| Joel Jansson | |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 1924 |
| Death Date: | 15 February 2018 (aged 93) |
| Death Place: | Eskilstuna |
| Career1: | Griparna |
| Years1: | 1949-1950 |
| Career2: | Smederna |
| Years2: | 1951-1954 |
| Career3: | Indianerna |
| Years3: | 1955-1956 |
| Career4: | Vargarna |
| Years4: | 1957-1962 |
| Indivyear1: | 1958 |
| Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| Indivyear2: | 1958 |
| Indivhonour2: | Continental Champion |
| Teamyear1: | 1960, 1961 |
| Teamhonour1: | Allsvenskan Champion |
Joel Jansson (10 July 1924 to 15 February 2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1] [2] [3]
Jansson reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.[4] He rode for Vargarna in Sweden from 1957 to 1962 and was the captain of the Vargarna team from 1958.[2]
His two sons (Tommy Jansson and Bosse Jansson) were both speedway riders; tragically Tommy was killed in 1976, during the Swedish final.[5]