Getingarna
{{Short description|Swedish speedway club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox motorcycle speedway team
|clubname = Getingarna
|image = File:Gubbängens IP, 2016a.jpg
|track = Gubbängens Idrottsplats
Målkurvan 24, 122 45 Enskede
|country = Sweden
|founded = 1948
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|league = Team Championship
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|nickname = The Wasps
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|honour1 = League champions
|year1 = 1952, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1989
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Getingarna was a motorcycle speedway club from Stockholm in Sweden. They hold the record for Swedish Championships with 14 league titles to their name.{{cite web |url=http://gislavedsmotorklubb.nu/getingarna-speedway/ |title=Getingarna Speedway |website=Gislaveds Motorklubb |date=5 November 2014 |access-date=7 February 2023}}
History
The club's first name was Motorsällskapet and they competed in the very first Swedish speedway season in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmszwecji.php |title=Swedish Speedway Team Championship (Swedish Team Championship) |website=History of Speedway |access-date=7 February 2023}} They adopted the name Getingarna the following season and rode at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium from 1949 to 1953.{{cite web |url=https://www.sportcal.com/pressreleases/stockholms-olympic-stadium-to-host-speedway-grand-prix/ |title=Stockholm's Olympic Stadium to Host Speedway Grand Prix |website=Sportcal |access-date=7 February 2023}}
They later rode at the Gubbängens Idrottsplats and would go on to become the most successful speedway club in Sweden by winning 14 championships in 1952, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985 and (1989 as Stockholm United).{{cite web |url=https://www.getingarna.com/ |title=Getingarna Speedway |website=Getingarna Speedway |access-date=7 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/ligi/elitserien.html |title=Elitserien |website=Speedway Fansite |access-date=7 February 2023}}
The club nickname was the Wasps named after a rider called Bertil Andersson. In 1988, the team merged with the club called Gamarna and became Stockholm United. They were called Stockholm United from 1988 to 1990 and won the Championship in 1989.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/1988.htm |title=1988 |website=Speedway.org |access-date=16 February 2023}}
In 2002, the club ran into financial difficulties and finally closed in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.getingarna.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80&Itemid=104&lang=sv |title= Historia |website=Getingarna Speedway |access-date=7 February 2023}} For a short time from 2004 to 2010, the club shared Gubbängens Idrottsplats with Hammarby Speedway. The shale speedway track was demolished in 2016.
Season summary
{{main|Swedish Speedway Team Championship}}
Notable riders
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
- {{player||SWE|Arne Carlsson}}
- {{player||SWE|Leif Enecrona}}
- {{player||SWE|Richard Hellsen}}
- {{player||SWE|Bengt Jansson}}
- {{player||SWE|Per Jonsson}}
- {{player||SWE|Sune Karlsson}}
- {{player||SWE|Leif Larsson}}
- {{player||SWE|Anders Michanek}}
- {{player||SWE|Tommy Nilsson}}
- {{player||SWE|Göte Nordin}}
- {{player||SWE|Erik Stenlund}}
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Swedish speedway teams}}
Category:Speedway teams in Sweden
Category:Sports clubs and teams in Stockholm