Rally Sweden

The Rally Sweden (Swedish: Svenska rallyt), formerly the Swedish Rally, and later the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, is an automobile rally competition held in Värmland, Sweden in early February. First held in 1950, when it was called the Rally to the Midnight Sun (Which at this time was a summer rally) with start and finish at separate locations, seventeen years later both start and finish became located in Karlstad. The main service park is located in the town of Hagfors, which is actually much closer to the special stages than Karlstad. The competition is spread out over three days with the start of the first part on Friday morning and the finish on Sunday afternoon.
In 1973 the rally was introduced to the World Rally Championship and started to get international attention; the Swedish Rally has been also traditionally the only rally held on snow. Like Rally Finland, this rally is known to be very difficult for non-Nordic drivers. The first winning driver of the Swedish Rally that wasn't from Sweden or Finland was Frenchman Sébastien Loeb in 2004, Frenchman Sébastien Ogier was the second non-Nordic winner with wins in 2013, 2015 and 2016. Spaniard Carlos Sainz finished second four times and third two times.
The rally has been cancelled twice; in 1974 due to the oil crisis and in 1990 because of the mild weather. The rally was also not held in 2009 due to the WRC's round rotation system. Weather continues to be a concern, as rising global temperatures reduce the likelihood of appropriately snowy conditions every year. The 2005 event was one of the warmest ever, turning many stages into mud and destroying the special studded snow tires used by the teams.
==History==
===2018===
Day 	Stage 	Winner 	Time 	Rally leader
Leg 1	Shakedown	Sebastien Ogier 	02:55.394	-
Leg 1	SS1 	Carl Johnson 	02:51.085	Carl Johnson
Leg 2	SS2 	Carl Johnson 	03:47.178	Carl Johnson
Leg 2	SS3 	Martin Prokop 	04:18.310	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 2	SS4 	Carl Johnson 	04:04.580	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 2	SS5 	Carl Johnson 	03:47.041	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 2	SS6 	Sebastien Ogier 	04:18.317	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 2	SS7 	Mads Østberg 	04:07.091	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 2	SS8 	Sebastien Ogier 	02:55.400	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 3	SS9 	Sebastien Ogier 	06:58.845	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 3	SS10 	Ott Tänak 	02:56.511	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 3	SS11 	Carl Johnson 	02:52.736	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 3	SS12 	Cancelled 	Cancelled	Cancelled
Leg 3	SS13 	Sebastien Ogier 	02:56.185	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 3	SS14 	Carl Johnson 	02:55.301	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 3	SS15 	Mads Østberg 	02:55.563	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 4	SS16 	Jari-Matti Latvala	04:18.123	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 4	SS17 	Andreas Mikkelsen 	04:18.053	Sebastien Ogier
Leg 4	SS18 	Sebastien Ogier 	02:56.127	Sebastien Ogier
====Power stage====
Pos	Driver 	Time 	Dif 	Points
1 	Sebastien Ogier 	02:56.127	- 	5
2 	Andreas Mikkelsen	02:56.498	+0.154	4
3 	Carl Johnson 	02:57.563	+1.436	3
4 	Yuriy Protasov 	02:58.001	+1.874	2
5 	Elfyn Evans 	02:58.309	+2.182	1