Griparna
{{Short description|Swedish speedway club}}
{{Infobox motorcycle speedway team
|clubname = Griparna
|image =
|track = Nyköpings Motorstadion
Svansta 2, 611 94 Nyköping
|country = Sweden
|founded = 1949
|closed =
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|league = Allsvenskan
|website = [https://griparna.se/ official website]
|colours =
|nickname = The Grippers
|tracksize = 294 metres
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|honour1 = Allsvenskan champions
|year1 = 2019
|honour2 = Division 2 North champions
|year2 = 1987
}}
Griparna is a motorcycle speedway club from Nyköping in Sweden, who compete in the Allsvenskan.{{cite web |url=https://griparna.se/ |title=Home |website=Griparna Speedway |access-date=5 January 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/griparna-nykping |title=Griparna Nyköping |website=Sport We Fakty |access-date=5 January 2023}}{{cite magazine |author= |title=Speedway Around The Globe - Sweden |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |pages=38–39 |location= |publisher= |date=23 July 2022 |access-date=}} Their home track known as the Svanstabanan is at the Nyköpings Motorstadion which is located to the North of Nyköping.{{cite web |url=https://foursquare.com/v/nyk%C3%B6pings-motorstadion/51b0bda3498e8aadb0bab05a |title=Nyköpings Motorstadion |website=Four Square |access-date=5 January 2023}}
History
=1949 to 1950=
Griparna Speedway first competed in the Swedish league during the 1949 Swedish speedway season, which was only the second season of organised league speedway in Sweden.{{cite web |url=http://www.formula2.se/VA1949.html |title=Vargarna 1949 |website=formula2.se |access-date=26 March 2023}} However, they only competed for one more season in 1950 before dropping out of the league for over 30 years.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/1950.htm |title=1950 season |website=Speedway.org |access-date=26 March 2023}}
=1984 to 1994=
In 1984, the team returned to compete in the leagues and were placed in division 2 north.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/1984.htm |title=1984 |website=Speedway.org |access-date=26 March 2023}} The team won their first honours in 1987 after winning the division 2 North.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmszwecji.php |title=HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-201 |website=Speedway History |access-date=3 January 2023}} They continued to compete in division 1 until they suffered issues and dropped out of the league at the end of the 1994 Swedish speedway season.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/1994.htm |title=1994 |website=Speedway.org |access-date=26 March 2023}}
=2002 to present=
In 2002, they made a return competing in the third tier known as division 1. After a second-place finish in 2004, the team participated in the Allsvenskan for the 2005 season. They lost the 2018 Allsvenskan play off final to Piraterna but then won the Allsvenskan title the following year in 2019, defeating Team Rapid in the play off final.{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/ligi/elitserien.html |title=Swedish Bauhaus Elite League |website=Speedway Fan Site |access-date=26 March 2023}}
Season summary
{{main|Swedish Speedway Team Championship}}
Teams
=2022 team=
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Kim Nilsson
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Ljung
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Anton Karlsson
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Silas Hoegh
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Theo Bergqvist
- {{flagicon|SWE}} John Lindman
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Kenneth Hansen
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Patrick Skaarup
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Sammy van Dyck
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Alexander Liljekvist
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Jonathan Ejnermark
Notable riders
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- {{player||FIN|Kauko Nieminen}}
- {{player||SWE|Kim Nilsson}}
- {{player||FIN|Vesa Ylinen}}
- {{player||SWE|Fredrik Lindgren}}
- {{player||SWE|Oliver Berntzon}}
- {{player||DEN|Mikkel Michelsen}}
- {{player||FIN|Timo Lahti}}
- {{player||SWE|Peter Ljung}}
}}