# Nordic Speedway final

The Nordic Championships was a Motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the FIM. In 1952 it became a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship. From 1995 to 2001 it was known as the Scandinavian final.

## Format

* To Continental final, 1953–1954
* To European final, 1955–1965, 1967, 1969, 1972
* To British Nordic final, 1966, 1968, 1970–1971, 1973–1974
* To Intercontinental final, 1975–1990, 1995–2001
* To World semi final, 1991–1994

## Winners

| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place |
| 1948 | Copenhagen | Basse Hveem | | |
| 1949 | Copenhagen | Basse Hveem | | |
| 1950 | Helsinki | Basse Hveem | | |
| 1951 | Næstved | Basse Hveem | | |
| 1952 | Oslo | Basse Hveem | Bo Andersson | Rune Sörmander |
| 1953 | Oslo | Dan Forsberg | Basse Hveem | Olle Nygren |
| 1954 | Oslo | Olle Nygren | Rune Sörmander | Georg Dunneborn |
| 1955 | Trondheim | Ove Fundin | Henry Andersen | Basse Hveem |
| 1956 | Linköping | Dan Forsberg | Ulf Ericsson | Rune Sörmander |
| 1957 | Oslo | Aage Hansen | Per Olof Söderman | Rune Sörmander |
| 1958 | Växjö | Rune Sörmander | Ove Fundin | Olle Nygren |
| 1959 | Turku | Rune Sörmander | Aage Hansen | Arne Carlsson |
| 1960 | Oslo | Olle Nygren | Göte Nordin | Aage Hansen |
| 1961 | Gislaved | Ove Fundin | Arne Pander | Björn Knutson |
| 1962 | Hillerød | Björn Knutson | Göte Nordin | Ove Fundin |
| 1963 | Växjö | Ove Fundin | Björn Knutson | Göte Nordin |
| 1964 | Odense | Björn Knutson | Ove Fundin | Göte Nordin |
| 1965 | Skien | Sören Sjösten | Ove Fundin | Leif Enecrona |
| 1966 | Hillerød | Kalevi Lahtinen | Ole Olsen | Sverre Harrfeldt |
| 1967 | Hillerød | Ove Fundin | Sverre Harrfeldt | Leif Enecrona |
| 1968 | Hillerød | Reidar Eide | Øyvind S. Berg | Odd Fossengen |
| 1969 | Linköping | Torbjörn Harrysson | Sören Sjösten | Ove Fundin |
| 1970 | Eskilstuna | Göte Nordin | Sören Sjösten | Anders Michanek |
| 1971 | Hillerød | Ole Olsen | Reidar Eide | Bent Nørregaard-Jensen |
| 1972 | Norrköping | Bengt Jansson | Anders Michanek | Ole Olsen |
| 1973 | Norrköping | Ole Olsen | Bengt Jansson | Anders Michanek |
| 1974 | Tampere | Ole Olsen | Dag Lövaas | Matti Olin |
| 1975 | Skien | Ole Olsen | Tommy Jansson | Dag Lövaas |
| 1976 | Norrköping | Ole Olsen | Anders Michanek | Bengt Jansson |
| 1977 | Tampere | Ole Olsen | Ila Teromaa | Finn Thomsen |
| 1978 | Norrköping | Ole Olsen | Bernt Persson | Finn Thomsen |
| 1979 | Norrköping | Jan Andersson | Hans Nielsen | Finn Thomsen |
| 1980 | Skien | Hans Nielsen | Ole Olsen | Finn Thomsen |
| 1981 | Norrköping | Tommy Knudsen | Hans Nielsen | Ole Olsen |
| 1982 | Fjelsted | Hans Nielsen | Erik Gundersen | Bo Petersen |
| 1983 | Elgane | Hans Nielsen | Erik Gundersen | Ole Olsen |
| 1984 | Norrköping | Hans Nielsen | Erik Gundersen | Mikael Blixt |
| 1985 | Fjelsted | Tommy Knudsen | Jan Andersson | Erik Gundersen |
| 1986 | Kumla | Hans Nielsen | Jimmy Nilsen | Jan O. Pedersen |
| 1987 | Norrköping | Erik Gundersen | Hans Nielsen | Peter Ravn |
| 1988 | Sandnes | Hans Nielsen | Erik Gundersen | Jan O. Pedersen |
| 1989 | Tampere | Hans Nielsen | Jan O. Pedersen | Erik Gundersen |
| 1990 | Linköping | Jan O. Pedersen | Per Jonsson | Henrik Gustafsson |
| 1991 | Brovst | Hans Nielsen | Jan O. Pedersen | Jimmy Nilsen |
| 1992 | Elgane | Tony Rickardsson | Per Jonsson | Brian Karger |
| 1993 | Seinäjoki | Tommy Knudsen | Per Jonsson | Tony Rickardsson |
| 1994 | Eskilstuna | Hans Nielsen | Tommy Knudsen | Tony Rickardsson |
| 1995 | Brovst | Stefan Andersson | Peter Karlsson | John Jørgensen |
| 1996 | Elgane | Jimmy Nilsen | Brian Andersen | Mikael Karlsson |
| 1997 | Hyvinkää | Peter Nahlin | Jesper B Jensen | Stefan Dannö |
| 1998 | Norrköping | John Jørgensen | Peter Karlsson | Mikael Karlsson |
| 1999 | Holsted | Rune Holta | Jesper B Jensen | Gert Handberg |
| 2000 | Elgane | Rune Holta | Lars Gunnestad | Nicki Pedersen |
| 2001 | Pori | Kai Laukkanen | Andreas Jonsson | Stefan Andersson |

### Medal classification

| Rank | National Team | | | | Total |
| 1. | Denmark | 22 | 16 | 18 | 56 |
| 2. | Sweden | 21 | 25 | 26 | 72 |
| 3. | Norway | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 4. | Finland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |