from 2007 to 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/family-ties-for-forsberg-at-anniversary-meeting-961929|title=Family ties for Forsberg at Anniversary meeting|website=Manchester Evening News|date=18 April 2010 |access-date=5 July 2021}}
References
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Category:Swedish speedway riders
Category:Birmingham Brummies riders
Category:Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England
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