Stig Pramberg Explained

Stig Pramberg
Nationality:Swedish
Birth Date: 23 April 1921
Birth Place:Lund, Sweden
Death Place:Degeberga, Sweden
Career1:Vargarna
Years1:1948–1954, 1958–1959
Career2:Filbyterna
Years2:1955–1957
Indivyear1:1952
Indivhonour1:Continental final bronze medal
Teamyear1:1949, 1951, 1953, 1954
Teamhonour1:League champion

Stig Allan Pramberg (23 April 1921 – 15 September 1996) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1] [2] He was a member of the Sweden national speedway team.

Biography

He won four League championships with Vargarna in 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1954.[3]

During 1950, he was ranked the number two Swedish rider behind Olle Nygren.[4]

He also reached the Championship round of the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship, which included a third-place finish in the Continental Speedway final in 1952.[5] It was in 1952, that he also took a role as a speedway rider in a film called Dangerous Curve.[2]

In 1958, he reached the final of the 1958 Individual Long Track European Championship.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stig Pramberg . Grasstrack GB . 5 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Stig Pramberg . Swedish Film Database . 23 April 1921 . 5 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Swedish Speedway History in Figures . Speedway.org . 5 January 2024.
  4. News: Speedway Racing . Staffordshire Sentinel . 6 April 1950 . 5 January 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  5. News: Bradley joins Nygren in World final . Bristol Evening Post . 27 August 1953 . 5 January 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .