Dackarna

History

1935 to 1964

The team was founded in May 1935 as Målilla Motorklubb and in 1949 renamed itself Dackarna (in honour of Nils Dacke) and the club began league racing. The team raced at the Gamla Målilla Motorstadion but in 1956, the team rode their matches at the Växjö Motorstadion.

In 1957, Dackarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time; the team included Rune Sörmander and Dan Forsberg. They then dominated the championship by winning successive titles in 1958 and 1959 before claiming a fourth success in 1962. Riders like Sormander, Per-Tage Svensson and Åke Andersson were instrumental during this period.

1965 to 1996

Dackarna switched between the first and second league for the next 30 years until 1997. Despite a largely quiet period they did win five tier two titles in 1971, 1972, 1986, 1991 and 1995. Tommy Johansson also won the 1973 Swedish title as a Dackarna rider. In 1992, the Gamla Målilla Motorstadion was demolished and a new Målilla Motorstadion opened on 29 June 1993 and Dackarna would become the resident speedway team.

1997 to 2005

When the team received the backing of a major new sponsor (Svelux) and were renamed Team Svelux in 1997. Svelux were taken over by Luxo in 2002 and the team name was changed to Luxo Stars.

2006 to present

In 2006, the sponsorship deal expired and the team name reverted to Dackarna. Success soon returned to Dackarna when they won the 2007 Elitserien, after defeating Västervik in the play-off final. The team included Andreas Jonsson, Freddie Lindgren, Hans Andersen and Peter Karlsson.

In 2021, Dackarna became Swedish champions for the sixth time, after defeating Smederna in Eskilstuna. The team included Tai Woffinden, Jason Doyle, Maciej Janowski and Jacob Thorssell.

Smålänningarna and Team Dalej

Smålänningarna and Team Dalej compete in the tiers below the Elitserien and were a collaboration between Dackarna and Lejonen allowing less senior riders the opportunity to race. The collaboration ran from 2020 and the Smålänningarna name came from and old team that had riders from Småland.

Season summary

Main article: Swedish Speedway Team Championship

Previous teams

2019 Team

2020 team

2021 Team (Champions)

**2022 teams ** 2022 Dackarna team

2022 Smålänningarna team

• SWE Mathias Thörnblom
• SWE Casper Henriksson
• DEN Sam Jensen
• POL Wiktor Jasinski
• SWE Aleks Lundquist
• DEN Jonas Knudsen
• POL Daniel Kaczmarek
• POL Kacper Pludra
• POL Szymon Szlaunderbach
• SWE Avon van Dyck
• SWE Tony Gudbrand
• NED Mika Meijer

2023 team

Notable riders

References

References

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14. "DACKARNA BAGS BEWLEY FOR 2023".