Per Tage Svensson Explained

Per Tage Svensson
Nationality:	Swedish
Birth Date:	16 October 1931
Birth Place:	Falköping, Sweden
Death Place:	Mullsjö, Sweden
Career1:	Sweden
Career2:	Falkarna
Years2:	1950-1951
Career3:	Knallarna
Years3:	1952
Career4:	Filbyterna
Years4:	1953-1958
Career5:	Vargarna
Years5:	1959-1961
Years6:	1962-1965
Career7:	Örnarna
Years7:	1966-1967
Career8:	Great Britain
Career9:	Oxford Cheetahs
Years9:	1962
Indivyear1:	1963
Indivhonour1:	Speedway World Championship finalist
Teamyear1:	1960, 1961, 1962
Teamhonour1:	Allsvenskan Champion

Per Tage Svensson (16 October 1931 – 26 May 2008) also spelt Per Thage Svensson was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Speedway career

Svensson reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[4]

He rode for Oxford Cheetahs during the 1962 Speedway National League.^[5]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1963 – London, Wembley Stadium – 15th – 1pt

World Team Cup

• 1961 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Sören Sjösten / Rune Sörmander / Björn Knutson / Ove Fundin) - 2nd - 30pts (7)

Notes and References

1. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 8 July 2021.
2. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 9 August 2023.
3. Web site: WESTGÖTARNAS IDROTTSHISTORIA magazine, page 22 . wi tidningen / . 6 January 2024.
4. Web site: World Speedway finals. Speedway Researcher. 8 July 2021.
5. Web site: Rider averages 1929 to 2009 . Speedway Researcher . 9 August 2023.